Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
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Osama photos
I wasn`t in the UK when Osama Bin Laden was killed but foreign TV said that he was buried at sea very quickly in accordance with Muslim law and they didn`t have any pictures of him to prove that he had been bumped off. This morning I came back from Nigeria and on the front pages of the national paper there was a picture of Osama with three bullets through his head. I have just heard on my local radio that the US authorities are thinking of releasing a picture of a very dead Osama. Does anyone else wonder why we in the west don`t get the whole picture sometimes?
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No one has seen him for 10 years yet he remained a figurehead and hero to anyone who hated the west. OSL hasn't done much for a long time and had largely become irrevelant, but what he symbolised hadn't.
If enough people doubt he is dead, then he is still able to galvanise anti western supporters. Conclusive proof will dispel all doubt.
OSL Has long been portrayed as the bogeyman, when in reality there were others just as evil. He has been used to justify the War on Terror (a bogus title) for the US to do whatever they wanted to do to any country they wanted to do it to. Maybe it suits them to have some ambiguity whether he is not really dead. He can still scare people from beyond the grave. They need a bogeyman to justify wars, so until the next one comes along, the is he isn't he (dead) might serve a purpose.
No one has seen him for 10 years yet he remained a figurehead and hero to anyone who hated the west. OSL hasn't done much for a long time and had largely become irrevelant, but what he symbolised hadn't.
If enough people doubt he is dead, then he is still able to galvanise anti western supporters. Conclusive proof will dispel all doubt.
OSL Has long been portrayed as the bogeyman, when in reality there were others just as evil. He has been used to justify the War on Terror (a bogus title) for the US to do whatever they wanted to do to any country they wanted to do it to. Maybe it suits them to have some ambiguity whether he is not really dead. He can still scare people from beyond the grave. They need a bogeyman to justify wars, so until the next one comes along, the is he isn't he (dead) might serve a purpose.
I saw the 'photograph' on the DM website yesterday and was puzzled when, later on, reference was made as to whether it would be appropriate to publish a post-mortem picture....
OSL had, as I recall, been suffering from a chronic kidney disorder for many years; one that would have seen him increasingly marginalised in terms of 'actively' being involved in terrorism.........doubtless his vast wealth would have played a large part in the proliferation of terrorist acts, though, and will continue to do so.
OSL had, as I recall, been suffering from a chronic kidney disorder for many years; one that would have seen him increasingly marginalised in terms of 'actively' being involved in terrorism.........doubtless his vast wealth would have played a large part in the proliferation of terrorist acts, though, and will continue to do so.
I am not very interested in seeing a picture of his dead body (bearing in mind I personally think they bumped him off about 8 years ago!) but I am puzzled as to why they were so quick to release gory images of Saddam Husseins assasinated sons dead in a car yet they feel the need to delay the release of the OBL pictures saying they are too disturbing? Yet another cover-up perhaps?
This topic was hotly debated on the Jeremy Vine Show on Radio Two today.
One caller summed up the whole 'picture / no picture' - proof? scenario very simply - if Bin Laden is still alive, all the Taliban have to do is to produce a film of him.
A quick smiley shot of him holding up a paper headlining his death should do it - but that's simply not going to happen.
He is dead - he was buried at sea simply to avoid any 'shrining' of his corpse, and compliancec with Muslim custom.
One caller summed up the whole 'picture / no picture' - proof? scenario very simply - if Bin Laden is still alive, all the Taliban have to do is to produce a film of him.
A quick smiley shot of him holding up a paper headlining his death should do it - but that's simply not going to happen.
He is dead - he was buried at sea simply to avoid any 'shrining' of his corpse, and compliancec with Muslim custom.
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