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To: gao seng who wrote (219842)	1/18/2002 1:30:17 PM
From: gao seng	Respond to of 769670

Musharraf: Bin Laden probably dead January 18, 2002 Posted: 12:30 PM EST (1730 GMT) Musharraf: I would give the first priority that he is dead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's president says he thinks Osama bin Laden is most likely dead because he has been unable to get treatment for his kidney disease. "I think now, frankly, he is dead," Pervez Musharraf said on Friday in an interview with CNN, "for the reason he is a patient, he is a kidney patient. We know that he donated two dialysis machines into Afghanistan. One was specifically for his own personal use. "I don't know if he has been getting all that treatment in Afghanistan now. And the photographs that have been shown of him on television show him extremely weak. ... I would give the first priority that he is dead and the second priority that he is alive somewhere in Afghanistan." The United States has said that bin Laden is the prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that killed almost 3,000 people. The United States launched its campaign in Afghanistan after the country's ruling Taliban refused to turn over bin Laden. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web Back to the top © 2002 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Message 16930334 13:00 ET Bin Laden Talk : More on the CNN report - the source was Pakistan Pres Musharraf, who speculated in an interview that Bin Laden might have died due to an ability to get treatment for a kidney problem; this is clearly speculation, however, as he notes as his second best guess that Bin Laden is alive and still in Afghanistan. 12:25 ET Bin Laden Talk : We're hearing from traders that CNN just reported that there are reports out of Pakistan that Bin Laden is already dead from kidney failure. We would note that a similar report was carried in a Pakistani newspaper several weeks ago but was never confirmed and was not deemed credible by the US. briefing.com

To: gao seng who wrote (219842)	1/18/2002 2:03:30 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

gao, those who have limited exposure to technology are blind to the opportunity cost of msft's marginal Operating system software. But the continued damage of msft's sucky software in opportunity cost has been deminished by the internet and the fact that alternatives are available that allow those who know how to get more out of a computer to do it with little difficulty. The pollution of Engineering design and development tools by being ported to msft crapware OSes is greatly reduced. The fact that Linux has created a universal unix and runs on inexpensive intel boxes has arrested the drag on tools development. tom watson tosiwmee