Saturday, March 18, 2006
Curt Weldon: Bin Laden Is Dead
Iran did have contacts with Bin Laden before. The 911 commission report stated that a number of the hijackers passed through Iran.
Rep. Curt Weldon, who broke the Able Danger story last year revealing that military intelligence had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist threat before the 9/11 attacks, now says that Osama bin Laden has died.
Weldon made the stunning claim during an interview Wednesday with the Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported: "Weldon is making explosive new allegations. He says a high-level source has told him that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden has died in Iran, where he has been in hiding."
Weldon cited as his source an Iranian exile code-named Ali, telling the paper: "Ali's told me that Osama bin Laden is dead. He died in Iran."
Iran did have contacts with Bin Laden before. The 911 commission report stated that a number of the hijackers passed through Iran.
