Doubts cast on report of bin Laden's death.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: September 25, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By TERRY THORPE

World governments are playing down a leaked French intelligence document that raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid. President Jacques Chirac said the report was 'in no way whatsoever confirmed' and officials from Kabul to Washington expressed scepticism about its accuracy. There have been numerous reports over the years that bin Laden had been killed or that he was dangerously ill, but the al-Qaeda leader has periodically release...