according to Iranians I trust, Osama bin Laden finally departed this world in mid-December. The al Qaeda leader died of kidney failure and was buried in Iran, where he had spent most of his time since the destruction of al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The Iranians who reported this note that this year's message in conjunction with the Muslim Haj came from his number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, for the first time.
Of course I have no idea, but since I just read an MSM report saying the whole bin-Laden/kidney failure thing is ridiculous, it would make sense. Bad guys always depart right after their allies deny they're sick. (See: Soviet Union, dictators of.) RTWT (it's short) for his larger point, but I thought that might get your attention. (Curtsy: lgf, where you might wish to go for other items of interest today).
