Where was Bin Laden the day before 9/11?

Very interesting article on Osama Bin Laden's location the day before 9/11.

Where was Osama on September 11, 2001?

According to Dan Rather, CBS, Bin Laden was hospitalized in Rawalpindi. one day before the 9/11 attacks, on September 10, 2001.

"Pakistan. Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI) told CBS that bin Laden had received dialysis treatment in Rawalpindi, at Pak Army's headquarters.

DAN RATHER, CBS ANCHOR: As the United states and its allies in the war on terrorism press the hunt for Osama bin Laden, CBS News has exclusive information tonight about where bin Laden was and what he was doing in the last hours before his followers struck the United States September 11.

This is the result of hard-nosed investigative reporting by a team of CBS news journalists, and by one of the best foreign correspondents in the business, CBS`s Barry Petersen. Here is his report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BARRY PETERSEN, CBS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Everyone remembers what happened on September 11. Here`s the story of what may have happened the night before. It is a tale as twisted as the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

CBS News has been told that the night before the September 11 terrorist attack, Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan. He was getting medical treatment with the support of the very military that days later pledged its backing for the U.S. war on terror in Afghanistan.

Pakistan intelligence sources tell CBS News that bin Laden was spirited into this military hospital in Rawalpindi for kidney dialysis treatment. On that night, says this medical worker who wanted her identity protected, they moved out all the regular staff in the urology department and sent in a secret team to replace them. She says it was treatment for a very special person. The special team was obviously up to no good.

"The military had him surrounded," says this hospital employee who also wanted his identity masked, "and I saw the mysterious patient helped out of a car. Since that time," he says, "I have seen many pictures of the man. He is the man we know as Osama bin Laden. I also heard two army officers talking to each other. They were saying that Osama bin Laden had to be watched carefully and looked after." Those who know bin Laden say he suffers from numerous ailments, back and stomach problems. Ahmed Rashid, who has written extensively on the Taliban, says the military was often there to help before 9/11.

So if they Pakistani military had him surrounded on September 10th, why wasn't he handed over to the US on September 12th?

[edit on 18-9-2006 by uknumpty]

he was sitting at home smoking some ganja. taking a nap or making a sandwich. remember cnn had an article saying bin laden is dead? about 5 years ago. i heard bin laden owns pepsi or something. anyways, bin laden had ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with 9/11. i think he might just have been some sort of character or persona created to tell the world that it was his fault. then of course we have, since he owns pepsi he is with the cia so to speak. al qeada,bin laden,cia = same #. you see these footages of these arabics with rifles in the background. come on, give me a break, if you were really a terrorist would you have guns in the background. the truth is is that these are just impersonators, white people or jewish people who dress their beard up and put on costumes and they tape it in california. i had a website on this, it's not in my favorites so i don't know.

If any one has a copy of The AUSTRALIAN edition of penthouse from August or october 2001, there is an article in it that is very interesting. This is by memory only, but he was a very rich Saudi investor and he reccommended going on holiday if your an investor, i bought the mag for a bit of a look at the ladies on the way home from work

Is Bin Laden dead?

Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak

President Jacques Chirac has ordered an inquiry into the leak of a French secret service memo claiming that Osama Bin Laden had died.

Mr Chirac told reporters he was surprised the memo had been leaked, and refused to comment on the claim itself.

A French newspaper quoted a document as saying the Saudi secret services were convinced the al-Qaeda leader had died of typhoid in Pakistan in late August.