Osama bin Laden has died, according to the L'Est republicain

AP France ^ | September 23, 2006

[confrico]

PARIS (AP) - The head of terrorist network al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, has died, according to information from the Saudi police, transmitted by the Directorate-General of External Services (DGSE), and reported on the Lorraine daily newspaper L'Est republicain in its Saturday edition.

"According to a commonly reliable source, the Saudi police believes that Osama Bin Laden has died," said a September 21st confidential note from the DGSE classified as "defense." L'Est republicain will publish it in its Saturday edition. The note, specified the daily newspaper, would be re-printed "un-edited."

According to the note to be published by the L'Est republicain, the Saudi police "would try to obtain more details, in particular the location of the burial site, and then announce the news officially." The DGSE specified in the note that no "jihadist Internet site has for the moment been made aware of the death of Osama bin Laden."

According to the note, "the head of al Qaeda may have fallen victim to a strong case of typhoid fever while in Pakistan, on August 23, 2006," and may have died within a matter of days.

The French news organization transmitted this note to the President of France, to the Defense and Prime Minister and the Ministers of the Interior Department on September 21, according to the regional daily newspaper, which added that a prior note transmitted on September 19th to the leaders of France explained why the Saudi police "sought to confirm the death of Osama bin Laden."

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'll put those on my profile page. LOL

[dighton]

Yeah, I'll believe it when I see his head on a pike.

Specialist ping.

[onyx]

Precisely why I pinged you to them!

[confrico]

hmm... my translation read "would have died". but the guy who originally posted this at the forum i found this at lives in france. and he says:

No, it's a mistranslation. "serait mort" can't be translated by "would have died" here. "most certainly dead" is a better translation.

[Miss Behave]

Sorry, honey! Poppin' a Pyramid Apricot Weizen for ya now!

Yummy, Redwood! It's one that I don't have very often that I really enjoy...so thank you for the special treat. And oh ja! I have to get in Weizen shape...Hefe...for Oktoberfest, which I'm going to be able to catch for the last couple days.

Danken Sie Ihnen sehr viel, Redwood!

[ET(end tyranny)]

" How can President Bush and his team take credit for the death of OSBL , when ? they never even found him or captured him in the first place ? ,,, Bush was never intent on finding OSBL, and we ( Dems ) are going to be stronger on the WOT than the Republicans and Bush "

IIRC Early in the WOT President Bush said that he wanted OBL dead or alive, BUT that OBL wasn't the main objective. The WOT was not reliant upon just one man.

The dems could complain that we didn't get him and wasted X amount of money, but that's about all they got. There are still plenty of terrorists out there. jmo

[kesg]

[REDWOOD99]

"Hmmm. Too Jewish"

[REDWOOD99]

Bitte, Liebchen!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Updated LOL

[Prophet in the wilderness]

The point I was making there was ?
If OSBLs friends and followers saw his captured or die while US forces were trying to capture him, then, they would make him out to be a God like martyr....
But, to us ... we will take him dead or alive.

[Miss Behave]

;-)

[ET(end tyranny)]

If he's not dead, what better way to make him resurface?

the best wsay to make him resurface if he is still alive is if the USA claims to have killed him. ;)

[JLS]

Have a double go onto Al Jazerra and claim a conversion to Christianity?

Now that would be the ultimate physch op. Nice to have a chuckle before turning in.

[onyx]

Understood, but I pinged BSF to your post so he could see (and steal) your Patton pics. Note his tagline.

[A CA Guy]

I don't think Osama Bin Laden's son has the stuff to carry on, though he looks like he could carry a tune.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

True, true....
But, we still must prepare ourselves for the MSDBM and DEMS spin since it's a election season.
The WOT still will go on even if OSBL is dead... Iran is next ..

[onyx]

Have a look at his page, PITW.
Your Patton pics are already posted. :)

[ET(end tyranny)]

True, he could have been in the process of cutting his own head off when typhoid hit him and he died.

Yeah, I'm sure that's what he was doing. ????

[BigSkyFreeper]

Their fundraiser is in Gitmo, and their assets are frozen.