There's a report circulating that Usama Bin Laden died late last month from Typhoid. The report comes out of France, citing Saudi sources.

UBL hasn't been seen on video tape in about two years; his rants have been on audio only lately. It's long been suspected that he was in ill health, and needed regular medical treatment.

However, both U.S. and foreign officials are saying that there is no confirmation of this, and that this report should not be trusted. Too bad.

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U.S., French Intelligence Officials Say Usama Death Report Unconfirmed

U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, drive through the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. Iraqi security forces helped the Marines sweep through the area to deny enemy presence and show the local citizens their ability to work with the Marines anywhere in the city. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

An Iraqi man opens his front door to speak with U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett and Sgt. Flavio D. Mendes during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. The Marines, with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi security forces swept the Andaloos District of Fallujah to look for signs enemy forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Christopher A. Landro, battalion commander, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with local Iraqi citizens during Operation Matador in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. Iraqi security forces helped the Marines sweep through the area to deny enemy presence and show the local citizens their ability to work with the Marines anywhere in the city. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Youngjun Choi, with the Personnel Security Detachment, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, provides security for his fellow Marines as they search a house in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Bradley E. Trudell, battalion sergeant major, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, took time to learn a few words of Arabic during Operation Matador in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. The Marines along with Iraqi Security Forces searched every building to make sure no insurgents were operating in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett, a combat engineer and platoon commander assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, knocks on a door in Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

An Iraqi boy follows 1st Lt. Christopher L. Doggett down a flight of stairs as he searches a home in the Andaloos District of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Reimers

U.S. Marine Cpl. Scott Reams of B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, clears a building during Operation Matador in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2006. The operation was a combined effort by Marines, Iraqi Police and Iraqi soldiers to disrupt insurgent activity in the Andaloos district of Fallujah. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva

U.S. Marines from B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 move from a half-built structure to clear every house and store in their section of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Matador, Sept. 13, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva

ROOFTOP SECURITY — U.S. Army soldiers take up security positions on the roof of a police station in Sinyia, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2006. The soldiers are from 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Billy Brothers

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq President’s Letter to America
Helicopter Recovery Mission Successful in Al Anbar

Operation Enduring Freedom
Field Surgical Team Excels at Saving Lives

Homeland Security / War on Terror
HP Chairwoman Dunn Resigns Amid Spy Scandal
Bush 'Taken Aback' by Reported Post-9/11 Threat
Clinton faults Bush for inaction on bin Laden (If THAT isn't the pot calling the kettle black, I don't know what is!)
U.S. Democrats wary of detainee trials compromise
War price on U.S. lives equal to 9/11

Other Military News
Rumsfeld favors U.S. military command for Africa

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Hezbollah Leader Appears at 'Victory' Rally
Uneasy Mood Marks Jewish New Year in Israel
Nasrallah says no army can disarm Hizbollah - Video
Palestinian rappers live to the beat of conflict

NSA / CIA
Interrogations deal grants Bush leeway
Libby plans to testify in CIA leak trial
Feds seek to block Oregon spying case
Chavez: Bush should resign as president

Worldwide Wackos
Major powers try to narrow gap over Iran sanctions - Video

Homegrown Moonbats
Farrakhan Says He's Seriously Ill

Politics / Government
U.S. Democrats wary of detainee trials compromise - Video
Bush reading program blasted in internal audit
U.S. Senate Democrats decry voter photo ID bill

U.N. News
UN assembly colored by anti-American rhetoric
West bars Arab bid at IAEA to rap Israel atom "threat"

Mother Nature
Twisters Damage Over 100 Homes, School in Southern Missouri
Helene weakens to tropical storm over Atlantic

Oddities
Court says $32,000 is too much to fondle bosom
Burglars get severed heads shock
Father stabs family along La. highway
Playmate sues taxi driver, NYC police

Fox News
Scientists Create Stem Cells From Dead Embryo
2 More Possible Spinach Deaths
VIDEO: E. Coli Outbreak Hurts Farmers
Search on for 3 Missing Kids of Murdered Mom
Astronaut Collapses at Welcome-Home Ceremony
23 Killed in Crash of Magnetic Train in Germany
Dru Sjodin's Killer Sentenced to Death
Hasbro Recalls Toy Tool Bench After Two Deaths
Team USA at a Loss on Opening Day of Ryder Cup

