Al Jazeera: Pakistanis Still Skeptical of Bin Laden’s Death
- Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:08pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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More than four months after an elite team of Navy SEALs killed the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Al Jazeera reports there is still skepticism among Pakistanis about whether or not Osama bin Laden is really dead.
Al Jazeera interviewed residents in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Bin Laden’s compound was located, and found most local residents share suspicions about whether the former Al Qaida leader was actually killed.
Musab Rashid, a university student, lives about 100 yards from the compound. He told Al Jazeera he does not believe Bin Laden died — or even lived — there.
“Are there any facts? Is there any proof provided by America to the whole world to prove this thing true? We have never seen any video, we have never seen any picture of bin Laden, and we have never seen a dead body,” Rashid said.
His classmate, Mohammed Waqas, also said he does not believe the U.S.’s version of events, and questioned the lack of documented proof.
“Why did they bury him at sea, in just a few hours or one day? Why? Why didn’t they show his corpse? Why should we believe what Barack Obama says? Show us some proof,” Waqas said.
Dr. Azhar Jadoon, the leader of Tehrik-e-Sooba Hazara, a powerful political party in Abbottabad, is also skeptical, citing Bin Laden’s supposed deteriorating health.
“I’m a trained medical doctor. From everything I’ve read about Osama, he was a kidney patient. From what I know of the medications that were found in that house, there were no such drugs to treat a kidney patient,” Jadoon said. “There is no way he could have lived there – certainly not for several years. Maybe his wife and children did, but not him.”
Still, there was one resident the reporter found who said he had no reason to doubt Bin Laden’s death: Sohaib Athar, who became an instant online celebrity for inadvertently live tweeting the events of the secret U.S. operation.
“I believe that Osama is dead because we don’t any evidence of him alive right now,” Athar said simply. “If he were alive, he would have released a video. I also heard from eyewitnesses that when his wife came out of the compound handcuffed, she was shouting about her husband being dead. Why wouldn’t I believe it?”
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Comments (66)
georgeisn6
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:16pmI would like to try to reassure those Pakies that osama is indeed dead, his remains were dug up in a cave in BORA BORA where he was killed 9yr. ago and his bones were shot full of holes in a big firefight in a shack in pakistan then the bones were dumped into a tub of water to drown him and make sure he was dead.
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 2:41amCitation?
Sorry, its just that I’m not in the habit of believing internet comments laden with wild fantasies.
Report Post »jrfox
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:34pmI want a video game blowing his head off!!!
Report Post »ConservativeChristianB1954
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:31pmI am skeptical too. Look who is in charge of this country. Never saw a body, killed and buried quickly at sea where no one can prove it. Sounds funny to me. I don’t trust Obama!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 9:32pm.
Report Post »Pakistanis? Hell, Americans are skeptical.
Who destroys the evidence, then takes credit?.
NOBALONEY
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:07pmHe sleeps with the fishes.
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:48pmI’m skeptical. They should take a poll of how many Americans believe he is dead.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:59pmUh, hello Pakistanis and other radical Muslims? DING DONG the witch is DEAD!
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:35pmI don’t trust this admin on anything, especially when a dead osama would boost a loser obama in the ratings. But just for a couple of days. When hussein is dallying us with his right hand, you‘d better keep your eyes close on his left hand as he seems to use his own rule of law with his agenda that doesn’t match up with the Constitution.
Report Post »Carp_resident
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:43pmOld Bin Laden is dead and gone…
Report Post »Left me here to sing a song …
To a pretty little girl with a red dress on…
Old Bin Laden is dead and gone!
Rayblue
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:30pmWe should have given them something to REALLY look at.
Report Post »But if I start describing what I would’ve done, my comment would never make it past
the burning body part censor. Or the winding around the corpse, intestine pull censor.
coot
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 7:16pmI seriously doubt OBL was killed this year. The photos could have been old….or doctored. Oh what am I saying! This is the gubmint we’re talking about. We all know that they can be trusted not to lie!
Report Post »Alan
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 6:32pmIslam: the religion of delusion.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 6:30pmThey may be right. Can anyone say we are completely sure that was him? Were we duped by Al Qaeda?
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:33pmHe was dead for 10 years before that, too. The only reason they now claim to have killed him was that the body was getting freezer-burned.
We will see pictures when President Obama’s poll numbers start looking dicey against whoever runs against him. It’s is his trump card.
Nice, that the obummer would politicize 911.
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:25pmI suppose they will all gather at his former compound every year on his birthday to pay their respects. You know, like Americans at Graceland. Still a few folks out there that think The King is still alive.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:37pmLol… good one!!
