CIA Kept bin Laden Son's Death Secret For Months

[Soylent Brice]

Osama bin Laden's son has been dead for months, U.S. officials believe, but the CIA has tried to keep it a secret as a way of "messing with al-Qaeda."



Saad bin Laden was likely killed in a Predator drone strike earlier this year in Pakistan, though U.S. officials cannot say for sure. Determining whether Saad bin Laden was killed in a drone attack will be difficult. If he was a victim of a missile attack, it will be unlikely that there will ever be any DNA testing to confirm his death.

However, U.S. officials have received indications - electronic chatter and reports from the ground - that Saad was killed several months ago.

U.S. officials do not believe Saad was a senior figure in his father's organization. He was a "small player with a big name," says the U.S. official. "He has never been a major operation figure." But he was important enough for the Iranian government to have held him for several years under house arrest after 9/11, as well as other senior al Qaeda leaders.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8156930&page=1

[billyoc]

1. I always get a kick out of seeing Osama in his American army jacket.

:rofl:

[Soylent Brice]

2. it's very stylish, and brings out the color in his eyes.

very chic.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Strange that OBL didn't make an annoucement on this.

I guess he only speaks in early November of election years.

:sarcasm: