[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by MTVN

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13313201

Great, so now the evidence we have is the government's word and an alleged al Qaeda statement posted in a "jihad forum". Well, it was from a poster who claimed he was al qaeda so it must be al qaeda. There's no way anyone in government would set up a fake account and claim to be al qaeda and anyone who thinks such a thing was possible is most likely a tin foil hat wearing conspiracy nut. Case closed, me thinks.

Look, MTVN, I know in your mind this is credible evidence but it's just not good enough. I'm tempted (though I think I might get into trouble) to get a new user name called Alqaeda and post a thread which "confirms" his death.

Maybe you should examine this quote from the Washington Post dated May 25, 2010.

The [CIA's Office of Technical Services] actually did make a video purporting to show Osama bin Laden and his cronies sitting around a campfire swigging bottles of liquor and savoring their conquests with boys, one of the former CIA officers recalled, chuckling at the memory. The actors were drawn from “some of us darker-skinned employees,” he said.

A credible newspaper reporting that the CIA made a fake bin Laden video tape. Far more credible and worthy of attention than a statement from an internet forum does, me thinks. So you tell me: would a group that faked a bin Laden tape be beneath posting fake internet statments?

Does this have any affect on you? Does that change your standards for evidence in believing bin Laden died in the manner described in any way at all? They're admitting to faking video evidence. I'd wager diamond to dollar that this little bit of information I've just given you, free of charge, is goint to go in one ear and out the other.

To be honest, the credibility of the government is so bad that the only thing that could confirm bin Laden's death is possession of his body and allowing the media to examine it unedited. And they say they ditched the body. Brilliant.