http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/09/osama-bin-laden-died-again-vote.html<snips>
Osama bin Laden has died more times than any human being in history. In fact, he died right around this same time in 2002, a few weeks before the 2002 midterm elections. From The World Tribune - 10/16/02:
How many times has the Administration or its close allies planted stories in the media indicating or strongly implying that bin Laden is dead, only for the stories to be proven entirely false? Let us count:
The Israeli sources said Israel and the United States assess that Bin Laden probably died in the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan in December. They said the emergence of new messages by Bin Laden are probably fabrications, Middle East Newsline reported.
How many times has the Administration or its close allies planted stories in the media indicating or strongly implying that bin Laden is dead, only for the stories to be proven entirely false? Let us count:
Michael Ledeen, National Review, January 9, 2006
http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200601090808.aspChristian Science Monitor, 12/21/2005
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1221/dailyUpdate.htmlCNN - January 19, 2002
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/18/gen.musharraf.binladen/And more at the Greenwald link.