Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying | 34 comments (34 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (4.00 / 3)

Haven't we killed the al-Qaeda Number Two about fifty-five times now?

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 10:30:16 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (none / 1)

That is my point. He will be perceived as dying in battle - it doesn't especially matter how he really died.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 11:28:21 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (4.00 / 2)

Yup.

Apparently, to the Bush administration, the counting numbers are 1, many, lots.

;-)

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 12:40:25 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (none / 1)

Isn't Ayman Al-Zawahiri still at large and a likely successor to OBL?

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 03:21:36 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (3.75 / 4)

Yes, I would believe he is next in line both for being the nr 1 target and taking over the position as the "sheikh" of Al-Qaeda. There are strong indications though that Al-Zawahiri has been running most of the operations almost from the start and that OBL have been more interested in the iconic part of being an Islamic leader.

Still I have to add that until more evidence is put forth I am sceptical to the accuracy of this alleged information.

Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.

by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 03:51:52 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (4.00 / 6)

He should've been dead five years ago. We've got the greatest military force in human history, yet, for some reason, we can't find this seven-foot-tall guy attached to a dialysis machine riding around the desert on a camel.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 04:38:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (none / 0)

LOL, yes you are quite right.

Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.

by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 04:53:22 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (none / 0)

I thought we killed him(?). Or was that al-Zarqawi? Or did we kill both?

I can't keep up anymore. I just know that we seem to have killed the Number Two in al-Qaeda at least more than ten times.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 04:35:24 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (none / 1)

Yes, that was Abu Musad Al-Zarqawi, the bogeyman in Iraq.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 04:39:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying (3.50 / 2)

It was the Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Al-Zarqawi that was killed in a bombing raid by the US forces. The US tried to kill Ayman Al-Zawahiri with a drone I believe some months ago when he was scheduled to visit a village bordering to Afghanistan, but allegedly managed to kill a number of civilian's instead.

Al-Zawahiri's terrorist activities started in Egypt as the founder and the leader of a militant splinter group from The Muslim Brotherhood called Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ).

Bitsofnews.com Giving you the latest bits.

by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Sat Sep 23rd, 2006 at 04:51:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Bin Laden is likely dead - rumours flying | 34 comments (34 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

Time for Unionists to grow up

EU must decide if it wants to be taken seriously

The Future of the GOP

A House Divided - Truce Firebombed

HHS Closes WarpSpeed AZ Manufacturing Plant

Which State Is Behind Coup Attempt Jordan

Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please

Crucifixion of Mark Rutte

Recent Diaries

Hiding behind a sofa: European hypocrisy

CIA Is Back: East-West Tensions In Europe

Building Soil for Earth Week

Community Spirit, Solidarity to Save Our Planet

2488 Americans Died In Afghanistan 2001-2021

Time for Unionists to grow up

War Propaganda: Under Disguise to Combat DisInfo

EU must decide if it wants to be taken seriously

Assassins for Hire In UAE and Saudi Arabia

City Agriculture - April 9, 2021

A House Divided - Truce Firebombed

Bedouin Tribe Challenges Saudi Neom Tech City

The Future of the GOP

HHS Closes WarpSpeed AZ Manufacturing Plant

Which State Is Behind Coup Attempt Jordan

Crucifixion of Mark Rutte

Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please

2008 Redux?

Rebuilding US Alliance with EU - Human Rights

Looking for a scapegoat

Occasional Series