# Al Quaeda confirms bin Laden's death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958 "2011-05-06T14:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958/21 "2011-05-06T19:28:51Z")
Let’s say I robbed a bank and killed a teller, and as I was hiding out, a guy confesses to the robbery and killing. Then they try him, find him guilty and execute him. Do you think I would be STUPID enough to confirm they DIDN’T kill the right man? Let’s say OJ Simpson didn’t kill Nicole and Ron, do you think the guy who actually did it, would be saying “HA HA he really IS innocent.” Seems to me if they got the wrong guy it’s in Al Queda’s interest to go along with it. I personally believe he is dead, but the fact that Al Queda acknowledges it means little ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958/22 "2011-05-06T20:43:45Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Let’s say I robbed a bank and killed a teller, and as I was hiding out, a guy confesses to the robbery and killing. Then they try him, find him guilty and execute him. Do you think I would be STUPID enough to confirm they DIDN’T kill the right man? > > Let’s say OJ Simpson didn’t kill Nicole and Ron, do you think the guy who actually did it, would be saying “HA HA he really IS innocent.” > > Seems to me if they got the wrong guy it’s in Al Queda’s interest to go along with it. > > I personally believe he is dead, but the fact that Al Queda acknowledges it means little You mean other than for the fact that it demoralizes their followers and disrupts their operations? I would think they’d be denying it vehemently. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958/23 "2011-05-06T21:15:25Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Seems to me if they got the wrong guy it’s in Al Queda’s interest to go along with it. > > I personally believe he is dead, but the fact that Al Queda acknowledges it means little Bank robbers don’t want people to know they robbed a bank; terrorist organizations need people to know what they’re doing and why they’re doing it or else there’s no point. Al Qaeda is not in the habit of giving the West credit. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958/24 "2011-05-08T23:20:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Or - and I don’t think I’m going out on a limb here - Osama was Obama’s real father and had home movies of them together. And there’s that whole name similarity: Osama bin Laden; Obama been Lyin’. Also, they’re both tall. Too much of a co-inkydinky. UBL was only four years older than president Obama, but since Obama is known to have traveled through space and time in the first few years of his life, it shouldn’t be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958/25 "2011-05-08T23:31:52Z")
Al Quaeda and the US government are in cahoots. Everybody knows that. Both have a common goal – to make Bin Laden disappear, but secretly keep him alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quaeda-confirms-bin-ladens-death/580958.md?page=1)