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Binny is dead? Maybe... |
2002-07-07 |
Amir Teheri, writing in Arab News, says that Osama bin Laden is dead, both physically and politically.The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the runaway died on Dec. 5, 2001 and buried the same day in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. A few days later Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf echoed the information. This month an Al-Qaeda leader, held by the Americans, confirmed the news. The remnants of Osama’s gang, however, remained silent, either because they have no means of communication or to keep his ghost alive.This could be true. The dates and the circumstances are good for some sort of perturbation. All this can be considered pretty good evidence that Binny is not still breathing in and out like the rest of us. There have been a few rumors of his appearance that could burst the cirumstantial bubble if they proved true. If he really has been worm food for the past seven or eight months, Abu Zubaydah becomes even more of a prize than we thought he was. |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#1 So, does any one remember from our "OJ Trial" police criminology primer, how long does it take do to long chain polymerase DNA testing on a sample to determine its origin? I think I remember that it takes quite awhile( and I want to say 6 months - which puts us in the "NOW" timeframe -which is a possible non-john lecarre explanation for the dealy ). or was the delay just to draw Al Gore into the camera to say something stupid like " Bush didnt get bin laden....." only to have John Ashcroft hold a press conference a week later, showing off his new pewter drinking mug to the white house press corp, you know, the one made out of Bin Ladens skull. Put me down in the 'dead for some time' category. |
Posted by: Varifrank 2002-07-07 22:02:10 |