Part 2

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At this time CBS news also runs a story on bin Laden receiving kidney disease treatments in Pakistan the week before 9/11.

Osama bin Laden Near Death in 2002 (from Dan Rather CBS); US Government bin Laden LIE In January of 2002, The Guardian reports that the president of Pakistan speculates that bin Laden is now dead of untreated kidney disease based on video and photographs of a gaunt-looking bin Laden. Link:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/19/afghanistan.oliverburkeman

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In January of 2002, based on his analysis of video and photographs of bin Laden from December 2001, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says that bin Laden seems to be having renal failure. He notes kidney dialysis is expensive, and suggests bin Laden would need help in obtaining medical treatment. Link:

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/21/gupta.otsc/

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In March 2002, the BBC reports on an interview with bin Laden's wife, who speaks of bin Laden in the past tense, notes his failing kidney and frequent use of pills and other medicines. She says she has not seen her husband since September 2001, but holds out hope that he is still alive:

"I feel deep inside me that he is still alive."

She also notes that bin Laden's wish was to die in Afghanistan and nowhere else:

"He never spoke to me about his intention to leave Afghanistan and always wished to die there. He told me once that if he ever left Afghanistan, it would be to meet his Creator."

She also says that bin Laden:

"always suffered from kidney and stomach pains" and that he "told me once that he was going to Pakistan for treatment." Link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/1871182.stm

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In March and April of 2002, U.S. officials downplay the threat of bin Laden, with Rumsfeld even saying the bin Laden threat has been "neutralized."

Even Bush, called out for rarely mentioning bin Laden in 2002, admits:

"We haven't heard from him [bin Laden] in a long time... I don't know where he is. I really just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."

Bush:

Truly not concerned about bin Laden (short version) In May 2002, ABC News reports on a new spliced-together tape from unknown time periods in which bin Laden appears "about the same" (that is, sickly-looking) as in the tape from December 2011.

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ABC News also says they have "learned intelligence reports indicate bin Laden had received a kidney transplant in Pakistan," but do not know when. Link:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79973&page=1

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*July 2002: FBI Chief Says bin Laden is Most Likely Dead; * Nothing from bin Laden Since December 2001 In July 2002, the BBC reveals a bombshell: the FBI's counter-terrorism chief Dale Watson says bin Laden is '"probably dead."

Conveniently, bin Laden's followers' claim that bin Laden will" not make more video statements until his group launches another attack on the United States." [official narrative is a lie] Link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2135473.stm

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In July 2002, CNN reports that bin Laden's close bodyguards were captured in February of 2002, but not bin Laden. The article also quotes mentions some high-level officials: "Some high-level U.S. officials are already convinced by such evidence that bin Laden, who has not been seen or heard from in months, is dead." Link:

http://web.archive.org/web/20021204040117/http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/30/binladen.son/

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