Jim,
UBL MAY BE DEAD, captured, or in a hidey hole, but his evil spirit lives on via jihad.
He is, he may be, he isn't dead... Until conclusive proof that he's DEAD is shown to the world then I'll believe he's alive.
We can only hope...but what nice news that would be on this day of all days.
They are showing this high quality video of OBLs 2nd in command, but nothing of OBL in a really long time. He's been room temperature for quite a while.
(steely)
His ego is too great for him not to have made a video to both rally his supporters and stick in our eye.
I believe he's been dead for some time.
Ping
Tah - dah!
He's not dead, he's simply taken on the form of a thickly congealed bloody mass.
He's getting better....really...
Hasn't Osama released an audio tape since our invasion of Iraq, where he specifically mentioned "Iraq"? I thought I remembered he had and that it had been authenticated.
If he is dead he's died since then.
We have to assume he is still alive. We have to continue to look for him until we know for sure.
He's dead. This proud, cocky peacock would not be able to keep quiet this long if he was still breathing.
So what. Iffen he ain't dead, he's still callin' the shots. Iffen he is dead, somebody just like him is callin' the shots. Where does that leave us?
Osama may be alive, Osama may be dead (I happen to believe the latter); what is known is he isn't doing a whole lot of leading (something he had been doing from the 1980s up 'till December 2001).
Great News! If OBL is dead I won $100.00 from my Democratic friend who believes President Bush has captured him and will show OBL in the per verbal October Surprise.
Water Cooler Bets:
Funny thing, I just made that bet yesterday and since the other office Democrats are feeling better about sKerry I doubled up on all of their action.
As far as OBL alive or dead, he's alive.
OBL's alive, he's just retired.
We have video and audio, CIA vetted, from post Tora Bora, and have captured people who've been in touch with him as late as late 2002. We have intercepted telephone calls made to Bin Laden as late as early 2003, and are aware of specific meetings with him as late as April 2003.
He stopped making videos when the Muslim world asked him to, because his sagging eyebags and green face (results of probably being wounded at Tora Bora) wasn't fitting the poster boy for terror image.
Zawahiri is a little more active, call him CEO with Bin Laden as Chairman of the Board.
Operational control has devolved to Bin Laden's son, Saad Bin Laden and his deputy, Saif al Adel, both based in Iran, who cooperate closely with Rafsanjani, VEVAK, IRGC, Qods and Hezbollah leaders, and who have staged numerous successful and failed attacks from Iran.
I've lost count how many times this cat has died. His head on a stick won't stop his followers.
He's dead. If the media is downplaying his importance, either they have him or he's dead.
He's dead. If the media is downplaying his importance, either they have him or he's dead.
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.