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RUMORS, RUMORS [OBL Dead?]
National Review Online ^ | April 24, 2005 | K. J. Lopez

Posted on 04/28/2005 9:38:38 AM PDT by Diago

RUMORS, RUMORS [K. J. Lopez]

File this under unsubstantiated gossip. Was chatting with Jim Robbins. He keeps hearing this morning that the president might have some OBL news tonight? A new Islamist website is reporting that bin Laden is dead...and Musharraf has for the first time said publicly that OBL is in his country. We shall see...I'm skeptical. Jim is too. Jim adds wisely though: "if there is major terrorism news the president should just talk about that and talk domestic politics later -- if there is no major news, he should stick to his domestic agenda." Social Security reform rocks, but, uh, would get buried with OBL in the news coverage.

Still...skeptical. But I said Ratzinger wasn't going to be pope.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: binladen; manhunt; obl; oef; osama; rumor; rumors
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To: trisham

We wouldn't be stupid enough to announce obl's death. That would only infuriate the ragheads and make him a martyr.


21 posted on 04/28/2005 9:49:09 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Help I'm surrounded by RATS (South. Florida))
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To: Diago
Uh-Oh ... Good news for the country is bad news for the DNC.

The Dims must be refilling their Prozac scrips ...

22 posted on 04/28/2005 9:49:56 AM PDT by Babu
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To: Diago
Many months ago, a camera-equipped bomb obliterated a small group of terrorists meeting in the mountains that had a tall, robed man.

This was in the Afgan war. Afterwards, heard some rumors it was OBL. A DNA team was sent it....lost track of the story.

Makes you wonder if it wasn't announced then to avoid martyr rage.....will be anxious to hear anything new.

23 posted on 04/28/2005 9:50:16 AM PDT by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: theFIRMbss

Oh, come on, dude! My mouth was open & everything.


24 posted on 04/28/2005 9:50:22 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Diago

Hmmmm...this morning on FOX NEWS both Fred Barnes and Bill Kristol were grinning while saying they think the pres will have some kind of announcement this evening- though neither one hinted at what it might be.


25 posted on 04/28/2005 9:50:56 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve.)
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To: Diago


Deeply saddened...

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26 posted on 04/28/2005 9:50:58 AM PDT by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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27 posted on 04/28/2005 9:51:12 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Diago

Well if it is true then we can all sing OBL-de OBL-da.




28 posted on 04/28/2005 9:52:01 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: bicyclerepair

Yeah, but what if we showed him dead in a cave with empty cans of Spam lying around. So much for being a devoted muslim.


29 posted on 04/28/2005 9:52:16 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: Diago

What was that? They caught Zarqawi?

Rumors are cool.


30 posted on 04/28/2005 9:52:54 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty ("Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." —Albert Einstein)
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To: bobjam
Yeah, but what if we showed him dead in a cave with empty cans of Spam lying around

*************

LOL!! I like that idea.

31 posted on 04/28/2005 9:53:49 AM PDT by trisham ("Live Free or Die," General John Stark, July 31, 1809)
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To: Puppage

Yeah, I don't really see the point in announcing OBL's death.

If the government knows he's dead then good, they know he can't do us anymore harm...but wouldn't there be a ton of attacks after his death was announced?

On the other hand, maybe the government figures that it can't keep this a secret because it will eventually come out which would make the government look bad.

Or, it could be that OBL was captured.

But do we want this?

Anyway, I doubt very much that any of these things have happened, because I don't think Bush is so vain that he would inform us of this, I think some general would give the news conference.


32 posted on 04/28/2005 9:53:52 AM PDT by watsonfellow
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To: SE Mom
Hmmm. Well, it could be the Zacharwi (sp?) guy located and eliminated. Or it could be nothing.

I hate these rumors. They always get our hopes up and then we are disappointed that it's just a regular press converence.

33 posted on 04/28/2005 9:54:11 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: SE Mom

Now that we have Zarqawi's laptop and Saddam's tapes we should know if they have a relationship now. That would be great if he opened with that.


34 posted on 04/28/2005 9:54:14 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: Diago

My guess is that this press conference is to address the DeLay issue as well as Bolton getting a vote.

Not buying into the "big news" thing.


35 posted on 04/28/2005 9:54:14 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: Diago

I thought he was bartending in South Beach?

Now he's dead?

Must have a been a lousy bartender.


36 posted on 04/28/2005 9:55:06 AM PDT by RexBeach ("I can see it now. You and the moon. You wear a necktie so I'll know you." -Groucho Marx)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Cry wolf too many times, and no one will believe you. Sorry I have heard this one too many times to even get my hopes up.


37 posted on 04/28/2005 9:55:27 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: trisham

I long for the day when OBL is stuffed into the hide of a pig.

A pig suit would look groovy on him.

Yeah....


38 posted on 04/28/2005 9:55:29 AM PDT by Preachin' (Keep the Kerry/Edwards tags on your cars so we can identify the root of your disease.)
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To: SE Mom

Really?

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


39 posted on 04/28/2005 9:56:00 AM PDT by conservativebabe
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To: Diago

Yeah, and this is all the Democrats need to declare the war on terrorism over so they can really paint this president as a warmonger.


40 posted on 04/28/2005 9:56:01 AM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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