Bin Laden...

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Will he ever be found?

[andy-hughes]

Not by American forces no - he has a network of spies and helpers who will always be one step ahead.

[Loosehead]

I don't think they really want to find him, I think having a "Bogeyman" at large suits the USA's purpose and the moment.

He could of course already be dead, possibly from kidney failure as he has to have regular dialysis and that's not easy in a cave!

[MustafaTinkl]

They are looking in the wrong place. With my own eyes I saw him last Saturday driving a bus in Hemel Hempstead.

[noxlumos]

I agree with Loosehead, the US created him and they certainly don't want to find him. Before the Twin Towers Atrocity most men in the street had never heard of Osama Bin-Laden and were mystified to learn that he was "the most dangerous man in the world", "world's most wanted man", "criminal genius" or any of the other phrases dramatically describing him in the following years.

Al Quaeda as a group and Bin Laden as an individual are huge bogeyman with which to keep the American people in a state of easily managed panic, thus enabling all manners of Govt led atrocities to take place, such as the systematic erosion of our civil liberties, the invasion of a country that (surprise, surprise) has a lot of oil and the imprisonment and torture of individuals "deemed" to be a threat in Gauntanamo Bay ( none of them have actually been charged with anything).

It's interesting to note that George Bush desires to spread Democracy, when actually he doesn't live in one himself, he lives in a Republic.

Osama bin Laden will never be found because it doesn't serve their interest for him to be found.

[Hippy]

Osama Bin Laden died around a year ago. He suffered from diabetes and kidney failure. Whilst he was immensely rich he could not stave off the ravages of time and chronic disease.

His last attributed public recordings showed a very sick man just clinging to life. I agree that US don't want it widely known that their number one bogey man is a myth, and likewise the AlQeda conspire to perpetuate the fiction for equally political reasons viz. control of the masses!

[stevie_c2it]

I would have to agree with Andy, Loosehead and noxlumos. Fear has always been used as a method of social and political control. It�s an effective means by which those in authority can maintain the status quo (not the aged rock group!), and prevent too much criticism or change. In the Middle Ages Christianity preached the fear of Islam, leading to much barbarism in the crusades, a more recent example is America fears regarding the spread of communism, leading to vicious witch-hunts at home and disastrous foreign policies abroad, including the Domino Theory and the Vietnam War. If history teaches us anything, the lessons have been forgotten. Pity.

[Ward-Minter]

I hope he will be found. He will claim asylum and be given a nice council house in London for himself and his 6 wives.

I am sure Red Ken will also supply him with a 42" Plasma screen so he can watch al-jazeer anytime of the day. �600 a week in benefits and a Nissan estate car with a box of tissues on the parcel shelf. And in two years time he will be nade British.

Good luck to him.

[cherrybomb]

Well I saw four more in Hounslow high street and three more in Southall.

[Steve_Luts]

He's in my shed playing cards with Lord Lucan!

:-)

seriously, I think no, not by the US govt, for the reasons described above - either dead already, or allowed to remain alive for bogeyman purposes. I'm sure there's much we don't know and never will.

[Grunty]

This is an interesting site on the subject of al Qaeda

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3836

[eupraxia]

hemel hey. well iI thought he was living in the back of a white van in Watford. at least thats what was written in the dirt on the back door.