Osama Bin Laden 'Not Dead'

[cal04]

An Islamist website has inadvertently triggered rumours that Osama bin Laden is dead. The article about the al Qaeda leader carried a headline suggesting the Saudi fugitive had died. It prompted flutters on the financial markets and triggered rumours on internet sites of bin Laden's demise.

However, closer reading of the article revealed that the author was simply suggesting the 9/11 architect could die at any time and Muslims should be prepared for his death. Yasser al-Siri, an Egyptian dissident who ran the Islamic Observation Centre in Britain and who is considered close to al Qaeda, told the Al Sharq al Awsat newspaper that bin Laden is alive.

Diplomats in Pakistan also said it was unlikely the world's most wanted man would have died without them hearing. Bin Laden's current location is a mystery. It is thought he is hiding out in the mountainous frontier region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. August Hanning, the head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, told a security conference this month that bin Laden had managed to disappear to Pakistan after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and remains there. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, a strong ally in the US-led war on terrorism, said in March that interrogation of al Qaeda operatives meant they knew where bin Laden was 10 months ago.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13338807,00.html

I'm guessing that this is where it came from
Web site claims bin Laden is dead; no confirmation
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/570506.html

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. But

he IS forgotten-at least until Chimpy needs a convenient terra warning. :puke:

[TomClash]

2. Osama and Zawahiri are playin' Texas Hold'em at the Crawford ranch

[sabra]

7. LOL, nice!

[AlCzervik]

12. no they're hanging out in Langley VA.

[AuntiBush]

3. Oh. Well. If BL died, they're would be No War...

:argh:

Nothing to lead the faithful, fearful flock into.

[0007]

27. If Osama died he may have a bigger funeral than the Pope.

[mmonk]

4. Oh yeah, that guy

Wasn't he the guy linked to Saddam's plans to destroy us in 45 minutes with his WMD's?

[renaissanceguy]

5. I thought he was the guy who killed our economy

and forced mommies to kill their babies.


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.21272015

[mmonk]

6. You may be right

but I also think he was connected to those Iraqi terrorists that flew those planes on 9/11.

[Solly Mack]

8. but is he making tapes? that's the important thing.

(it's called sarcasm)

If he doesn't make tapes, how can Bush scare people? I mean , really, why accept al-Zarqawi tapes when we can have bin Laden tapes?

[Virginian]

9. Breaking news -- Osama not dead.

Breaking news -- Bush still President.

The two announcements go together like bread and butter. They both depend on one another. Osama depends on Bush to stay alive and Bush depends on Osama to stay in power.

[ktowntennesseedem]

10. I heard he was living in a pineapple under the sea...

having gay orgies with sponges and starfish

[mmonk]

28. and eating crabby patties.

[valis]

11. But they NEARLY captured him at some point!

[mmonk]

13. Almost

somewhere near Tora Bora. And they almost found those WMD's near Tikrit. And they almost captured Al Zarqawi.

[Charles19]

14. Good post, and the Media "ALMOST" comments on how

rediculous this is (but not quite).

[gordianot]

15. But, But, they got Al's laptop.

Wonder if the battery was charged?

[mmonk]

16. They must have gotten that

from his broadband connection in that cave.

[Frederik]

17. From which

they intercept all those messages he sens to Zarqawi.

[B3Nut]

18. If he's not dead...

then does he feel fine? Does he feeeeeeel happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? :D Maybe he'll go for a walk....

(sorry, just couldn't get that Monty Python image out of my head hehehe)

Todd in Beerbratistan

[uppityperson]

19. Boo!

Breaking news- everyone and anyone dould die at any moment and we all should be prepared for our deaths. Oh, you mean I'm supposed to worry because there will be terrarist uprisin's when Osama dies? Ah. boo

[leesa]

20. There was an obituary in the Pakistan paper in December 2001. He died

of his renal disease.

[hackwriter]

21. "I am not dead yet, I can dance and I can sing..."

Anyone seen "Spamalot"? I'm sorry, but this whole thing reminds me of the "I'm not dead yet" sketch from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and the hilarious song from the musical...

[Kool Kitty]

25. That's the first thing I thought of, too!

"I'm not quite dead!" "You're not fooling anyone, you know..." And I am sooo jealous if you have seen the play already.

[StaggerLee]

22. Abe Vigoda says: "me too!"

But seriously does anyone not think that the USSA doesn't know where said CIA asset is at any given time?

Shit, he probably shares cognac and commie stogies with some certain rebublican.

[MN ChimpH8R]

24. Osama's in....

Cheney's "undisclosed location" bunker watching the NBA playoffs and poker tournaments on the big screen TV....:evilgrin:

[CO Liberal]

23. "'E's Just Pinin' For The Fjords...."

[bunny planet]

26. Oh, the Blivet* can't afford to lose Osama. He's Goldstein.

The Ministry of Truth needs to keep him 'alive' in order to have a bogeyman to blame all the terrah on.