New Tapes Coming From Bin Laden?
With all the rumors last weekend about the death of Osama Bin Laden the question arose everywhere if it would bait him into proving he is still alive. Well, according to ABC’s Blotter, it may happen soon.
In a surprise phone call to the home of an ABC News producer in Pakistan, the top Taliban military commander, Mulla Dadullah Akhund, said Osama bin Laden is alive and that there is no truth to the rumors of his death from typhoid.
“Sheikh Osama is all right. He is safe,” Dadullah told ABC News’ Rahimullah Yusufzai. Dadullah would not disclose the location from where he was calling.
In the past, Dadullah has issued statements to the effect that bin Laden and Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar are alive and leading the resistance against U.S.-led foreign forces in Afghanistan.
When pressed for evidence to show that bin Laden is alive, Dadullah hinted that there is a possibility of a tape being sent to media organizations to prove that the al Qaeda head isn’t dead. Dadullah, however, declined to say as to when this tape would be made available.
With the recent report for all Muslims to leave the U.S., Allah Pundit wonders if the worry-meter is about to go to code orange? I’m wondering if these will be video tapes or audio. Around the circle we go again. Doesn’t this cycle repeat itself often? He’s dead and then he comes out to show he isn’t. Don’t grow complacent though, especially with the reports of an American Hiroshima. We’ve missed the signs in the past on numerous occassions and paid the price. We are still pointing fingers on that.
Personally I don’t think he is dead, but a pre-produced vague tape doesn’t reallly prove he isn’t either. I wonder if he will come out with the tape in time for it to be considered a Rovian October surprise.