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:20pmThe Pakistanis should have figured out what happened after Bin Laden’s rent checks stopped coming in…
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 12:43amGood point.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:16pmI say drop a 500 pound bomb on that compound just to make a point.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:19pmThat would make an impression!
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:09pmHe’s dead or we would have heard him on the lead up to today!
Report Post »What is needed is to put some special ops (cia) assassins into Pakistan, Iran, Syria etc. an quietly take out a lot of these bad boys.
Maybe a quid pro quo with Israelis assistance wink wink
abbygirl1994
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:40pmTheir not the only ones!!
Report Post »PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:40pmMany members of US Congress were on the tube, including Allen West describing the photos. As for me, i do not wish to see. What i don’t like is that they put him in the ocean. If it were my decision i would have beat the crap out of him then found the most active volcano and pushed him out of the chopper half alive and aware. This would have avenged the ones who jumped or burned to death because of the evil plan against God and Americans! In my dream, that’s what happened to ole bin bin.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:39pmThey blew his head almost in half. Did DNA analysis to confirm his identity. And also his pics have been circulated on the internet….in all his gory bloody glory. They have all the proof they are going to get!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 10:14pmAfter several hours, having read other posts, it sounds like I’m the only one here who believes the government in reguard to the death of Obama …….sorry Osama……slip of the middle finger.
I still believe the governments’ story. Not everything has to be a conspiracy. Maybe I’m still niave in that I want to still be able to trust my government. One of the characteristic of freedom we may be well on our way to losing.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:35pmI believe the White House will release the photo sometime next year to try and boost captain disaster’s reelection chances .
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:58pm@HERSEY10
Agreed, but until then I have to side up with the camel kickers. I hate to admit it, but until I see definitive proof that convinces me, I will never believe Bin Laden the Buthole is dead. As of now, the goat herders have a point …
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:30pmdot heads n towels are STUPID in ladens dead period ALL whom kill americans will see the same faqte as binladen. burining in hell not in the FASLE god allahs heaven puning 70 virgins.. but in a CELL in HELL buring for eternity.. muslums are a cult of death n hate. they arent too bright n it shows…
Report Post »georgiavietvet
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:29pmthose stone age people have their heads buried firmly in their own asses. they would not know the truth if it was shoved down their throats……………………………………………………..
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:27pmThey also think 9-1-1 never happened either.
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:27pmAnd don’t expect any either because the real person killed was not OSB but none other than Akhbar Han. This person had nothing to do with Bin Laden, nothing. The compound that Mr.Han lived in was a U.S security zone where to go in and out you had to show U.S. government ID. I found this out by searching Pakistani news outlets and eye witnesses to the raid. Witnesses said that 2 black hawk helicopters hovered as seal team 6 dropped down by rope and a new stealth chopper landed. After the the murder of Han the choppers were leaving and the stealth was shot down by a bofors 40 mm. anti aircraft radar guided gun killing all aboard. So how could OSB or anyone been buried at sea when the occupants all died? Again if you go on utube and type in OSB raid and follow all the local Pakistani news shows you will find the same thing as I did.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:37pmWhere did you get the opium your smoking ?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:43pmElvis just announced a new tour. He has been in hiding and rumors of his death were false. If you search you are nuts tube, he can be seen making a peanut butter , banana and bacon sandwich.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:58pmAlso you can visit the Moon Landing set over at Burbank Studios…some of you are TOO funny!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 6:35pm@JOHNNY
That’s some bad acid trip yer on … keep it to yerself.
Report Post »bioengineer
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 8:08pmDaisy….Daisy….Give me youuuur answerrrr do….IIII’m half craaaazzzzzyyyyy….alllll for the loooove of youuuuu
Report Post »randy
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:15pmThat’s funny, many Americans would like to see the death photos also.
Report Post »Not that we do not believe that Lying SOB in the WHite house.
It’s just that we do not believe that lying SOB in the White HOuse.
godlovinmom
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:31pmIsn’t it funny how only some get to see the death photos and we have to take their word for it…personally I find it hard to believe anyone in public office these days..ESPECIALLY obama…and really what was up with the burial at sea…personally I thought bin laden did not deserve even that…and why was our government cowing down to muslim burial rights????
Report Post »Haaryscary
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 5:18pmActually the top of Binladens head was blown off, very grusome indeed. It would have gotten the musulem worlds panties in a twist if they saw it. I guess were supposed to be above all that even though Talaban shows beheadings, and executions on a regular basis. heh
Report Post »cyclops
Posted on September 11, 2011 at 4:15pmHey…..where is Neil Armstrong? Did you really land on the moon?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 6:34amOh Cy…..don’t your remember when Sheila Jackson Lee asked if the Mars rover would take a picture of the American flag that Neil Armstrong planted on Mars !!! Gotta get your ‘orbits’ right !! lol
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