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Old 09-23-2006, 08:38 AM
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Default Osama Bin Laden Is Dead (According to France)

thought some more discussion is needed here in general area.

According to the french this morning, Osama Bin Laden (the terrorist) is dead!

Latest Via Google News ^ http://news.google.com/news?q=Osama%...al&sa=N&tab=wn

Some news sources (w/o registration) ^
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayA...ction=theworld
http://euronews.net/create_html.php?...e=381319&lng=1
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/international-affairs/bin-laden-rumoured-be-dead-$452659.htm

(also is on CNN International)

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PARIS - Saudi intelligence services have determined that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in August, the French regional daily L’Est Republicain reported on its website on Saturday.

The newspaper said it based its information on a document classified ‘defence secret’ originating in the French DGSE intelligence services. According to the story, the DGSE informed President Jacques Chirac of the Saudi report on Thursday.

The DGSE document, printed with the report, reads in part, ‘According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi intelligence services are said to have acquired the information that Osama bin Laden is dead. The information gleaned by the Saudis indicates that the head of Al Qaeda was a victim of a very strong attack of thyphoid... in Pakistan on August 23, 2006.’

The document goes on to say that bin Laden’s geographical isolation rendered all medical assistance impossible.
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Old 09-23-2006, 11:09 AM
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Yup, I hope so. Too bad they'll probably never find a body to truly prove this is the case.
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Old 10-04-2006, 07:57 AM
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It looks like this turned out to be false...
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Old 10-04-2006, 09:32 AM
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Indeed. Oh well...
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