Osama Bin Laden Is Dead And Buried: Multan Newspaper

[ECH1969]

A Pakistani newspaper Ausaf published from Multan has reported that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died four months ago in a village near Kandahar of severe illness.

According to the newspaper report, Bin Laden was campaigning at Bamiyan, fell very ill, returned to Kandahar where he died and was buried in the Shada graveyard in the shadow of a mountain.

The controversy continues to surround Osama bin Laden and while US and Pakistan officials have often been quoted by the media as saying that his mortal status was just a matter of detail, the hunt is still on and the issue remains a topic of great interest for the media and governments alike.

Funeral prayers have been said for Osama bin Laden over these years with one reported now by the Ausaf, and another in an Egyptian newspaper Al Wafd as far back as December 2001.

http://southasia.net/article625.html

[stepnw1f]

1. I Knew It

I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

[PurpleChez]

4. definitely

he's worth much more to *'s brown shirts as a live bogeyman than he ever could be dead.

[dutchdemocrat]

62. On the contrary

Killing him off now means Bushco can easily close the chapter on Bin Laden with something like.... "Well, we holed him up GUUD in them hills until he just plum died himself.".

Now they can easily erase him from the stage. Without pressure to catch him anymore - there's one less worry.

This below means nothing anymore.

[tavalon]

63. One less worry?

Osama Bin Laden was the best thing that ever happened to them. To have their best boogieman dead is in no way a good thing for them.

[PurpleChez]

67. I'd make ONE correction to your speculative quote:

"Well, we holed him up GUUD in them hills until he just plum died hisself."

Maybe hisownself.

"Himself" just sounds too literate for this bunch of psychopathic yahoos.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I thought

he died in the earthquake.

[0007]

19. I thought it was the earthquake also!

[SoCalDem]

3. Bamiyan is fairly well scrutinized by Westerners

I am surprised that no one "saw him" there..

It really doesn't matter iof he's dead or alive.. He planted the seeds, and the garden is flourishing and re-seeding itself..

[ikojo]

27. The garden is being watered and fertilized

each day the US and Britain continue to occupy Iraq. Their presence there does not make us any safer over here.

[Psephos]

5. Umm, ok n/t

[Deja Q]

6. Watch *'s poll numbers rise as his lot spins the truth into fiction.

That or he'll be alive tomorrow, suddenly appearing out of nowhere and yelling "Ta-daa!"

[ECH1969]

9. UBL dying of natural causes wouldn't help Bush

UBL being captured or killed would.

[mom cat]

18. Durn it! Nothing is going right for Bush!

[mtnester]

83. Or he will be reincarnated and immediately arrested as OBL's #2

man...for the 20th time.

[Straight Shooter]

7. OBL dies a lot. n/t

[wakeme2008]

15. Only second to the Number TWO guy ...

:rofl:

[entanglement]

or the 'right-hand man' LOL

:rofl:

[0007]

28. As much as junior lies! n/t

[Tight_rope]

76. LMBAO...No Shit....The man has many lives!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[carolinalady]

8. Show me the body. n/t

[celestia671]

16. Unless...

they're just carrying him around and propping him up, like 'Weekend at Bernie's'!

The guy could have died a long time ago. Who knows?

[carolinalady]

22. DNA would confirm. If he is dead and we still can't find him, what

does that say about our intelligence/military? On the other hand, as long as we do not know, * can keep his private war going. Once his death is confirmed he will have a harder time selling his "war on terra."

[ECH1969]

10. Don't we get these reports about

UBL and Zarqawi dying every couple months?

[Jara sang]

11. How will he terrify us anymore?

Let's hope for Bush's sake Bin Laden made some pre-recorded terror videos.

[NeoConsSuck]

61. Maybe he'll come back as a zombie?

wouldn't that make a nice Hollywood thriller?

