March 17, 2006

Bin Laded Reported Dead (Again)

I hope this is true, but don't count on it. Didn't we hear the same report from Michael Ladeen, who also got it from an Iranian source back in January, claiming bin Laden had died of kidney failure in Iran? Via Dan Riehl this from Newsmax:

Weldon made the stunning claim during an interview Wednesday with the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported: "Weldon is making explosive new allegations. He says a high-level source has told him that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has died in Iran, where he has been in hiding."

Weldon cited as his source an Iranian exile code-named Ali, telling the paper: "Ali's told me that Osama bin Laden is dead. He died in Iran."

The more I become familiar with 'sources' in the Middle East, the more I am willing to dismiss their claims as conjecture, conspiracy, and simple wishful thinking.

Posted by: Rusty at 02:48 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Arrr! they ain't gonna fool this seadog

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at March 17, 2006 05:00 PM (RHG+K)

2 Arrr! Thar not gonna fool this seadog

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at March 17, 2006 05:02 PM (RHG+K)

3 I wouldn't even trust a sports report being delivered by a Mid East native. Somebody's using the codename 'Ali'? That's unimaginative and generic enough to make me suspicious. Has there ever been a secret source codenamed 'Bob','Steve'or even 'Boris'?

Posted by: Graeme at March 17, 2006 05:54 PM (vmNuO)

4 Code-named "Ali"? Wow. That's like saying a US spy is code-named "John." Of course, it would be awfully hard to get him if he's dead. Were it that it were so.

Posted by: Muslihoon at March 17, 2006 08:27 PM (Q8UK2)

5 Inigo, is he completely dead or just mostly dead?

Posted by: traderrob at March 18, 2006 09:14 AM (3al54)

6 Garr! I never sed he be dead. I reckon he'sa still breathin, but Davey Jones has got the best of his insides

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at March 18, 2006 08:47 PM (RHG+K)

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