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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:14 PM
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Can anyone explain this 12/2001 funeral notice for Osama bin Laden?
:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:
http://www.welfarestate.com/binladen/funeral /

Translation of Funeral Article in Egyptian Paper:
al-Wafd, Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Vol 15 No 4633
News of Bin Laden's Death
and Funeral 10 days ago

Islamabad -
A prominent official in the Afghan Taleban movement announced yesterday the death of Osama bin Laden, the chief of al-Qa'da organization, stating that binLaden suffered serious complications in the lungs and died a natural and quiet death. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, stated to The Observer of Pakistan that he had himself attended the funeral of bin Laden and saw his face prior to burial in Tora Bora 10 days ago. He mentioned that 30 of al-Qa'da fighters attended the burial as well as members of his family and some friends from the Taleban. In the farewell ceremony to his final rest guns were fired in the air. The official stated that it is difficult to pinpoint the burial location of bin Laden because according to the Wahhabi tradition no mark is left by the grave. He stressed that it is unlikely that the American forces would ever uncover any traces of bin Laden.

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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:17 PM
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1. Egyptian newspapers also accept propaganda without verifying?
:shrug:
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:18 PM
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2. Sounds like bullshit to me.
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:18 PM
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3. They were trying to 'disappear' him...
It was probably a ruse designed by bin Laden and the Taliban to help him evade interest for a while.

Heck, maybe they were planning a 'ressurection' later.
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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 06:40 PM
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4. He's rove's boogy man
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-21-06 10:39 AM
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5. that page's headlines are hard to ignore ... thanks for the link!
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/osama_dead.html

Hmmmm. I'm just sayin' - I wonder what was in OBL's will?

Israeli intelligence: Bin Laden is dead, heir has been chosen
Israeli sources said Israel and the United States assess that Bin Laden probably died in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan in December. They said the emergence of new messages by Bin Laden are probably fabrications, Middle East Newsline reported. (World Tribune)

Magazine runs what it calls bin Laden's will
The editor-in-chief of a London-based Arab news magazine said a purported will it published Saturday was written late last year (2001) by Osama bin Laden, and shows "he's dying or he's going to die soon." (CNN)

FBI: Bin Laden 'probably' dead
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's counter-terrorism chief, Dale Watson, says he thinks Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead. (BBC)

Karzai: bin Laden 'probably' dead
Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead, but former Taliban leader Mullah Omar is alive, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said. (CNN)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-21-06 10:45 AM
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6. you are confusing the actual bilogical entity known as OBL
with the carefully constructed boogeyman the repukes and the military industrial corporate complex created to scare us into letting them have their way more easily

how 1990's of you

quaint really
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