Osama's 'death'

There was news from French intelligence memo suggesting Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden might have died. It was reported in the French regional newspaper l'Est Republicain and Sunday in Le Parisien.

Background of Osama
Born in Saudi Arabia to a wealthy family with close ties to the royals, bin Laden allegedly funded and directed the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that killed around 3,000 people. ( Saw the Sep 11 program from Channelnewsasia the other day, it's was chaotic and I remember a scene: 3 Executives were escaping from the building and thought it was a 'normal' fire BUT their face turned when you met the fireman. They asked them on some stuff and the reply they got "We are at war". How would you react upon hearing that?)

His Al-Qaeda organisation has also been linked to several other attacks, including the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, a 2000 suicide bomb attack on a US warship off Yemen, and the 2004 Madrid train bombings.

He has been successfully avoided capture despite the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, which toppled the Taliban regime that had provided him refuge and protection, and a 25-million-dollar bounty on his head.

There are still alot in the world doubting about the creditability of this information including myself.(Bin Laden has several times been rumoured to have died in the past, only to appear later in audio or video recordings.) Maybe this the reason.