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Osama was on herbal Viagra
2011-05-11
[Emirates 24/7] The late Osama bin Laden's
... who had a brief but splitting headache...
fifth wife has claimed that the killed Al Qaeda leader was not on kidney dialysis, but used to take a herbal form of Viagra during his stay in his Pak compound.
That stuff doesn't work. Shoulda tried queen termites...
Supposedly it's a good cure for bed-wetting, though. Perhaps it's not impotence that was his issue.
According to media reports, bin Laden used to take the herbal impotence drug, Amal al-Sadeh. "He believed in his own medication," the wife said.

Osama bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need a herbal impotence drug.

The New York Daily News quoted the Yemeni woman as saying that her husband had fully recovered from two kidney surgeries a decade ago, and that he needed no dialysis before his death, but cured himself with his own regimen, which included watermelons.

In January 2002, then-Pak President Pervez Perv Musharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
had also claimed that the terrorist leader had probably already died of kidney failure, and that he needed to travel with two dialysis machines.

Now however, evidence from the medicine cabinet in Bin Laden's hideout has revealed that he was not that weak as he was expected to be.

"He was neither weak nor frail," 29-year-old Sadeh said.

The medicines that were found in the compound reportedly included drugs to treat shingles, ulcers, nerve pain, high blood pressure, and Avena syrup, an extract of wild oats that is marketed as a natural "Viagra".
Posted by:Fred

#7  It's better to respect your enemy than to underestimate him.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-05-11 11:48  

#6  using "respect and bin Laden" in the same sentence is quite an oddity, indeed.
Posted by: jack salami   2011-05-11 11:25  

#5  Joe has supposedly had an "interesting" life. Occasionally, he gives off a Colonel Kurtz "snail on the edge of a straight razor" vibe.
Posted by: tu3031   2011-05-11 10:16  

#4  I still have a deep respect for Osama's dedication to Islam + interpretation of historical events.

Ok. I know you're not a moonbat, Joe. But what is the meaning of this? You've insinuated many times that you knew the guy personally. I'm sure it's a long story, but could you explain why you have "deep respect" for a homicidal maniac? Please excuse my impertinence - I'm just very curious.
Posted by: RandomJD   2011-05-11 09:56  

#3  Lead also made him stiff.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-05-11 06:17  

#2  OTOH TOPIX > [JPost] BIN LADEN WAS AN "ARSENAL" FAN [soccer], QUOTED DE GAULLE [ + WW2 British General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery].

OBL also liked VOLLEYBALL + [white]HORSES.

Yeeeepppp, although in my memory his appreciation of soccer came later in life.

I still have a deep respect for Osama's dedication to Islam + interpretation of historical events.

Unfortunately for Osama, he will miss his favorite 1960's = 1980's MTV Babe WHITNEY HUSTON going into rehab.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-11 01:53  

#1  "Two kidney surgeries" = KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS???

MORE THAN TWO KIDNEY TRANSPLANT SURGERIES???

IMO it does explain why he seemingly had no Dialysis machines present before the Abbottabad raid, but does not confirm or deny any need by OBL as per DIABETIC MEDICS = GLUCOSE PILLS? INSULIN?

PANCREATIC TRANSPLANT???

I could be wrong, but in the US-released video of a blanketed OBL safehouse watching news on himself on TV, inside his Abbottabad compound, OSAMA APPEARS TO ME TO HAD GAINED [regained?] WATER WEIGHT AS THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE APPEARED ABNORMALLY PUFFY OR ENLARGED, as is common wid diabetics???

ALL THINGS EQUAL, ABOVE = only convinces me more that OBL physical health was problematic or in decline, + that unlike times before he may had no choice but to stop roaming or moving around to escape capture by the US-Allies.

Again, I could be wrong - I would like to see other videos of Osama alive at Abbottabad.

FYI NET NEWS > IRAN = claims to have proof that OBL "DIED OF STROKE" YEARS AGO.

Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-11 00:21  

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