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Osama is Dying . . .
. . . his beard, that is. I want this mole to stick his head up as often as possible. The more he does, the better our chances to whack-a-mole.
Groups: Bin Laden Plans Video on 9/11
by Lee KeathCAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden will release a new video in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida’s media arm announced Thursday.
Analysts noted that al-Qaida tends to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary with a slew of messages, and the Department of Homeland Security said it had no credible information warning of an imminent threat to the United States.
Still, bin Laden’s appearance would be significant. The al-Qaida leader has not appeared in new video footage since October 2004, and he has not put out a new audiotape in more than a year, his longest period without a message.
One difference in his appearance was immediately obvious. The announcement had a still photo from the coming video, showing bin Laden addressing the camera, his beard fully black. In his past videos, bin Laden’s beard was almost entirely gray with dark streaks.Bin Laden’s beard appears to have been dyed, a popular practice among Arab leaders, said Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, a Washington-based group that monitors terror messages.
“I think it works for their (al-Qaida’s) benefit that he looks young, he looks healthy,” Katz said.
The more often he emerges from the cave to make a video, the better the chance that it won’t just be his beard that is “dying.”
C’mon out, Sheik bin Laden. The al Qaida leaders in Iraq are disappearing at an alarming rate. Thanks to the Surge and the greatest military in the world!