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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:54 PM
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Come on guys, don't fall for the bullshit... Osama bin Laden is DEAD, dammit!!!
Right now is the time to be slamming Faux Nooze and the New York Times with emails, phone calls and/or snail mail and make them either back up or refute these stories:

Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

"The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said.

Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

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The Death of bin Ladenism
By AMIR TAHERI
Published: July 11, 2002

Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.

With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?

Even if he is still in the world, bin Ladenism has left for good. Mr. bin Laden was the public face of a brand of politics that committed suicide in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of innocent people in the process.

What were the key elements of that politics?

The first was a cynical misinterpretation of Islam that began decades ago with such anti-Western ideologues as Maulana Maudoodi of Pakistan and Sayyid Qutb of Egypt. Although Mr. Maudoodi and Mr. Qutb were not serious thinkers, they could at least offer a coherent ideology based on a narrow reading of Islamic texts. Their ideas about Western barbarism and Muslim revival, distilled down to bin Ladenism, became mere slogans designed to incite zealots to murder.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDE1230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63


So far, I haven't seen them retracted or denied. Kill ANY kind of October Surprise using bin Laden's capture/death by circulating these links far & wide...

Everyone KNOWS that this misadministration is nothing but lies, lies and more friggin' LIES..... it's time to call them on their bullshit.

Peace,

Ghost

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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:55 PM
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1. That's what I've thought for a while.
Still.. I wouldn't be surprised if a look-alike showed up...
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:57 PM
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2. Maybe that's how McCain says he knows how to get him. He knows where he's buried!
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 05:57 PM
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3. If you want to counter the October surprise you need to make a lot of noise with this.
It needs to make the network news asking 'Has Bin Laden been dead for 7 years?'
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:00 PM
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4. Remember Benazir Bhutto?
I think she probably told the truth when she said this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:02 PM
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6. GMTA, we posted this at about the same time.
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 07:14 PM
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8. I remember that... wasn't she being interviewed by David Frost?
I can't watch youtube right now, I'm stuck on dial up...

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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 07:32 PM
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9. I think it was Frost
I'm not sure, but I do think it was David Frost.

She said it so matter-of-factly, so offhandedly, it slipped right past him.

I can't believe she was spreading lies.

That poor woman.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:01 PM
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5. And before she was murdered, Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan said Bin Laden was dead. Video
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 06:10 PM
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7. The same burden of proof is required for those who claim he is dead - perhaps more so
Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 06:12 PM by dmordue
Prove he is dead and exhume the body - then people will listen because you can back up the claim.
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 07:38 PM
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10. I have no doubt about it
Doesn't mean they won't kill him again for the cameras. With the help of a little digital magic of course. Funny that, the rethugs hate science unless it helps them lie.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 07:46 PM
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11. Won't matter. They've had time (and motivation) to raise ten more.
Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 07:47 PM by Orsino
"I'm Spartacus!"
"I'm Spartacus!"
"No! I'm Spartacus!"
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