Report of bin Laden's death...

by Funchback 22 Replies latest social current

  • Funchback
    Funchback

    I don't know if it's true or not.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14963302/

    French paper says bin Laden died in Pakistan

    Saudi Arabia is convinced al-Qaida leader died of typhoid, paper says

    Updated: 48 minutes ago

    PARIS - A French regional newspaper quoted a French secret service report on Saturday as saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.

    L'Est Republicain printed what it said was a copy of the report dated Sept. 21 and said it was shown to President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and France's interior and defense ministers on the same day.

    According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi services are now convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead, the document said.

    The information gathered by the Saudis indicates that the head of al-Qaida was a victim while he was in Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2006, of a very serious case of typhoid which led to a partial paralysis of his internal organs.

    The report, which was stamped with a confidential defense label and the initials of the French secret service, said Saudi Arabia first heard the information on Sept. 4 and that it was waiting for more details before making an official announcement.

    Officials contacted by Reuters in Chirac's and Villepin's offices had no immediate comment.

    A senior official in Pakistan's interior ministry said: "We have no information about Osama's death."

    Saudi-born Bin Laden was based in Afghanistan until the Taliban government there was overthrown by U.S.-backed forces in late 2001. Since then, U.S. and Pakistani officials have regularly said they believe he is hiding somewhere on the rugged border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    The last videotaped message released by bin Laden was in late 2004, but there have been several low quality audio tapes released this year.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    Nothing on BBC yet, so it's not official.

    But the BBC does report that Farrakhan may be close to death...

    Slim

  • fullofdoubtnow
    fullofdoubtnow

    I would think the people hunting him would want absolutely definite proof before they accept this report, and I doubt Al Qaeda will confirm it.

  • Arthur
    Arthur

    In the case of Bin Laden, this is the only time that I wish that a fiery hell really did exist. Well, maybe for Ken Lay too.

  • Funchback
    Funchback

    Farrakhan, eh? I remember there were some health concerns for him a couple of years ago.

  • Arthur
    Arthur
    But the BBC does report that Farrakhan may be close to death...

    Now that is some good news that will definately put a spring in my step.

  • Gadget
    Gadget

    Would this not just turn him into a martyr in the eyes of the extremists, and so make them try even harder?

  • badboy
    badboy

    ANY UPDATE?

  • badboy
    badboy

    ANY UPDATE?

  • Sparkplug
    Sparkplug

    I am wondering also.

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