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Old 07-08-2007, 12:19   #38
x-factor
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Several people have put a lot of stock in the renal failure/dialysis thing. Here's a summary of whats been publically released on UBL's health, compiled by a medical doctor whose hobby is the health issues of historical figures:

http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/a_binladen.htm#3

NOTE: "The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that bin Laden does not need dialysis, but does suffer from kidney stones." (cited from an MSNBC article)

Take the dialysis assumption and stand it on its head and you're saying he survived the flight from Tora Bora in 2001 to TR's Date in April 2003 all the while in constant need of major medical care. How realistic is that?

Again, until we get some more evidence, I think Occam's Razor works in favor of "alive."
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