Osama bin Laden is dying?

However, the CIA has denied the report. 'I have found no one here familiar with this alleged report or the analytic line it supposedly conveys,' Time magazine, which carried the report, quoted CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano as saying.
'The fact that anonymous sources attribute views to the CIA is not, by itself, reason to believe the agency actually holds those views,' he added.
Osama bin Laden is on his death bed! If the US Central Intelligence Agency is to be believed, the notorious international terrorist is suffering from terminal kidney disease.
A report released recently by the agency indicates at the possibility of the Osama surviving for not more six to nine months.
The Time magazine report has triggered a frenzy considering that one of the most important aspects of America's war on terror has been the elimination of the World's number 1 terrorist.
Some experts feel Osama's death could have a bearing on the Al Qaeda, impacting its organisational setup and its operations.
It may be noted that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had, in the past, stated that the Al Qaeda supreme had been suffering from a kidney problem.
'Osama bin Laden is most likely dead, because he has not been able to get treatment for his kidney disease. I think now, frankly, he is dead,' Musharraf had been quoted by CNN in January 2002.
Similar reports kept hitting global headlines over the years.
In September 2006, the French newspaper L'Est Republicain quoted a report from the French secret service stating that bin Laden had succumbed to typhoid in Pakistan. Apparently, the disease paralyzed his lower limbs.
The report was dumped later when a video, allegedly from the dreaded terrorist, who masterminded the September 11 bombings in New York, surfaced.
Only time can tell whether Osama is indeed on his death bed.