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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Debka - Islamic Website Says Osama is Dead
2005-04-29
DEBKAfile's Exclusive Islamic and Intelligence sources report:

An announcement of Osama bin Laden's death appears Friday in one of his close aides' most credible Web sites. It has sparked a storm of controversy in al Qaeda circles, some of whom claim notice is false. Signed by the Pen of Jihad Warriors, the site provides no information on circumstances of death, only asks:
Where are those who break out of borders? Where are the lamenters? Where are those who throw themselves from the tops of towers and skyscrapers? Where are the heart-rending cries?
Egyptian bin Laden adherent, Yasser Sari, calls notice a lie and promises new videotape soon in which leader announces end of al Qaeda truce in Europe. Other followers credit the announcement as "authentic and Islamic."
As Matt Drudge says, "Developing... "
Posted by:legolas

#20  JM - you fought with Bin Ladin?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-04-29 11:14:04 PM  

#19  The man I fought with against the Soviets in Afghanistan is well-educated, dedicated and wily -I won't believe it until I touch his dead body!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-04-29 11:00:02 PM  

#18  I don't know. I would think that making a disinformation campaign saying that Binny was dead would put Al Q on the defensive. Kinda shake them up, increase chatter, maybe make mistakes.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-04-29 10:52:43 PM  

#17  maybe he just smells dead
Posted by: Frank G   2005-04-29 5:53:08 PM  

#16  Angating the Party Person is right! Huzza! Cheap likker for all!
Posted by: Shipman   2005-04-29 5:21:20 PM  

#15  I for one believe it! Yay! This day has finally come! Celebration tonite!
Posted by: Angating Flomong7173   2005-04-29 5:08:33 PM  

#14  Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do - go through his clothes and look for loose change.
Posted by: BH   2005-04-29 3:40:19 PM  

#13   #9 Is this real dead or Haitian dead?

He is as alive as Arafat, recovering in a Paris hospital.
Posted by: Quackster D   2005-04-29 2:53:11 PM  

#12  Sounds like a nice story but I ain't buying it. The jihaadi site business is competative and they are always putting out wild shite to get attention. One would expect a large and organized PR blitz by AQ on the happy day OBL kicks the bucket. OBL's final instructions for losers would have to be aired immediately and the fabricated stories of the last days in combat, dying of longstanding combat wounds, and how his carcass didn't rot and stink after death (jihaadi stories always seem to have some fantastic lie about that sort of thing) would be publicized widely.
Posted by: Tkat   2005-04-29 2:37:19 PM  

#11  If he knew he was dying it would make sense of his annointing Zarqawi in the last 6 months or so.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-04-29 11:18:26 AM  

#10   in which leader announces end of al Qaeda truce in Europe.

So we know at least one faction's [unsurprising] intention. With all the arrests lately, though, they'll have at least some difficulty realizing their ambition.

As for OBL, if he isn't really, most sincerely dead, this feels like a signal that he wants to retire from the hurly burly that is terrorist life. I don't think anyone would bother to behead him, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to add a few strings of garlic and some pickled pig's feet to the grave goods, and plant some nice, bright toadstools on the overturned soil.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-04-29 10:38:41 AM  

#9  Is this real dead or Haitian dead?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-04-29 10:01:18 AM  

#8  As with all vampires we need to make sure.
Wooden stake through the heart?
Light?
Cross or Icon?
Holy Water?

Only with all four can one be sure.
BTW... check if his body shows up in a mirror.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-04-29 9:54:48 AM  

#7  I thought we had e-mails on Zarqawi's computer from OBL. Maybe this just happened. Maybe Z-man was getting medical updates. Does he have a Durable Power of Attorney for Osama? Maybe they wanted to avoid a Schiavo situation.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-04-29 9:39:41 AM  

#6  Pen of Jihad Warriors

Hmmmm....
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-04-29 9:33:36 AM  

#5  If true then Jabba the Hut Moore, Ward Churchill et al would be devastated. However there is hope. Perhaps they will gain some comfort from the websites recommendations.

"Where are the lamenters? Where are those who throw themselves from the tops of towers and skyscrapers?"
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2005-04-29 9:33:18 AM  

#4  Last time Osama showed his face he was hiding his legs. I suspected then that he was badly injured in the lower part of his body. We haven't seen that camera-lover since. He may very well be dead by now. Eaten by gangrene? or beheaded by Zarqawi.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-04-29 9:31:31 AM  

#3  Kinda like " I like both kinds of music, country and western".
Posted by: plainslow   2005-04-29 9:27:54 AM  

#2  Authentic and Islamic? Well who are we to doubt such unimpeachable sources...
Posted by: tu3031   2005-04-29 9:25:43 AM  

#1  This is only so thay can say later, that he's come back from the dead. Unless we find and kill him before they can claim that.
Posted by: plainslow   2005-04-29 9:09:37 AM  

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