It was difficult for Bin Laden to get proper kidney dialysis during the US assault on Afghanistan in 2001. The president of the United States needs to keep Osama alive for purposes known only to his administration; but it probably has something to do with Bush's continuing bogus justification for his "war on terror" and NSA's warrantless spying on Americans. Al Qaeda learned (from the Church of Scientology) that keeping a leader alive after his death is good PR. So, both Bush and Al Qaeda are keeping Osama alive (What an odd, but symbiotic relationship!) Do a Google search using these terms: "Bin," "laden," "Died" Translation of Funeral Article in Egyptian Paper: al-Wafd, Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Vol 15 No 4633 (taken from http://www.welfarestate.com/binladen/funeral/.) "News of Bin Laden's Death and Funeral 10 days ago "Islamabad - "A prominent official in the Afghan Taleban movement announced yesterday the death of Osama bin Laden, the chief of al-Qa'da organization, stating that binLaden suffered serious complications in the lungs and died a natural and quiet death. The official, who asked to remain anonymous, stated to The Observer of Pakistan that he had himself attended the funeral of bin Laden and saw his face prior to burial in Tora Bora 10 days ago. "He mentioned that 30 of al-Qa'da fighters attended the burial as well as members of his family and some friends from the Taleban. In the farewell ceremony to his final rest guns were fired in the air. The official stated that it is difficult to pinpoint the burial location of bin Laden because according to the Wahhabi tradition no mark is left by the grave. He stressed that it is unlikely that the American forces would ever uncover any traces of bin Laden." Pran

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