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>So they were lying (as is routine) when they
>claimed to have had him in their sights since last August?
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>Shane Mage
They said they found a guy connected with him last August. That's not the same as having him in their sights.
>My instant reaction to the first report: I'll believe it when I see the body.
>
>I guess I'll never be able to believe it!
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>Shane Mage
You would only have ever seen photos of the body. Would you have believed those?
And some people say (as Poly Styrene used to say) he's been dead for years anyway:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/my-take-bin-laden-died-long-ago/
>I have been praying for Osama bin Laden for 10
>years. I was not surprised by news of his death.
>As I asked myself why, I suspect it is because,
>in my eyes, bin Laden died long ago. He died to
>goodness; he died to mercy; he died to peace. He
>died to the things that God cares most about. He
>was alive until this week but he died to life a long time ago.
>
>I have wondered over the years what God tried to
>do to win him back to love. I wonder about the
>confounding ability of human beings to resist
>the love of God. I wonder about these things for
>Osama bin Laden and I wonder about same things
>with respect to my own life. Today, as I have
>many days before, I pray for my enemy I pray
>him into the hands of the God of justice and of mercy.