Conspiracy theorists will say bin Laden is aliveOsama bin Laden Dead – But No Body. Now For An Explosion Of Conspiracy Theories -- Damian Thompson, The Telegraph
No body. No photograph or DNA evidence – at least, not yet. [Update: The White House now says there was a DNA match between the body and tissue taken from bin Laden's dead sister's brain.] Conspiracy theorists are an ingenious bunch, but at the moment the White House is making this ridiculously easy for them. Gideon Rachman says he gives it 24 hours before conspiracy theories about Osama bin Laden begin circulating, but they are already flowing vigorously. The Taliban says he’s still alive, for example.
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My Comment: We live in an information hungry world .... conspiracy theories just feeds into that hunger.
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