[myrna minx]

72. Study Reveals Pittsburgh Unprepared For Full-Scale Zombie Attack

From the Onion...
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41676
Study Reveals Pittsburgh Unprepared For Full-Scale Zombie Attack
October 19, 2005 | Issue 41•42

PITTSBURGH—A zombie-preparedness study, commissioned by Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and released Monday, indicates that the city could easily succumb to a devastating zombie attack. Insufficient emergency-management-personnel training and poorly conceived undead-defense measures have left the city at great risk for all-out destruction at the hands of the living dead, according to the Zombie Preparedness Institute.

"When it comes to defending ourselves against an army of reanimated human corpses, the officials in charge have fallen asleep at the wheel," Murphy said. "Who's in charge of sweep-and-burn missions to clear out infected areas? Who's going to guard the cemeteries at night? If zombies were to arrive in the city tomorrow, we'd all be roaming the earth in search of human brains by Friday."

more...

[twaddler01]

81. omg

ROFL :rofl:

[bluestateguy]

12. That would be a good thing

If true, and it probably is not.

It's the double play: bin Laden dead :), and Bush doesn't get his trophy for capturing him.

[Island Blue]

13. He can't be dead

Hasn't he been penciled in by the * administration to make an appearance sometime next week?

[carolinalady]

23. No silly, Syria is scheduled for next week. n/t

[MADem]

65. Yeah, they are holding him in an undisclosed location...

[hiabrill]

69. The translation of the Arabic saying by Bin Laden

"We fought America because we are free and because we wanted to free our Islamic Nation"

translation by my Arab colleague.

[No Exit]

73. One could add: "...and the Americans hate us for our freedom."

Bin Laden and Bush: maybe they're the same guy.

[hiabrill]

74. His comments were in response to the same

[twaddler01]

82. dang it bush

take off that stupid mask! :rofl:

[NV Whino]

14. OBL has been dead for 4 years

[Blaq Dem]

17. No he's not...he's chillin' with Prick Chaney in an underground bunker

They may be using this as an excuse not to hunt for Bin Laden.

BTW, did anyone know Osama's oldest brother was killed in a plane crash in Texas back in 1988? They claim it was an accident. I think that's where the rift between Bin Laden and the US first began.

[Massacure]

20. Whether OBL is dead or alive is irrelevant.

The only thing relevant is whether or not he has or will decide another obedient sheep to follow in his footsteps after he, or when he does die.

[goforit]

41. How convenient!!!.......But Poppy Bush hired him!!! Thats the record.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. And we believe this why?

[Dancing_Dave]

24. He probably died from kidney failure years ago.

And was probably buried quietly by his family in Saudi Arabia.

The "Osama videos" since 9/11 have all turned out to be bogus. There has been no real evidence of him being alive for years, and he was known to have a mortal kidney condition before 9/11.

The best mythological propaganda enemy is one who no longer actually exists...he can't contradict anything Bush wants to say about him!

Ditto for that "Zarqawi" in Iraq.

[RedstDem]

26. Wasn't there a video out right around last year?

[Old and In the Way]

31. You mean this one?

<>

I don't know...he was looking mighty fit in this Bush promo, prior to the last election...

[jbnow]

57. Lots of people

gain weight in their nose like he did, right?

[Teaser]

32. There has been considerable speculation

That that figure was not Osama. Most of his output has been audiotapes, and at least one scholar has concluded that that audiotapes were produced by one of his sons who sounds remarkable likey Osama

What's the truth? Who knows. It's irrelevant now. The man is a force of nature in the wahabbist world now, alive or dead.

[Ian David]

30. Osama Bin Headroom???? n/t

[VegasWolf]

25. OBL could die of old age before the Bush clown could get him. nt

[Ian David]

29. Bill Frist says Osama looks fine, insists they re-insert the feeding tube

He's just pining for the fjords

[PittPoliSci]

48. LOL

[DoctorMyEyes]

50. LOL!

have we checked his feet for nails?

