There is a compelling argument, put forward by a respected American academic, that Bin Laden was killed eight years ago. Professor David Ray Griffin, who has written authoritative books on the 9/11 attacks, believes the US has kept the Bin Laden myth alive to bolster the war against terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
What is truly astonishing is that despite an army of investigators, a practically limitless budget and an immense £15million bounty on his head, so little is known about what has actually happened to Bin Laden.
Since 2001 there does not appear to have been a single genuine sighting of this distinctive man with his hunched back, pallid skin and greying beard. Some observers believe video and audio tapes of him that pop up on the Al Jazeera satellite TV network are fakes.
The CIA employs between 50 and 100 agents and special operations officers in Pakistan. Known as “The Cadre”, this group’s sole remit over the past eight years has been to find and kill Bin Laden and his henchmen.
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