Is Bin Laden Dead or Alive? US, Pakistan Not Sure
"No Trace" of al-Qaeda Leader, State Dept Vows to Keep Looking
Since his March broadcast on al-Jazeera, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has seemingly vanished off the face of the earth, with neither US nor Pakistan spy agencies detecting a single trace of him. This has added to the speculation that he may have died.
“The question is whether he is alive or dead,” Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said, “there is no trace of him.” Zardari also said his advisers feel there is substance to the rumors of bin Laden’s failing health, and that “they obviously feel that he does not exist any more but that’s not confirmed.”
US State Department spokesman Robert Wood likewise admitted that they likewise “have no information that indicates that Osama bin Laden is … frankly dead or alive.” He insisted in the meantime the US would continue to operate under the assumption that he was alive and keep looking for him.
The enigmatic Saudi has been on the FBI’s ten most wanted list for over a decade, and US officials have repeatedly speculated that he is located somewhere along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. At this point though, that seems to be nothing more than a guess.
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Bill_Mac_Bean
April 28th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Dead? Alive? No difference. Bin Laden is still useful as a propaganda tool. Orwell was aware of this when he wrote Emmanuel Goldstien into his prophetic novel, '1984".
BP2K
April 28th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Benazir Bhutto admitted in a televised interview shortly before her assasination that Bin Laden was dead. Why this was not mentioned in the article is beyond me.
itsjim130
September 11th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
It is true Bin L. is, and always will be, a useful propaganda tool, as was just about any great leader of any time period. The question is whether he is dead or alive. I believe he has been dead for many years, due to the US bombing of Afghanistan in the early part of the war. What is surprising to me, is that, no one on the news will even suggest that he might be dead????? That is odd.
Jongar
November 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Bin Laden is in America, Wearing Blue Jeans, Clean shave, Drinking bear in California, Fu**ing the bitches of America, Black and White.