[Dogmudgeon]

33. Not again!

He's got more lives than a mangy old cat -- and people in that area are too poor to be able to do much animal rescue.

Out of nine lives, he may only have one or two to go.

--p!

[jobycom]

34. Dude dies more than Abe Vigoda. nt

[yurbud]

35. This reminds me of WAG THE DOG

They are trying to get the president re-elected by faking a war, but the CIA sides with the challenger so he can declare the war over.

Every word about Osama is fishy at the very least. This is somebody trying to pull the rug out from under Bush.

I just hope it works.

[leesa]

36. Right. He died in 2001. Can't have the little pre-election charade upset

now, can we?

[Just Me]

37. Whether he was/is dead or alive never mattered. It was the "fiction",...

,...the served certain "interests". Gotta' have an enemy to drive people towards your goal.

[MGKrebs]

38. He isn't needed anymore.

"U.S. intelligence officials say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has expanded his terrorism campaign in Iraq to extremists in two dozen terror groups scattered across almost 40 countries, creating a network that rivals Osama bin Laden's."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102200562.html

[ECH1969]

42. They have been saying this for a year and a half

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-te.terrorist13may13,1,7019629.story?coll=bal-iraq-storyutil

[Name removed]

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[LisaL]

40. If I had a penny for every time Osama has died...

[MidwestTransplant]

43. But I thought Saddam was in jail! Oh other guy.

[are_we_united_yet]

44. OK then

we really are/were safer.

:eyes:

[NYC Liberal]

45. He's been dead for a long long time. Reported back in *2002*

See:

Musharraf: bin Laden likely dead - 2002

[callady]

46. But we still have to get all those deputies don't we?

And they are all in oil rich lands.

[Dinger]

47. I Saw This On Free Republic

Yes, I dared to venture there. Curisoity killed this cat, but I wasn't there long.

[lovuian]

49. There is a Big reward so where is a finger or sumthin!!!

Doubt it!!!

[arwalden]

51. Hmmmm. Do I Believe It? Do I Not Believe It? Hmmm.

[Freedomfried]

52. The worlds most wanted man dies peacefully of natural causes, at home,

with the entire US armed forces scouring the planet looking for him.

Who's running this clusterfuck?

[carolinalady]

54. That would be Rove. n/t

[YOY]

53. Oh great now Terrorism will finally stop!

Surely all of those opposed to our freedomrific 'merka will throw down their arms and bow down to our superior democracy! :sarcasm:

Oh wait, Terrorism doesn't work like that...

and no I don't believe it.

[alittlelark]

55. hmmmmm....

[Beam Me Up]

56. Dog and pony tErrorist for a dog and pony pResident. ObL is irrelevant.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

58. fantastic!

when's the ticker tape parade and the sailor kissing the nurse in Time Square? What's that you say? This war will never end? Damn.

[Red_Viking]

59. He's our Emmanuel Goldstein

We're at war with Eurasia. We've always been at war with Eurasia.

Get ready for the Two Minutes' Hate.

Peace,

RV

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

60. Emmanuel Goldstein CAN'T be dead. The Party still needs him.

In case someone kidnaps more of Saddam's legal team, and the trial can't be continued.

Gotsta have that ol' quintessential bad guy to blame stuff on.

[xchrom]

64. he died again?

[nolabels]

66. In another life he was a multi-personality channeling feline

Trying to snuff out one of those kind can be so confusing :crazy:

Crazy Cat
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004

My cat Pumpkin is an adorable little creature that weighs about 10lbs, has red/orange/white hair and has his moments. You see my cat fetches. One of those moments includes when he comes traipsing into the living room while Gina and I are watching t.v. with a very curious object in his mouth. He especially likes balled up aluminum foil or as you will see in the picture below, a certain feminine care product.


(snip)
http://richardz.com/blog/2004/01/22/crazy_cat.php

[Walt Starr]

68. Certainly not a credible source

any independent cnfirmation?

