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Osama Bin Laden.....dead or alive?

  • 23-02-2009 11:08am
    #1
    Dannyboy83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭


    Is he dead or alive?

    I presume most people have seen the interview with Benazir Bhutto prior to his assassination where she stated he had been murdered.
    If you haven't, here it is:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg

    Not expecting a definitive answer, just wondering on your opinion.


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  • #2
    Dark_lord_ire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭Dark_lord_ire


    Dead

    After sep 11 he was always showing his face on video and also recorded alot of tapes for future broadcasts. If he was alive he would have passed on another video for Obama. I would think bhutto was right but Americans need a body for proof


  • #3
    Zynks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭Zynks


    I suspect he is dead, but the it was in the interest of the last administration to keep the belief that he was alive to help justify maintaining the military investment.


  • #4
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    Its like in 1984 (book) the way the state keeps the picture of the enemy leader (Emmanuel Goldstein) around just to invoke fear and nationalism, when in all probability this guy is dead. It is easier to concentrate the peoples minds on one individual like Bin Laden than a group of terrorists like Al Queda. In the same way it is easier to create a cult of personality for one person such as Stalin than the communist party in general.


  • #5
    deadhead13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,034 ✭✭✭deadhead13


    Killing or capturing Bin Laden would create such a powerful martyrdom symbol - him simply disappearing would be the best option. The mystique would also suit his followers. Best guess, probably dead.


  • #6
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,781 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    "The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing people he did not exist"


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  • #7
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Dead or alive I don't think it really matters. his idalogy lives on which is as, if not more, dangerous.


  • #8
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    Zascar wrote: »
    "The greatest trick the Devil ever played was convincing people he did not exist"
    Ah makiaveli said that(rearrange the words it says i am alive woo)
    I would like to think he had a shave , got a bit more of a tan and changed his name to barrack . Then ran for election and won. Now he just laughs at the people who voted him in.


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