By what means would the U.S. be able to have Al-Zawahiri's DNA

[schmuls]

on file? Yes, I know that they would be able to prove he died by getting a DNA sample from a family member, but what is the likelihood of that as well? It's just that every time I hear this (I believe they said this about Bin Laden as well), it just sounds phony me. I'm at the point of questioning just about every bit of news I hear, and I know that if the U.S. wanted to announce that they had killed Al-Zawahiri, they would bring up the DNA thing, and in my opinion, it doesn't ring true!

[schmuls]

1. Moderator - sorry, I should have put this in general discussion!

[rfkrfk]

2. a doctor's house was raided shortly after al-Z was supposedly there

the US supposedly has his blood

[niyad]

4. right, there was a little bottle with a label on it, or arrows pointing to

the blood stains or something? of COURSE there was!!

[niyad]

3. I have wondered that, as well--how likely is it that members of the

families would just willingly hand over DNA samples to THIS admin? shows the level of contempt they have for our intelligence.

[louis-t]

7. Oh, I'm sure CIA is capable of kidnapping a family member

or two and extracting DNA from them.

[Avalux]

5. I heard this morning - we have his brother in custody somewhere

NPR reported Zawahiri's brother is in custody and we have obtained his DNA. So - they'll try to match what they find with the brother's.

[Mossadeq]

6. I heard it was his brothers blood.

[Claymore]

8. Brother...

...supposedly his brother is in a jail in Egypt. That's where they collected the DNA.

[Lori Price CLG]

9. When he was hired by the Bush regime, they took a sample. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

11. That's more likely than most want to believe.

[Neil Lisst]

10. It's from his health insurance application in his Halliburton file.

allegedly?

Don't all those guys work for Cheney's private army?

Kinda hard to tell, since no one benefits from this war more.

[oblivious]

13. Or perhaps they found his application in the same locker as Padilla's

With blood type, X-ray results, etc.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2039132

[stray cat]

12. He was in jail in Eqypt for quite awhile