France's Defense Ministry said on Saturday a secret service report saying al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died could not be confirmed but said it would launch an inquiry into the leak of secret documents.Gee. You think the reliable source might be the mysterious (and perhaps mythical) Abu Dawood, the fellow who has been peddling "Hiroshima in America" to journalist Hamid Mir? (Scroll down for more on that.)
The Defense Ministry issued the statement after a French regional newspaper, L'Est Republicain, published a report quoting a French secret service report as saying Saudi Arabia is convinced al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month.
"The information published this morning in the L'Est Republicain newspaper relating to the supposed death of Osama bin Laden cannot be confirmed," the Defense Ministry said.
"The Defense Minister (Michele Alliot-Marie) has asked that an inquiry be carried out to determine the origin of the leak that can be punished by criminal charges."
The newspaper printed what it said was a copy of the report dated September 21 and said it was shown to President Jacques Chirac, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and France's interior and defense ministers on the same day.
"According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi services are now convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead," the document said.
"The information gathered by the Saudis indicates that the head of al Qaeda was a victim while he was in Pakistan on August 23, 2006, of a very serious case of typhoid which led to a partial paralysis of his internal organs."
The report, which was stamped with a "confidential defense" label and the initials of the French secret service, said Saudi Arabia first heard the information on September 4 and that it was waiting for more details before making an official announcement.
A senior official in Pakistan said no foreign government had shared information with Pakistan that would back up the report of bin Laden's death.
If the French are treating this as a serious leak inquiry and a potential criminal matter, then this is no mere newspaper rumor. That doesn't mean that the information is true, of course.
Note the timing: Just a couple of days ago, Karl Rove told right-wing sites that he had an "October Surprise" or two in mind. Meanwhile, the Democrats have clearly decided -- finally! -- to use Bush's inability to capture Bin Laden as a cudgel against Bush -- see, for example, Bill Clinton's angry video statement here.
If Big Wedding II occurs in the United States within the next month, the Bush administration will, of course, seek to blame Iran. To do so means minimizing the threat posed by Bin Laden.
By the way, Bill O'Reilly's new book claims that Osama Bin Laden supports the progressive movement. Right. Y'see, that's been my problem all along -- Osama keeps making my checks out in Pakistan rupees, and the exchange rate stinks. Besides, the lady at the check cashing joint near the liquor store can't read his damned handwriting.
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Make of this what you will. I just stumbled upon it.
SUPER HOT BREAKING INTEL: Bushfraud Diversion
Category: Bin Laden Bush-Lies 9/11
posted on:09/23/06
IDENTIFY THE ENEMIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND ANNIHILATE THEM.
by Tom Heneghan
Yesterday's story leaked by U.S. Media that Bush threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9-11 is a diversion from the real story.
The real story is that Musharraf, Pakistani President, knows that Bin Laden is dead and knows where he is buried. And knows that the bogeyman has gone to his maker aka kidney failure, Jan. 2002.
It can now be reported that Bushfraud threatened to bomb Pakistan just one week ago when Musharraf threatened to tell the world that Bin Laden has been dead for three years.
P.S. It should be noted that when Khalid Muhammad was arrested in Pakistan, the alleged mastermind of 9-11, a U.S.intelligence officer, aka a Gary Best employee named Spelezio was allowed to escape interrogation by the FBI on orders directly from Bush himself.
Spelezio had been linked to the operationals of the 9-11 script aka cell phone calls. Pakistani officials were also concerned that Spelezio had compromised their own Intelligence services.
P.P.S. When Khalid Muhammad is tried in Bush’s Kangaroo Courts will Muhammad be allowed to call Spelezio as a witness or will the rules of evidence forbid Spelezio, a national security asset and a 9-11 co-conspirator from testifying?
"Al Qaeda is nothing more than an extension of the operatus linked to U.S. intelligence that was allowed, by script, to remove itself as a rogue break away entity of the U.S. government; allowed to de-compartmentalize from oversight, and was run instead by Gary Best rogue black ops specialists for scripted activity outside of the U.S. government, with its funding being orchestrated through the Pakistani secret police, an entity of the U.S. government itself."
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The truth, of course, is that bin Laden has been dead since around December 2001, and that "Bush let bin Laden escape!" plays right into Bush's hands, by keeping alive the myth that bin Laden and "radical Islamists" are out to get us.
Of course, if these Saudi sources allegedly know that bin Laden is very ill or even dead, one would think they could ascertain his whereabouts, too. But I guess that would be a little too convenient for those involved.
The devil was here... right here... you can still smell the sulfur...
The pogroms are coming. Fox today told its viewers that if you buy Citgo gas you are sending money to Al Qaida.
The rhetoric has been ramped up beyond belief, and Karl Rove is promising an October surprise. "Real" people will be the first targets, keep yourselves safe if you can.
Welcome to the Penal Colony...
hm.
let's think about this. from the time story...
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1538569,00.html?cnn=yes
...it seems the saudis may have known bin laden was ill for three weeks.
we all know how close the saudis and the bushies are.
it would be an intriguing scenario if rove's comments to newsmax about an 'october surprise' were referencing this knowledge. all the more intriguing, now that this story is public, to imagine that it completely undercuts rove's 'surprise'.
what good is a heroic capture of bin laden if he simply succumbed to disease? especially if they kept this info from us intentionally to play it, erm, (dare i say it?) politically.
then again, peter berger, who most definitely has connections to bin laden family members and osama's closest friend as a youth, says the family has heard nothing of their relative's illness or death. berger also astutely points out that none of the islamic media are reporting anything about this, which you would expect to happen, especialy since rumors of bin laden's death surface every few months.
we'll see.....
dr... I wouldn't put it past the French to sabotage Rove's October Surprise by letting the cat out of the bag ahead of time.
i'm glad you agree, unirealist.
though 'putting it past them' may not be the best way to state it. perhaps we could say we 'can trust them to' sabotage rove's plans.
after all, they invented the term.
and it would likely be in their best interests ultimately to do so.
the big question will be who leaked, the french or really a saudi?
the notion that rove's big surprise party has been sabotaged by he french does make for delicious fantasizing, though, don't it??
Two years ago, of course, Rove's October surprise was bin Laden's video tape right before the election. Perhaps the big October capture of bin Laden - or who knows what - has been trumped by his merely succumbing to a water borne illness. Kind of takes the punch out of the news that Rove likely was planning.
I guess we'll have to wait to see what else Rove has up his sleeve. Perhaps it sounds like "nucular".
I wouldn't put ANYTHING past him and his criminal co-horts. They are dangerous!
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