Is Osama bin Laden dead?

[pete]

Intrigue last night surrounded a leaked French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden had died of typhoid. The news spread rapidly around the globe, prompting a flurry of investigations by officials in Paris, Washington, London and Islamabad.

The Observer

I don't suppose the truth would come out even if he was dead as would not suit the US or al Queda as both need people to believe he is alive for different reasons.

[BohsPartisan]

Nah, he just smells that way...