Reuters: Top News
U.S. tries to broaden pressure on Sudan - Video
Hungary protests pass peacefully, seen growing
Magazine names 100 best employers for parents
Japan launches satellite to explore sun
Space tourist says she's checking in at the office
Wal-Mart says not trying to fight movie downloads
Girl gamers want respect in virtual man's world
Bumps on the road for U.S. ethanol vehicles
Millions use alternative medicine to get to sleep
Diamond Phillips accused of battery
Oprah Winfrey set to debut channel on XM Satellite
HP shares rise 1 pct as Dunn resigns
Stocks fall on economic worries, but H-P up late - Video
Dollar slips vs euro as 2007 rate cut eyed
JetBlue shares fall on lower outlook
NYSE's offer closes gap with rival as shares rise - Video
U.S. growth fears hit emerging markets
Plane may turn Airbus a smaller player
HP CEO says he approved email ruse in leak probe

AP World News
Panel pushes for more drug safety aid
TV bounty hunter prepared to take a deal
Brewers keep up recent assault on Giants
Bonds ties Aaron's NL home run record
L.A. judge lets DeLuise lawsuit proceed
Astronaut collapses during ceremony
Ashlee Simpson relates to 'Chicago' role
More drug-resistant TB seen in U.S.
Dow ends down 25 on economic pessimism

Military.com
Congress OKs Military Pay Boost
Pace: Danger Brewing in Latin America
Lockheed Fights Proposed JSF Delay

CENTCOM: News Releases
AFGHAN SECURITY, COALITION FORCES FOIL IED ATTACKS

EXTREMISTS CONTINUE TO ATTACK INNOCENT AFGHAN CIVILIANS

USJFCOM
USJFCOM, Polish armed forces strengthen ties - podcast
Urban Resolve 2015 leaders meet with the media - photos - podcast

Department of Defense
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ON THE GROUND
British, Italian Forces Hand Over Dhi Qar to Iraqis - Story
Iraqi Government Assumes Control in Dhi Qar - Story
Medical Training Facility Dedicated to Fallen Medic - Story

IN IRAQ
British Forces Distribute Rice, Flour, Oil
Medical Personnel Treat Nearly 500 Residents
U.S. Soldiers, Iraqis Hold Recruitment Drive
Trade Show Highlights Progress in Irbil

IN AFGHANISTAN
10th Mountain Division Soldiers Thwart Extremists
Legacy of Fallen Citadel Graduate Lives On

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties - Story

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
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Afghanistan
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Gitmo

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Today in History
1642 - Harvard College in Cambridge, MA, has its first Commencement.
1779 - John Paul Jones' Bon Homme Richard defeats HMS Serepis.
1780 - British Major John Andre is arrested as a spy near Tarrytown, NY.
1803 - In the Battle of Assaye, British-Indian forces beat the Maratha Army.
1806 - Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.
1845 - The first baseball team is organized and adopts its rules (NY Knickerbockers).
1846 - Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune.
1862 - Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is published in northern Newspapers.
1863 - The Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins.
1868 - Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (It doesn't last - it is crushed by Spain).
1897 - Cheyenne, WY holds the first frontier days rodeo celebration.
1932 - The Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd are renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1938 - At the World's Fair in NYC, a time capsule is buried containing a woman's hat, a man's pipe, and 1100' of microfilm (to be opened 6939).
1949 - President Truman announces evidence of the U.S.S.R.'s first nuclear device detonation.
1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech.
1962 - ABC's airs its first color TV series-"The Jetsons."
1973 - Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power,
1976 - Soyuz-22 returns to Earth
1978 - Anwar Sadat is welcomed home from the Camp David Summit by 100,000 cheering Egyptians.
1979 - Jane Fonda and a crowd of 200,000 attend an anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC
1990 - Saddam Hussein says he will destroy Israel.
1991 - NY Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin are inducted into NHL Hall of Fame.

Birthdays
484 BC- Euripides Greek playwright (Trojan Women)
63 BC- Octavian (Augustus C‘sar) 1st Roman emperor (27 BC-14 AD)
1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (1746-59)
1745 - John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-TN)
1838 - Victoria Chaflin, feminist/reformer/free love advocate/first female presidential candidate
1852 - William Stewart Halsted, established the first U.S. surgical school
1880 - John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO, Nobel Prize winner (1949)
1944 - Loren J. Shriver, Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS-31, sk:46)
1957 - Sylvie Garant, Playboy playmate (November, 1979)

Passings
1877 - Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies
1939 - Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Callahan, David F., Jr., USN (VT); A4E crashed on landing after mechanical problems (pilot), Killed, body not recovered

Osborne, Dale H., USN (UT); A4F shot down (pilot), released by DRV February, 1973 (injured) - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998
*** Also served with the 191st Fighter Bomber Squadron during the Korean War ***