Osama Bin Laden May Be Dead, Says Pak Minister

INDO Link ^ | Sept 11, 2004

[The_Victor]

Meanwhile, most analysts believe there is a danger in laying too much emphasis on al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden alone when the reality of growing terrorism is more complex - and perhaps more dangerous.

He's dead. If the media is downplaying his importance, either they have him or he's dead.

[hershey]

Hmmm, you can't help wondering if Pakistan has bin Laden's corpse in a cooler somewhere and has been dangling his whereabouts in front of the US like a carrot.

[sweetliberty]

Jim, you know that Bush killed him and just has his carcass stashed to drag out right before the election, son't you? < /sarcasm >

[We Happy Few]

My knowledge of Latin American history is rusty. Does anyone recall how reports of Che Guevarra's death were handled? He achieved cult status--the James Dean of Marxism.

I experience revulsion everytime I see a woman on my commute to work who has the infamous chromatic Che portrait on the outside tire cover of her SUV. (Complete with a red star.) There is a message in Spanish that says something like, "What is the value of one man when the future of humanity is in jeopardy?" (My interpretation is, To make a socialist workers' paradise omelet, you've got to break a few eggs.)

[sweetliberty]

Oops....that should be "don't you." My eyes don't focus this early.

What on earth are you doing up? Don't you ever sleep?

[hershey]

If Pakistan finds him and hands him over, or we catch him before Nov., it's a given that Muslims worldwide will foam at the mouth, along with Kerry and company. Muslims who follow Jihad aren't sane. Every move we make, every time we defend ourselves, it's an 'insult' not to be borne. The truth only goes one way, their way. Thanks to the Koran and murderous mullahs, women are cattle, human rights don't exist, individual freedom, liberty, the right to think for yourself...all of which they deny...it's why their culture is stuck in the Dark Ages.

[XEHRpa]

My knowledge of Latin American history is rusty. Does anyone recall how reports of Che Guevarra's death were handled?

Yeah, didn't Geraldo open the vault containing his casket? Or was that Dan Rather?...

[Taffini]

He's been dead since before Dec 13, 2001 and will remain so.



I believe he is dead also. He died before Christmas 2001. They probably have dna results that prove it too. Why they won't admit this I don't know.

[We Happy Few]

I think Che was buried under 6 inches of asphalt along a runway somewhere.

Remember how Fujimori disposed of the Shining Path terrorists who captured the Japanese Embassy in Lima? They were, of course, not taken alive. Afterwards, they were cremated and their ashes not returned to next of kin. Fujimori did not want any grave becoming a shrine to Marxism.

[Ditter]

Osama is on the wrong side of the lawn. He is taking a dirt nap. He has ceased to be. In other words, he's dead Jim.

[winker]

Nice thought boss but I'll wait to see a severed head on a pole before rejoicing!

[quesera]

Sorry to say that the timing of this news coming out now is suspicious at best.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well, if he is I guess I can toss away my hopes of seeing his head on a stake at Ground Zero.

But then again, if he is dead, we will now have to deal with the mournful cries of the Democrats revering their martyr for "freedom of speech".

[longfellow]

Bring us his head!

[admiralsn]

Rashid : It just so happens that bin Laden is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Reporter : What's that?
Rashid : Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

Sorry Princess Bride fans.

[SAWTEX]

"We have video and audio, CIA vetted, from post Tora Bora,"

Audio yes Video no. CIA will tell us what they want us to belive and nothing else. If video exists please direct us
to it's location.

[Company Man]

Do you all remember, at the end of the battle of Tora Bora, how many captured Al Qaeda came down off that mountain crying, and otherwise highly emotional? Surviving four days of round the clock bombing, artillery, and rocket strikes would leave one shellsocked and numb, but the hardened fighters were crying their eyes out! let me add to the chorus: He's dead, Jim.

[VRWC_minion]

The definitive test for me is that I will know Osama Bin Laden is dead when Dan Rather tells me so.

He has a memo proving he is dead. Its even signed by bin Laden. Its authentic too. The tyset is an IBM selectric.

[alancarp]

At least my December 1st, 2001 guess in the 'dead pool' is still alive.

[Conservative til I die]

BUT, I am suspicious of a muslim gov't telling me this

I dunno man. Pakistan's been kicking ass and taking names lately. The worst thing the terrorists ever did was try to assassinate Musharraf.