Update: Osama Bin Laden is dead - but since when?

The latest words on everyone's lips right now, is the breaking news announcement made by US President Barak Obama, that the world's number one terrorist, Osama bin Laden has been shot dead this morning in Pakistan.

In related news, other interesting developments have happened today: the website whatreallyhappened.com issued the following statement today:

"Yes, we were hacked. Starting just moments before President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, our website was hit with what the hosting company described as a massive distributed denial of service attack, no doubt to prevent the public from accessing the documentation showing Bin Laden actually died in December of 2001 of natural causes."

Their news title reads "Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government."

FOX News Report: Bin Laden Already Dead

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

[Fox News. December 26, 2001]

Who's telling the truth and who is lying? We may never know for sure.

What we do know, is that Osama bin Laden has officially been no.1 on the world's most wanted list for over 10 years - a very, very long time for today's technology and capabilities... so you can't help but wonder - would the US Governemnt have had any interest in postponing this announcement for so many years?... I'll leave it as open question, although for many it's a rhetorical one.

Osama Bin Laden is dead

IT'S OFFICIAL:
Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda, mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the world’s most wanted man for almost a decade is dead, President Barack Obama announced in the early hours of the morning.

Osama bin Laden, the most wanted terrorist of all time, was killed in Pakistan by U.S. forces. The leader of AlQaeda has opposed capture and died in a shootout. Bin Laden was hiding in a building located 100 kilometers from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, along with other family members, many of them killed or captured during the battle.