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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Is "Bin Laden's death" an op?

Are the reports of Bin Laden's death an attempt to lure him into another tape? A last attempt to establish a trail 6 weeks before the election?

(The original source is the Saudis laundered through the French press.)

posted by mikevotes at 7:34 AM

3 Comments:

  • The fact that it happened a month ago, and was being supressed leads me to believe they were sitting on the story until Bin Laden could be "captured" by US and Paki forces (dead, of course) as part of Rove's promised "October surprise". It wasn't until after August 23 that Bush renewed his focus on Osama, and the timing of this with the visit by Musharraff seems a bit too convenient to me.

    By Blogger Lew Scannon, at 9:29 AM  

  • My tin foil hat also smells something funky.

    I always assumed they would just kill some big tall saudi dude on dialysis and claim its him right before the election, then say "Oops, DNA tests say no" on November 9th.

    I'm being part snarky, but only in part. I'm sure the October Surprises will be almost as subtle as that.

    By Blogger Reality-Based Educator, at 10:13 AM  

  • Lew, I was thinking about that this morning. This story magically appearing during Musharraf's visit. A Bin Laden dead of natural causes is the best possible outcome for Musharraf.

    Reality based, yeah, I would expect any surprise to be shameless. It's their way.

    Generally, I'm really suspicious of the Saudi origin of the intel. Their past relationship with the Bush clan makes me question anything involving them, and there's no loss for them in this.

    My guess again is that they are trying to draw him out to release another tape. My first thought is that they were doing this to try and catch him, but after chewing on it awhile, the cynical political side of me says that the admin benefits if they can just get the release of another tape before the election.

    A Bin Laden tape a week before the election could be significant. (Not that the Republicans would ever do anything like that.)

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 3:04 PM  

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