Two editorials today take up the question of Osama bin Laden's curious silence.
Michael Ledeen, in The National Review Online and Peter Brookes in The New York Post both discuss the topic today. Ledeen reports that Iranians he trusts say bin Laden died in December 2005 in Iran.
As Brookes says, "rarely have the hard facts of life and death been so favorable to the spread of democratic revolution."
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Someone recently asked me w... (Below threshold)1. Posted by McGehee | January 9, 2006 3:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Someone recently asked me what I thought was going through Osama's mind during the last round of elections in Iraq.
I replied, "Worms."
1. Posted by McGehee | January 9, 2006 3:26 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 15:26
2. Posted by Brass | January 9, 2006 3:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I happen to know that our military is positive he is still alive. I know that a statement like that just screams for verification or at least some background, but I just can't give it.
2. Posted by Brass | January 9, 2006 3:32 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 15:32
3. Posted by OregonMuse | January 9, 2006 4:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I know that a statement like that just screams for verification or at least some background, but I just can't give it.
Ledeen's statement also screams for verification, and I wish he could give it.
3. Posted by OregonMuse | January 9, 2006 4:12 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 16:12
4. Posted by Peter F. | January 9, 2006 5:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oregon:
There are many Michael Ledeen statements that scream for verification! For some unexplained reason I've just never trusted what the man has had to say on most subjects.
I think "old wiley Osama" is "boogying" along the lawless Pakistan border somewhere. That, or thanks to a couple of Daisycutters, he's buried under millions of tons of a Tora Bora mountain. Just a guess, though.
4. Posted by Peter F. | January 9, 2006 5:25 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 17:25
5. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | January 9, 2006 6:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, if it's true, what a nice belated Christmas gift for the civilized world.
5. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | January 9, 2006 6:17 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 18:17
6. Posted by David | January 9, 2006 7:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I hope not I want him body bagged by us!
6. Posted by David | January 9, 2006 7:44 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 19:44
7. Posted by John S | January 9, 2006 9:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I believe OBL has been dead since late 2001, buried in rubble at Tora Bora. Although I find it odd the only time he has appeared since 2001 is for an October surprise Bush campaign commercial. Maybe he's working in Langley.
7. Posted by John S | January 9, 2006 9:04 PM |
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Posted on January 9, 2006 21:04
8. Posted by -S- | January 10, 2006 5:18 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That'd be the Langley O'Your Mind, eh, John S?
But it's an interesting fantasy, nonetheless. I'd like to see that occur, and the sooner the better. Alive or dead.
8. Posted by -S- | January 10, 2006 5:18 AM |
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Posted on January 10, 2006 05:18
9. Posted by McGehee | January 10, 2006 10:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe he's working in Langley.
OH MY GOD! VALERIE PLAME IS OSAMA BIN LADEN!!!!!
9. Posted by McGehee | January 10, 2006 10:58 AM |
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Posted on January 10, 2006 10:58
10. Posted by Doyle | January 10, 2006 3:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ledeen writes bin Laden "died of kidney failure and was buried in Iran."
Iran is believeable and bin Laden dead something to be wished for, but if you haven't read Richard Miniter's DISINFORMATION (22 Media Mythis That Undermine the War on Terror) do.
He devotes one chapter to bin Laden's supposed kidney problems. Nothing Miniter found in his research indicates bin Laden ever had kidney problems.
It's an excellent read.
10. Posted by Doyle | January 10, 2006 3:52 PM |
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Posted on January 10, 2006 15:52