A french paper is reporting that the Saudi government believes that Osama bin Laden has died of typhoid fever, probably in late August.
According to the l’Est Republicain newspaper, the report stems from an intelligence document produced by the French foreign intelligence service.
Of course, this has not been confirmed by French or any other intelligence sources. The French defense ministry is calling for an internal investigation of the document leak.
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out in the media as the story develops.
I don’t believe it for a second. I hope the media doesn’t run with this and blow it out of proportion before all the information comes out. It seems like it’s being handled with care for now though. I haven’t seen much about it on the news. It was barely talked about on the news this weekend.
- Arlington, VA
If it is true that bin Laden is dead, I think a lot of folks will feel cheated that he died in such a way. For everything that we’ve gone through, I don’t think there will be that satisfying closure, you know?
- Washington, DC