bin lauden dead?

**joycenalex** · 09-23-2006, 06:08 AM

i just caught cbs news on the television saying a french paper is reporting that the saudi intelligence service reports bin lauden is dead or dying from typhoid. does anyone else know about this?
*edit* msnbc.com has the story, but npr, fox, the bbc and the nytimes, all online editions don't have it as of 7:15 am, eastern us time

**Pam** · 09-23-2006, 06:13 AM

If this is true, then once again I have learned about a major event on Pet Talk. (I learned of the death of JFKjr here). I will turn on CNN right now.

**joycenalex** · 09-23-2006, 06:17 AM

yes i'm an early rising news junkie.

**Kirsten** · 09-23-2006, 06:51 AM

I just read about this on a German news website (www.t-online.de) and came here to see if anyone here knows more. The article I read said more or less the same joycenalex has posted here. The French Secret Service has obviously gotten the news from the Saudi-Arabian Secret Service, and the French Premiere Chirac has been informed last Thursday about Bin Laden's death. The French Department of Defense would either conform or deny these news.

Apparantly it has been reported earlier that Bin Laden had to deal with a severe attack of typhoid in August, and couldn't get any medical help because he had to hide.

Well, I guess if he's really dead or not, we will never know for sure....

Kirsten

**moosmom** · 09-23-2006, 08:20 AM

Bin Laden dead??? Good!!!!

**davidpizzica** · 09-23-2006, 08:38 AM

It would be good riddance if he is dead, but I would have liked to have him captured and confront the families of his victims.

**Alysser** · 09-23-2006, 08:45 AM

All I can say is: Good riddance.

**Kirsten** · 09-23-2006, 09:18 AM

Here's a cbs article now: Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?

Kirsten

**trayi52** · 09-23-2006, 09:44 AM

Just hope it's true, I wish there was a way of confirming that the story was truthful. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that it's true!

Willie

**BC_MoM** · 09-23-2006, 10:21 AM

I'm surprised he's not dead already.

We'll never really know if he is or not, though.

**Randi** · 09-23-2006, 10:25 AM

If it's true, I'm not going to grieve! Not many news sites has published it though.

In any case, if it's true, it'll be on every front page of tomorrows papers - so here are most of them: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

**Miss Z** · 09-23-2006, 10:36 AM

Whether this report of him being dead is more true than countless of other reports preceeding it, I'm not sure. I would have thought he'd be dead soon anyway if he is spending all his life in hiding.

But unfortunately, whenever he does pop his clogs, there's always going to be some other nutter who'll take his place

**moosmom** · 09-23-2006, 02:16 PM

But unfortunately, whenever he does pop his clogs, there's always going to be some other nutter who'll take his place

Out of the mouths of babes. Zara, you never cease to amaze me. Mind answering one question though? Where the hell did you come up with "pop his clogs"?? That gave me a real chuckle. Thanks! You're right though. There WILL always be someone else whackier than he is.