[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OK..... pinged you to this :

Chirac: Bin Laden Intel Not Confirmed ~ Saudi's think he died of typhoid...in Aug... in Pakistan

[TexKat]

Chirac: Bin Laden Intel Not Confirmed ~ Saudi's think he died of typhoid...in Aug... in Pakistan

Just reported on CNN:

The Saudi intelligence source told CNN's Nic Robertson that there have been credible reports for the past several weeks that bin Laden is ill, but there has been no word of his death.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/23/france.binladen/