Osama bin Laden has died, according to the L'Est republicain

AP France ^ | September 23, 2006

[Cedric]

Have you ever noticed how quick the Bush administration has been to declare all OBL tapes authentic?

[mcg2000]

Maybe ... but you've gotta look at where we've holed that group up at ... not too much technology in that area any way.

[Sacajaweau]

My theory is that Usama made "dictionary tapes". They're all cut and paste, poor quality and we never have the originals.

The other problem we have is different people interpreting them.

[ASA Vet]

From what I understand not bombing that funeral was a dumb idea. It was a PC move instead of a military kill.

A US military spokesman said there was nothing PC about it.
He said there was no ordnance close enough to hit them before they dispersed.

[beyond the sea]

The joke/significance is the pork............

[Cedric]

This is an attempt by the Left to "end" the WOT.

[restornu]

Need a patch of skin for the DNA!

[cardinal4]

I agree, caves dont have much in the way of Best Buy or Circuit City. But in a day and age where one can make videos with a cellphone, UBL holding up todays copy of "Dawn" or the Islamabad newspaper wouldnt be difficult at all. I have no inside knowledge or anything, but I really believe he died that day..

[beyond the sea]

this statement from the Saudis validates the French report except the DEAD part

Quite a "part".

;-)

[Dog]

I heard it also...

[vimto]

er... I was a little slow on the uptake there! cheers!

[Cedric]

We've got satellite photos of the guy on horseback just before we incinerated the place with bombs as big as VWs. He became a 2000 degree piece of carbon that day.

[SandRat]

Mrs. SR was just sitting with her cup of hazelnut coffee watching arrrrGGGG, CNN saying they reported this as well. WAIT! She just hollered out,...... the other news channels aren't reporting it.

[Raycpa]

Fox is actually talking about this right now; something about August 23rd.

Wasn't that the deadline Iran set for itself and a mystical date for Moslems?

[syriacus]

Always said that Bubba would be responsible for Hillary's fall. I

They should have decided to have her run for President first. She could have run for national office from Arkansas if she hadn't been playing the role of dutiful governor's wife.

[Raycpa]

Absolutely, far more than now. We kitties even got to play with them before they were killed. The good old days.

[syriacus]

Wasn't that the deadline Iran set for itself and a mystical date for Moslems?

Good question.

[Raycpa]

We should have had the fly guys in Okinowa hit them hard.

[Sacajaweau]

When does Ramadan start? I think we have to go back to the death of Mohammed and see what happened there. Usama is a copycat!!

Not only that....If he was near death, He would make a verrrrry long tape praising his lieutenants.....but not necessarily give it to Al Jazeera.

[Miss Marple]

I have noticed that, but I have also noticed that it is the CIA which confirms their authenticity, and which has its own motivations, which are not necessarily identical to those of the administration.