I'll give even up odds on a wager: *co will "capture" (or thaw out or

[karlrschneider]

find a dead 'body double' of) OBL in the next 10 days. Enny takers? :D

[Nolo_Contendre]

1. The press releases have already been printed.

No doubt

[karlrschneider]

8. "In a daring midnight raid near Tora Bora, President Bush and

Secretary of State Rice, secretly flown to northern Afghanistan, parachuted into hostile territory
with nothing more than half a dozen MREs, a GPS transceiver and two 9mm Glock semiautomatic pistols
located the cave where Osama was hiding. Their black Ninja suits prevented the Al Qeada guards from
seeing them as they made their way past them into the labyrinth. Two hundred yards inside the cavern they discovered Osama sitting before a campfire, playing solitaire on a laptop, and placed him under arrest. As they emerged from the cave with their prisoner, Osama was heard to shout to his followers,
"KAHALA MUNITITA LAHIQA TUDINA" which a CNN embedded reporter who speaks Arabic has translated for us
as "I am captured by the infidel pigs! Don't molest them or I will become a Has Bin Ladin!"

(Another Arabic translator claimed he actually said "fuck with" instead of "molest" but that is a
subject of further investigation.)

A few shots were exchanged, resulting in the killing of several hundred Al Qaeda operatives. There
was no collateral damage and the heroic posse was quickly airlifted out of the area by Pakistani
helicopters which happened upon the scene purely by accident.

Unfortunately, Osama Bin Ladin fell out of the helicopter whilst the arresting party was opening
several bottles of champagne and all efforts to locate his body have proved to be fruitless.

Further news at 11.

[StraightDope]

2. I'm game.

Put me down for $20.

Either way I win! If they pull an OBL out of the woodwork, we're all screwed, but at least I'll get $20 out of the deal.

[karlrschneider]

6. Okay, if we're screwed, another 20 won't much matter!

:D

[babylonsister]

3. Nah. If he didn't do it in 04, it won't happen now. But stand by for

more terra tapes, at the very least.

[TomInTib]

4. I'm on.

For pretty much the same reasons as StraightDope.

PM this thread to me when it winds down and I will send it back to you so you can pay/collect when the deal either does or does not go down.

[Duer 157099]

5. I'll definitely take that wager

There is NO WAY that will happen. He needs OBL around to terrorize everyone once the Dems take control of Congress! Then Bush and his R buddies can scream about how the Dems can't keep you safe, and how that's why we need a Repub president in 08. Game over.

Bush and OBL are buddies, scratching each other's backs.

[seriousstan]

7. I will wager 1 free donate star to the person of the winners choice.

I will give you until the polls close Nov. 7, west coast LA. Deal?

spit and shake

:puke::thumbsup:

Sorry, closest smilies I could find.

[karlrschneider]

10. Works for me!

:D

[seriousstan]

14. Bets on.

[TomInTib]

12. I will match that offer. nt

[seriousstan]

13. Sorry, this offer only applied to the OP.

Any other bet you have to take up with him.


Thanks.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. If they didn't do it in' 04 I don't see how it will happen now

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Either way, he loses!

[Ellis Wyatt]

15. been hearing about this

for 5 years now - that somehow someone is keeping him under wraps for a big election push.

Not gonna happen. How about $10,000?

[madinmaryland]

16. I'm thinking he might "stage" an attack by Iran

on our forces, causing us to go into war with Iran.

:scared: