skippy the bush kangaroo

Saturday, September 23, 2006

bin laden dead, al sunnah leader wounded, war on terror over

unfortunately for awol, the top dogs on the other side of the war on terror are out of the picture, so, we win by default.

rumor has it that bin laden is dead, or if he's not dead, he's dying, or if he's not dying, he's sick, or at least he's in the plague scene from "monty python and the holy grail." time is not on his side:

fugitive al-qaeda leader osama bin laden, believed to be on the run in rugged terrain in the afghan-pakistani border region since the september 11 attacks five years ago, has become seriously ill and may have already died, a saudi source tells time, echoing earlier reports in the french media.

the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that saudi officials have received multiple credible reports over the last several weeks that bin laden has been suffering from a water-borne illness. the source believes that there is a "high probability" that bin laden has already died from the disease, but stressed that saudi officials have thus far received no concrete evidence of bin laden's death.

"this is not a rumor," says the source. "he is very ill. he got a water-related sickness and it could be terminal. there are a lot of serious facts about things that have actually happened. there is a lot to it. but we don't have any concrete information to say that he is dead."
however, the french are a bit suspicious. cbsnews:

french president jacques chirac said saturday that information contained in a leaked intelligence document raising the possibility that osama bin laden may have died of typhoid in pakistan last month is "in no way whatsoever confirmed."

chirac said he was "a bit surprised" at the leak and has asked defense minister michele alliot-marie to investigate how a document from a french foreign intelligence service was published in the french press.
we thought that if you leaked into water you got dysentery, not typhoid. but, meanwhile, munistar al-jabouri, leader of the ansar al-sunnah terrorist group, has been captured in baghdad. asspress:

iraq a leader of a group believed responsible for kidnappings and beheadings, has been captured by iraqi and u-s forces...

the sunni militant group ansar al-sunnah (ahn'-sahr ahl-soo'-nah) has ties to al-qaida-in-iraq and has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks. among them is the december 2004 explosion at a u-s military mess hall in mosul that killed 22 people.
so we guess the war's over, and dean was right, it's time to concentrate on the economy.
posted by skippy at 5:06 PM |

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