Bin Laden dead?

Jani

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Now this is news

in part, ?According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi intelligence services are said to have acquired the information that Osama bin Laden is dead.

Reuters
 

ProfJohn

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Let us all hope this is true.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but is this the first time a report of his death has been treated as a news story and not just a "I think he is dead" type of story passed by some talking head?
 

1EZduzit

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I will believe it when they show me the body. With his mamma confirming it..

Yep, where's the beef???

Inquiring minds want to know!!
 

Moonbeam

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To blow people up thousands of miles from you, people you know nothing about, you have to have been dead long before.
 

alchemize

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No wal-mart pharmacies in Pakistan, he couldn't afford the name brand antibiotic. Death from typhoid is pretty rare, but then again so are deaths by sting-ray, so nothing surprises me anymore.

If true...I hope he did die from drinking sh1tty (literally) water, he sufferred.
 

CaptnKirk

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While I doubt that he really is dead, this might just be a PsyOps tactic from France to play on the egos of al Queda and the followers
of Bin Laden to make them release a tape to deny his demise, with the hopes that a hastily prepared press release will be
sloppy enough to reveal that little subtle clue of his whereabouts that will allow us to pinpoint him and finally take him down.

Sloppy is as sloppy does . . and burns in hell.
 

ProfJohn

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Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
While I doubt that he really is dead, this might just be a PsyOps tactic from France to play on the egos of al Queda and the followers
of Bin Laden to make them release a tape to deny his demise, with the hopes that a hastily prepared press release will be
sloppy enough to reveal that little subtle clue of his whereabouts that will allow us to pinpoint him and finally take him down.

Sloppy is as sloppy does . . and burns in hell.

Perhaps you are right. There has not been a video tape of Osama made in like 2 years right? He could have been dead all this time, not sure if al Qaeda is going to release a press statement at the time of his death.
 

feralkid

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
To blow people up thousands of miles from you, people you know nothing about, you have to have been dead long before.





So you are saying Bush is dead?
 

Jaskalas

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Originally posted by: Moonbeam
To blow people up thousands of miles from you, people you know nothing about, you have to have been dead long before.

Not dead enough.
 

judasmachine

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Such is the problem with martyrs of any cause. They can be just as potent in death as they were in life. If he died at the hands of Americans, then he will never be dead enough.
 

ntdz

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I dont believe that he is actually dead. I do buy into the fact he may be seriously ill though. Either way, I don't think he's running Al Qaeda for awhile now.
 

ProfJohn

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If he is dead, by any means, it is a big boost to the Bush.

The "where is bin Laden" arguement will be gone and Democrats will have to come up with something else.
 

ProfJohn

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Originally posted by: conjur
A little early for the Rovian October Surprise.

Rove has been working on this one since 2002, can you blame him for getting a little excited and letting it lose early?
 

GoPackGo

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Originally posted by: conjur
A little early for the Rovian October Surprise.

Not really ...they drag it out long enough...if it could be "verified" later in october.

 

ericlp

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Bush Tells Barnes Capturing Bin Laden Is ?Not A Top Priority Use of American Resources

Uh, why should you bush supporters care about bin laden, bush don't.... So bow down to your master and follow suit...