Is EVERYTHING they say about Osama True? Or is some of it Bullshit?

[Philosoraptor]

Is absolutely everything we see about Osama true? Every bit of it? How seriously are we to take these periodic audio and video tapes that mysteriously appear?

How much of Osama is real and how much is overblown hype and hyperbole? I'd like to hear your views, what particulars can we say we know to be ABSOLUTELY TRUE about the most wanted man on Earth?

Please list below only things that we know to be true about Osama.
Thanks.

[arcane1]

1. most of what we have heard since 9/11/01 has come from BushCo

I suppose that says it all

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Osama has never been captured, either because they don't want to

or they can't, either way it's not good news.

[napi21]

3. FOR SURE? Very little! I do believe there was a man named

Osama, and he was banished from Saudi Arabia by his family. I believe he had a followingwho would od anything that he asked.

I honestly don't think anyone knows if he is still alive or dead, or how much control he currently has in the world of terror. Seems there are quite a few more active terror agentsnow that Shrub has stirred the terror pot!

We may never really know much about Osama or if he's alive, dead, or just retired because he DID accomplish his goal already.

[htuttle]

4. I know one thing for sure

The manner in which we went after him made him much 'bigger' than he ever would have been without it. They didn't sell OBL T-Shirts on the street in the Middle East before Bush started bloviating about him being "the biggest threat we've ever seen".

[3121guitarist]

5. Greg Palast

You should read what Greg Palast says about him, it will curl your hair, and not in a good way.

[frylock]

7. i'll be starting armed madhouse this weekend..

right after I finish this Palahniuk I'm reading. Welcome to the board. :hi:

[tnlefty]

8. Welcome to DU, 3121guitarist!

Hope that you like it here! :hi:

[tnlefty]

6. His clothes look clean for someone who is wandering in sandy areas or

hiding in caves. (For some odd reason this has always been remarkable to me). He has had and perhaps still does have a beard.

Apparently he is no longer the most wanted man on earth because Bush** just doesn't spend that much time thinking about him.

[Philosoraptor]

9. He's in Pakistan!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/bergen.binladen/index.html

Contrary to popular belief, the official said, bin Laden most likely isn't living in a cave but in a house, possibly with a family and no more than two bodyguards.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the hunt, said the thinking that bin Laden is in Chitral is based in part on trees that are peculiar to that region that can be seen in a 2003 video of bin Laden walking in a mountainous region.

In addition, the official said, the conclusion that bin Laden is in Chitral is based on the length of time it takes for bin Laden's audiotapes to make their way to news outlets like Al-Jazeera when he comments on important events, such as the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It took three weeks for bin Laden's reaction to appear on the world's television screens.

[Philosoraptor]

10. Osama Hot for Whitney Houston, not fond of blacks

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/article_1193385.php/Osama_Bin_Laden_hot_for_Whitney_Houston_not_fond_of_blacks

[soothsayer]

14. that's my favorite! think of the good drugs he could score her from

afghanistan---she might just dump ol' bobby!

[Philosoraptor]

11. "In the Footsteps of Bin Laden" Know your Enemy--TONIGHT on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents/bin.laden/

[Philosoraptor]

12. kik

[Sinti]

13. Emmanuel Goldstein Lives! n/t

[Philosoraptor]

15. apparently he's in a nice house, not a cave, with his family & guards

but definitely not on the run

[Rosemary2205]

16. I say 50/50 - and I don't think he did 911.

Osama is a braggard yet he has said over and over that he had nothing to do with 911 - but liked it. GW's dad and Osama's dad being golfing buddies I wouldn't expect to see Osama in cuffs any decade soon.

[Philosoraptor]

17. What they AREN'T telling us about Osama is also quite interesting.

Like the bin Laden and bush families go back decades in business and friendship.

[PBass]

18. Watch "The Power Of Nightmares" for some good info on Bin Laden

You can find it on some of the free video-hosting websites, and you can probably rent it too. Produced by the BBC. Very good documentary.