Osama

[ProSense]

bin dead
bin laid to rest
bin missing for five years

Dead or alive, OBL represents five years of failure on the part of the Bush administration to hunt down the man behind the 9/11 attacks.

Five years, and all the America has to show for Bush's failure is an illegal war and a desperate attempt to justify his torture policy.

Sept. 23, 2006, 10:31PM

Officials skeptical of bin Laden report

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

PARIS — A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid, but President Jacques Chirac said Saturday the report was "in no way whatsoever confirmed" and officials from Kabul to Washington expressed skepticism about its accuracy.

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Saudi Arabia's U.S. embassy said it had no evidence to support reports that Osama bin Laden is dead. "Information that has been reported otherwise is purely speculative and cannot be independently verified," the embassy said in a statement on its Web site.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she had "no comment and no knowledge" about the report, while presidential spokesman Blair Jones said the White House could not confirm the report's accuracy. But two U.S. intelligence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said U.S. agencies had no information to suggest bin Laden was dead or dying.

One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the report came from an unverified, unconfirmed source. If bin Laden were dead or dying, U.S. officials would expect to see telltale indicators that they are not seeing, the official said. The official did not explain what those indicators are, but such an event would probably trigger increased discussion among known extremists.

A senior official in Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said he was very skeptical of the document, noting past false reports of the death of bin Laden. He would not let his name be used because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

more...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4209958.html

[dapper]

1. Bin Dead?

I'm adding this to my Journal.

According to the news sites I have read, here is a time line:
8/21-8/23 - Bin Laden Died (as per reports on 9/24)
9/2 - Pakistan/Taliban deal
9/13 - A Drone flies about a Taliban Funeral
9/24 - News of Bin Laden's demise.

Not that any of these time lines have anything to do with the other but after the leader of the Taliban dies, Pakistan is more inclined to make a deal allowing non-militant Taliban into their country. Reports of a drone flying over a taliban funeral comes out on 9/13 but states the image was taken from July. Was it in July? or sometime after "8/21". 190 Talaban militants at a funeral? Sounds like an important funeral to me. Sorry about the conspiracy theory...

Dap

[Straight Shooter]

2. I also find the timing of the Pakistan/Taliban deal to be curious indeed.

I was not aware of the drone flying over a funeral attended by 190 militants. Hmmm.

[dapper]

3. Here is a Yahoo link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/afghan_taliban_photo

Although you can probably just do a search on "Drone Taliban Funeral" and bring up various websites.

Dap

[Straight Shooter]

4. Thank you for the link.

:thumbsup:

[ProSense]

5. Still missing!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060924/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_afghanistan_3