~ is Osama bin Laden dead?~~~~~~~~

[babybunny 2]

PARIS - A French regional newspaper quoted a French secret service report on Saturday as saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.

L’Est Republicain printed what it said was a copy of the report dated Sept. 21 and said it was shown to President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and France’s interior and defense ministers on the same day.

“According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi services are now convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead,” the document said.

“The information gathered by the Saudis indicates that the head of al-Qaida was a victim while he was in Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2006, of a very serious case of typhoid which led to a partial paralysis of his internal organs.”

The report, which was stamped with a “confidential defense” label and the initials of the French secret service, said Saudi Arabia first heard the information on Sept. 4 and that it was waiting for more details before making an official announcement.

Officials contacted by Reuters in Chirac’s and Villepin’s offices had no immediate comment.

A senior official in Pakistan’s interior ministry said: “We have no information about Osama’s death.”

Saudi-born Bin Laden was based in Afghanistan until the Taliban government there was overthrown by U.S.-backed forces in late 2001. Since then, U.S. and Pakistani officials have regularly said they believe he is hiding somewhere on the rugged border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The last videotaped message released by bin Laden was in late 2004, but there have been several low quality audio tapes released this year.

source:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14963302/

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I think I'll go with Paul Miller's theory. He's hiding somewhere in Miami working at a 7-11 dressed in atrocious Elvis-impersonator garb.

[godsavethequeen 0]

..and I thought he was sunning himself on the BUSH ranch

[almaty 19]

no, he is not dead...

[Mirorgate 0]

..and I thought he was sunning himself on the BUSH ranch

Remember, he likes his martini's shaken, not stirred.

no, he is not dead...

hmmm.... kinda sad that. die of natural causes = OK, death by western devices = martyr +100 yrs more trouble

[PsychoKat 0]

Hmmm he was but now he's just sick

AP

World

Is Bin Laden Dead?

Saudi sources tell TIME that credible reports suggest the fugitive Qaeda leader has contracted a serious 'water-borne illness,' and may have already died

By SCOTT MACLEOD/CAIRO AND TALA SKARI/PARIS

SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORArchive: Why Can't We Find Osama?

Related: Plot Shows al-Qaeda's Weakness

Posted Saturday, Sep. 23, 2006

Fugitive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, believed to be on the run in rugged terrain in the Afghan-Pakistani border region since the September 11 attacks five years ago, has become seriously ill and may have already died, a Saudi source tells TIME, echoing earlier reports in the French media.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that Saudi officials have received multiple credible reports over the last several weeks that Bin Laden has been suffering from a water-borne illness. The source believes that there is a "high probability" that Bin Laden has already died from the disease, but stressed that Saudi officials have thus far received no concrete evidence of Bin Laden's death.

"This is not a rumor," says the source. "He is very ill. He got a water-related sickness and it could be terminal. There are a lot of serious facts about things that have actually happened. There is a lot to it. But we don't have any concrete information to say that he is dead."

Is Bin Laden Dead?

[almaty 19]

Hmmm he was but now he's just sick

AP

World

Is Bin Laden Dead?

Saudi sources tell TIME that credible reports suggest the fugitive Qaeda leader has contracted a serious 'water-borne illness,' and may have already died

By SCOTT MACLEOD/CAIRO AND TALA SKARI/PARIS

SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORArchive: Why Can't We Find Osama?

Related: Plot Shows al-Qaeda's Weakness

Posted Saturday, Sep. 23, 2006

Fugitive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, believed to be on the run in rugged terrain in the Afghan-Pakistani border region since the September 11 attacks five years ago, has become seriously ill and may have already died, a Saudi source tells TIME, echoing earlier reports in the French media.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that Saudi officials have received multiple credible reports over the last several weeks that Bin Laden has been suffering from a water-borne illness. The source believes that there is a "high probability" that Bin Laden has already died from the disease, but stressed that Saudi officials have thus far received no concrete evidence of Bin Laden's death.

"This is not a rumor," says the source. "He is very ill. He got a water-related sickness and it could be terminal. There are a lot of serious facts about things that have actually happened. There is a lot to it. But we don't have any concrete information to say that he is dead."

Is Bin Laden Dead?

heard he pick up cholera or the bullhead..i always get those 2 things mixed up

[Scott & Lai 12]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

[homesick_american 1]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

I'll open a bottle of champagne when I see his head on a pike. WHO'S WITH ME!

[godsavethequeen 0]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

I'll open a bottle of champagne when I see his head on a pike. WHO'S WITH ME!

How so very civilised of you!

I think maybe a fair trail would be better, get the truth out!! .....but I forget the US is trying to go back in time to Medieval tortures - Hanging, Drawing and Quartering, Burnings at the Stake.... Ohhh the -R a c k- of course was always fun too.

You seriously want to see that kind of torture in the world? Sick, twisted, masocistic voyeurs?

[homesick_american 1]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

I'll open a bottle of champagne when I see his head on a pike. WHO'S WITH ME!

How so very civilised of you!

I think maybe a fair trail would be better, get the truth out!! .....but I forget the US is trying to go back in time to Medieval tortures - Hanging, Drawing and Quartering, Burnings at the Stake.... Ohhh the -R a c k- of course was always fun too.

You seriously want to see that kind of torture in the world? Sick, twisted, masocistic voyeurs?

I'm 100% in favor of fair human rights for everyone, but I'm willing to make an exception where Osama's concerned. If I saw people dragging him down the street beating him with sticks, I wouldn't step in to stop it.

[gimygirl 0]

he's dead .... and has been for some time now!

[babybunny 2]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

whats a pike?

well whatever it is I wanna see it too..

[sarah and hicham 3]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

I'll open a bottle of champagne when I see his head on a pike. WHO'S WITH ME!

How so very civilised of you!

I think maybe a fair trail would be better, get the truth out!! .....but I forget the US is trying to go back in time to Medieval tortures - Hanging, Drawing and Quartering, Burnings at the Stake.... Ohhh the -R a c k- of course was always fun too.

You seriously want to see that kind of torture in the world? Sick, twisted, masocistic voyeurs?

Are you honestly concerned about how one would go about killing Osama after what happened on 9/11? I think it's pretty sick and twisted that someone would plot to kill so many INNOCENT people.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I'll believe he's dead when I see his head on a pike.

whats a pike?

well whatever it is I wanna see it too..

A pike is like a spear, only much bigger; they aren't thrown.s