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10/02/04 7:53 AM

#69944 RE: BondGekko #69935

spree -- I have not seen anything more definite than commentary such as the following -- if you have anything different, it would be helpful to see it
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Regarding the new bin Laden message, the officials said there are intelligence reports, some of them sketchy, that a new tape from the al Qaeda leader will surface soon.
In the past, video and audio messages by bin Laden or his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, were broadcast days or weeks before an attack, the officials said.
"The message likely will be the signal for the attack to be launched," one official said.
A second U.S. official said one intelligence agency was aware of unconfirmed reports of a new bin Laden tape.
"There may be such a tape, but it hasn't surfaced and we haven't seen it," this official said.
Bin Laden last released a taped message in April. The CIA said that the audiotape probably was the voice of bin Laden and that the mention of the March 11 Madrid train bombings shows that the tape was current

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040811-123531-3824r.htm
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It seems obvious that saying OBL is dead w/o proof would be extremely reckless