Reply #22: Here, I'll try again. I had written a bunch of stuff, but when I went to..

[Up2Late]

...watch an old CNN video, it caused a Java error that crapped out my web browser, so I lost all I wrote.

The Short answer is NO, any video you will find on the internet is too fuzzy to be able to tell absolutely. My feeling is, and a lot of so-called experts also felt back in January 2002, that bin Laden died in December 2001. The top link below, has his funeral notice.

I did find most of the real bin Laden videos (pre-2002) and the first FAKE video (the "Smoking Gun" Fat Osama, released by the Bush Administration) and at least one I hadn't seen before.

Below are a few links, I'm not going to test them this time, until after I post this.

Fair warning, some of the videos at these links might cause a similar Java error when you click them, so save you work first:

<http://www.welfarestate.com/binladen/funeral />

Lots of link at this page under the side-box with this banner , this is the video I didn't see and haven't found yet.

<http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/19/... >

<http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/21/gupta.otsc/in... >

<http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/31/gen.binladen.inte... >

<http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/01/31/gen.aljazeera.sta... >

<http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/14/ret.bin.laden.vid... >

This is the first fake, Bush WH supplied, "Fat Osama" video:
<http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/13/ret.bin.laden.vid... >

More links on the side and at the bottom of this one:
<http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/2... >

<http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/02/01/gen.bergen.cnna/i... >

Here's some info on the second fake (October 2004) video:

<http://www.welfarestate.com/binladen/surprise />