Saturday, October 26, 2002
LONDON, England (CNN) --The editor-in-chief of a London-based Arab news magazine said a purported will it published Saturday was written late last year by Osama bin Laden, and shows "he's dying or he's going to die soon."
[U.S.Intelligence officials say they have the purported will, but are not able to say if it is genuine. CNN has not been able to verify that the document is bin Laden's will."He did write the will as someone saying good-bye," Hani Nakshabandi of the Arab news magazine Al Majalla told CNN. He said one of the magazine's reporters obtained the four-page document, said to be signed by the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network and dated December 14, 2001, in Afghanistan.
Another ominous sign that bin Laden was at least incapacitated was the sudden suspension of frequent radio transmissions, with his distinct voice, emanating from the Afghan-Pakistan border, which the Pentagon had been monitoring regularly until they suddenly ceased around the middle of December.
Suddenly, over the next few months, everyone began stating that he must be dead. New President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said he was probably dead. General Musharrif, President (dictator) of Pakistan said he was probably dead. The FBI said he was probably dead, and then, for the piece de resistance, even the New York Times said he was dead. I quote this excerpt:
The Death of bin Ladenism
By AMIR TAHERI
Published: July 11, 2002
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