Good question.
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.
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2006/08/allah_will_know.html
The night of August 21, 2006 is the night Prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven from the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem while a great light lit-up the night sky. August 22 is the day Iran's President Ahmadinejad will give his 'answer' to the West concerning his nuclear program. A coincidence? August 22 is the day "Allah will know his own", meaning that infidel, non-Muslim, victims will go to a well-deserved punishment in hell and Muslims will be sent to heaven.
'Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate. --Quran 9:73 (via The Conservative Voice)'
In 874 A.D., the 12th Imam, the Mahdi, which means messiah or guide, was hidden by God, and most muslims believe his return will signal the onset of Armageddon in which Islam will dominate the world. This strangely coincides with the much older prophecy that the Anti-Christ will come from the East at the start of Armageddon.
The Mahdi cant come unless there is major opression, death and destruction of muslims going on and Ahmadinejad wants to promote this to bring about the Mahdis return. -- via Islaminazi
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2006/08/allah_will_know.html