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Is Bin Laden still with us?

During the sixties there was a rumour flying around that Paul McCartney had died. An amazing number of people believed it, even though he frequently appeared large as life in the media. Another figure who frequently appears on our screen giving videoed speeches is Osama bin Laden, but nobody seems to be sure whether or not he is in fact still breathing. Some surprising things have come to light following the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto, including the fact that in early November she publicly stated not only that Bin Laden was dead, but named his murderer. It was such a throw away comment that it was almost as if she wasn’t aware that some in her audience might have been quite surprised by the news. Her interviewer, David Frost, didn’t even pick up on her extraordinary statement. Take a look at this interview from Al Jazeera.