# Osama bin Ladin - Dead or Alive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-ladin-dead-or-alive/93598>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 15, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-ladin-dead-or-alive/93598 "2001-11-15T20:50:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-ladin-dead-or-alive/93598/21 "2001-11-18T05:40:11Z")

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I’ve got to add that the nature of cell organizations makes it critical to extract such information out of bin Laden. You cannot compromise cells from the bottom up. You must start at the top and work your way down. Bin Laden does know the top three people’s names under him. Those three do know the top three under each of them. Our only hope of completely dimantling al Qaeda lies in getting this top-down information. I am unable to feel the least scintilla of mercy for this waste of skin.

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**Author:** ![buddy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@buddy1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy1)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/osama-bin-ladin-dead-or-alive/93598/22 "2001-11-19T14:42:47Z")

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OBL should be capture alive, then tied to the bumper of a truck, and dragged through the streets. I want to see that bastard suffer for the evil he has inflicted on us. Then, the corpse should be left for buzzards and wid dogs to eat. In addition, the same fate should befall all of his senior people. A fitting end to a moster.

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