How do we know that Osama Bin Laden has/had bad kidneys?

[wuushew]

I told someone last night that I believed OBL to be dead for medical reasons. Is this belief born out by documented medical evidence? How long has he suffered from renal problems? I just want to be properly informed if I am ever asked.

[mikeytherat]

1. Since we haven't caught him yet, I figure he must be some sort of cyborg,

or alien, or something. I'm not convinced he has kidneys at all.

mikey_the_rat

[UKProPeace]

2. I think this is what you're looking for

http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,584444,00.html

Two months before September 11 Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai for 10 days for treatment at the American hospital, where he was visited by the local CIA agent, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.
The disclosures are known to come from French intelligence which is keen to reveal the ambiguous role of the CIA, and to restrain Washington from extending the war to Iraq and elsewhere.
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Bin Laden has often been reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim that he is suffering from Hepatitis C, and can expect to live for only two more years.

According to Le Figaro, last year he ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to his base at Kandahar in Afghanistan.

Whether the allegations about the Dubai meeting are confirmed or not, the wider leaks from the French secret service throw a worrying light on the rivalries and lack of coordination between intelligence agencies, both within the US and between western allies.

[wuushew]

3. Thank you

I did not know if he left any meaningfull paper trail after being asked to leave Saudi Arabia.

[UKProPeace]

4. You're welcome, i'm not sure of that particular paper trail though eom