[underpants]

70. *sigh* another #2 huh?

If only we could get the top guy.

[tomg]

71. In the South Asia News article,

the last line was, for me, the most interesting:

"Osama bin Laden has a reward of $25 million on his head. Despite this he remains elusive, and could remain that way for a long time, alive or dead."

It really is in both "sides" interests to maintain the ambiguous nature of his actual existence. For Bush, et al., it allows a focus and gives a human face to the the "War on Terror;" we can keep looking for him, quite literally, forever without having to find him. Oh, and we don't have to find him because he is "dead." That, as someone mentioned above,he has a son or sons, one of whom sounds remarkably like him, only makes his continued "existence" more sustainable. Not to trivialize it, but think of him as the Phantom. Quite frankly, Al Zarqawi doesn't have emotional resonance that Bin Laden does. Everyone remembers Spartacus. No one recalls Crixus and Oenamus ( his lieutenants).Actually, as the Roman Empire had a few of these figures that they would scare the populace with. At some point, of course, Bin Laden will be declared "officially" dead when his "life" is no longer useful to whatever administration is in power. By then, though, it really will be too late.

From the other side, the issue is a bit different, but the emotive resonance is the same. In a sense, again think of Spartacus ( whose body, at least in Tacitus, I think was never found). This is a very common pattern, and is a variant on The Sleeping Lord figures. These are the tribal, proto-nationalist figures who will come back in times of need because, in fact, they never died. They are particularly useful as rallying figures against invasion. They arise in a time of cultural crisis, war successfully against "invaders" or "traitors," and their deaths are always ambiguous. The locations of their "graves" are subject to debate, although some areas claim the honor, and the sites sometimes become the equivalent of shrines. Often they are buried on mountains or "in the shadows of mountains." The historical fact of the figures is really not important in light of the mythic resonance. Again, not to trivialize it, but think of Elvis.

What we could be seeing, although it is too early to tell, is the beginning of a mythos.

edit" typo
edit: more damn typos

[napi21]

75. Oh Gee! Forever, some will never believe he's DEAD!

If it's true, why couldn't they have proven it at the time?

[hippiechick]

77. ... But. Wait. If OBL's dead ... Then. We. Won ?

:shrug: I mean, to hear * ... OBL was the only one that needed to be "smoked out" ... so, if he's dead ... and Saddam Hussein's on trial ... doesn't that mean there is no more terra and we can bring the troops home from Afghanistan (uh, yeah - we DO still have troops there) AND Iraq ... ;-)

[AZBlue]

78. Unless they dig up the body and do DNA tests, I'm not biting. (n/t)

[newspeak]

79. yes, but he did or does have severe kidney dysfunction

if you need dialysis and he's hold up in them there caves, who's treating him? And if OBL is found to have died before the 2004 election, then who was on that propitious tape that was made before our vote? OBL has been a very sick man, and I wouldn't doubt that he's dead. And of course, we have the many OBLs. The fat one, the weird nose one, the skinny one. Who's making the videos and how come they appear at propitious times for Bush? That's my question.

[twaddler01]

86. I tell you

it is none other than W with his costume off! :hide:

[Initech]

80. To borrow a quote from Super Troopers:

"I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert!"

I've speculated before that Osama (which could explain why we havent been able to find him in 4 years!) is dead but until they have concrete proof he is, I refuse to believe it.

[twaddler01]

84. likely has it,

we will never know if he is dead or alive with the * administration around.

And who cares anyway? I'm sure we have more people like him in Iraq right now thanks to our invasion... :argh:

[NoodleyAppendage]

85. Distraction... distraction... distraction... distraction.. distraction...

I was wondering how long it would take for the BFEE and their overseas propaganda effort to concoct a DISTRACTION story from the impending WH legal problems this week.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Wednesday or Thursday afternoon "unsubstantiated" terrorist attack claim/scare...

B