Posted on 09/22/2006 10:33:45 PM PDT by confrico
PARIS (AP) - The head of terrorist network al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, has died, according to information from the Saudi police, transmitted by the Directorate-General of External Services (DGSE), and reported on the Lorraine daily newspaper L'Est republicain in its Saturday edition.
"According to a commonly reliable source, the Saudi police believes that Osama Bin Laden has died," said a September 21st confidential note from the DGSE classified as "defense." L'Est republicain will publish it in its Saturday edition. The note, specified the daily newspaper, would be re-printed "un-edited."
According to the note to be published by the L'Est republicain, the Saudi police "would try to obtain more details, in particular the location of the burial site, and then announce the news officially." The DGSE specified in the note that no "jihadist Internet site has for the moment been made aware of the death of Osama bin Laden."
According to the note, "the head of al Qaeda may have fallen victim to a strong case of typhoid fever while in Pakistan, on August 23, 2006," and may have died within a matter of days.
The French news organization transmitted this note to the President of France, to the Defense and Prime Minister and the Ministers of the Interior Department on September 21, according to the regional daily newspaper, which added that a prior note transmitted on September 19th to the leaders of France explained why the Saudi police "sought to confirm the death of Osama bin Laden."
Is it possible that Clinton was tipped off to the story by the French? So he had to get his spin cover story circulating?
Sorry! Nope, I meant OBL.
Not using toilet paper and not washing your hands. It fits the profile.
That's why Islam is so backwards, they still think it's 1427!
Hope so. Did up the body, identify the remains, add pig entrails, and bury again.
Actually, he released an audio tape mentioning the death of Al Zarqawi around 28 June.
"The news did not come from the CIA or British, but from fellow French"
So says one forum post...Note the admitted admiration fer the frogs
All we need now is for Quidam to weigh in.
"Again?
Ole bin Laden has died almost as many times as Yassar Arafat did.
Is he really, really dead this time, though?"
Maybe he's just mostly dead. If he was totally dead, all you could do would be to look through his pockets for loose change.
It's interesting that it reports he was paralyzed. Hopefully one of our bombs did that (or a sharpshooter, better still). After watching the trial of Saddam, one sure hopes bin Laden dies rather than be put on trial. We should have plugged Saddam in the spider hole when we had the chance -- I am sure he was aiming his pistol at that good Marine....
"I'm waiting for the expert!
"As Coroner I must aver,
I thoroughly examined him...
and he's not only merely dead,
but really most sincerely dead."
LOL!!!!
Yes, it's the "B" in BLT. The food of infidels! ;)
"If this is true, expect Kerry and Dean to say something stupid like, "this just confirms Bush's incompetence! He let Bin Laden die before he could be captured!""
Yes, probably, but anyway they cannot continue to say why is Bush expending all this energy doing (fill in the blank) when he should be concentrating on finding/killing Bin Laden.
There were lefties back then, but the troll word came along later.
Anyway, I consider trolls people who try to pretend they are with us but bring up insidious back biting stuff.
Smells that way.
But if he died back then all we could ever have is a skeleton or a mummy.
I want a body!
I agree. Show me the body, then I'll be satisfied he's finally gone.
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