CIA Kept bin Laden Son's Death Secret For Months

[kpete]

Source: CIA Kept bin Laden Son's Death Secret For Months

CIA Kept bin Laden Son's Death Secret For Months
U.S. Officials Believe Tactic Meant to 'Mess' with al Qaeda
By JONATHAN KARL and MATTHEW COLE
July 23, 2009

Osama bin Laden's son has been dead for months, U.S. officials believe, but the CIA has tried to keep it a secret as a way of "messing with al-Qaeda."

CIA Kept bin Laden Son?s Death Secret For Months U.S. officials believe tactic meant to ?mess? with al Qaeda.

Osama bin Laden's son has been dead for months, U.S. officials believe, but the CIA has tried to keep it a secret as a way of "messing with al-Qaeda." Saad bin Laden was likely killed in a Predator drone strike earlier this year in Pakistan, though U.S. officials cannot say for sure. Collapse

Saad bin Laden was likely killed in a Predator drone strike earlier this year in Pakistan, though U.S. officials cannot say for sure. Determining whether Saad bin Laden was killed in a drone attack will be difficult. If he was a victim of a missile attack, it will be unlikely that there will ever be any DNA testing to confirm his death.

However, U.S. officials have received indications - electronic chatter and reports from the ground - that Saad was killed several months ago.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8156930&page=1

[rocktivity]

1. Not to mention bin Laden himself

:headbang:
rocktivity

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Damn---all these Al-kada guys get killed over and over and over.

I am starting to think there really is only one of them, and they keep being passed from country to country.

[timeforpeace]

3. Just realized, these assholes might know bin Deaden is and aren't saying just to keep the war effort

going. Crap, I never subscribe to or come up with conspiracy theories. Gonna go have a little lie down.

[missingfink]

4. Whatever became of bin Laden's eldest son - the dim one?

His name was Osama W. bin Laden.

[bloomington-lib]

5. HA

[Amos Moses]

6. pretty good

welcome to DU :hi:

[LiberalAndProud]

11. I hear he's been busy clearing brush in Riyadh.

[Zorro]

7. They've been trying to notify the next of kin

If someone has an address, please let them know.

[msanthrope]

12. That was good....n/t

[guyton]

8. to be fair ...

you don't go around announcing what you've learned quickly since that'll would help them figure out *how* you found out ....

[countmyvote4real]

9. How stupid is the CIA, middle name “intelligence”?

As reported in the link, the CIA was withholding this info from al Qaeda to “mess with them.” Like al Qaeda couldn’t figure it out for themselves? Maybe he’s just been MIA with his mistress in Argentina all this time. Give me a break.

The CIA has been withholding this info from us and the world media because the CIA more likely crossed a line aka broke some domestic law or international agreement when they took him out. The drone story just seems like… a story.

This is just pure, planted bullshit from a compliant facist media ally.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

[Alamuti Lotus]

10. drool intended for a domestic audience

al-Qai'dah has interests in very few members of Sheikh Ussamah's family, incidentally.

[sutz12]

13. Well, under the previous admin...

news like this was often bankrolled to be released at a politically useful time. Perhaps old habits die hard.

Just saying.

:tinfoilhat: