Ralph C. Cinque – It was 4 years ago this month (May) that Osama bin Laden was reportedly killed in a US raid in Pakistan.

Many have challenged the claim based on reports that Osama bin Laden had reportedly died in 2001.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani populist leader Benazir Bhutto, Afghani President Hamid Karzai, FBI Counterterrorism head Dale Watson, and DoD consultant Steven R. Pieczenik were among the many who reported that bin Laden died in 2001. His death was reported in many foreign and particularly Arabic papers at the time.

It was even reported by Fox News the day after Christmas in 2001.

But, let’s look at it from the medical perspective. Osama bin Laden had kidney failure in 2001. How likely is it that a man on dialysis could survive 10 years?

First, note that that spin machine went into action right away trying to deny that Osama bin Laden ever had failed kidneys and the need for dialysis.

However, Osama bin Laden’s visit to the American University Hospital in Dubai the summer of 2001 for treatment of kidney failure was reported by the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, which is considered the French newspaper of record since 1826.

They even named his doctor there, a kidney specialist, Canadian-trained Dr. Terry Calloway.

The British newspaper The Guardian considered the Le Figaro story credible enough to republish. Their article contained details, such as that bin Laden flew to Dubai on July 4, 2001 on a private plane from Quetta, Pakistan. That’s the kind of detail that could easily be disproven if it were false. Continue reading →