Bin Laden Not In Control?

American Voices

December 26, 2005 | ISSUE 41•51

According to the U.S. envoy to Pakistan, Osama bin Laden may no longer be in control of al-Qaeda. What do you think?

We won! Without bin Laden, there's no possible way that terrorism can continue!

Rory Simpson
Archivist
I don't think bin Laden ever existed in the first place… He's just a story Islamic extremists tell their kids to explain where bombs come from.

Rebecca Morgan
Systems Analyst
Well, that would explain all the directionless suicide bombers blowing themselves up left and right lately.

Phil Dorgan
Librarian

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