One of 45,000? Osama Bin Laden Dead in Quake?

That is, is Osama Bin Laden one of the 45,000 or so reported killed in the recent Sout Asian earthquake?

The paper further quoted a Washington terrorism expert, Bruce Hoffman, as saying that if Laden had managed to escape the earthquake, he might have made his way to Kashmir. Also, there was a possibility that he could have made his way back to the Toba Kakar Range in Afghanistan, veteran CIA officer Milt Bearden said and added "if Bin Laden is dead, the world will never know. We just have to wait until somebody drags out his body and says this is Bin Laden. My bet is that won't happen."

Source: NewKerala.com - Did Osama die in the Oct 8th quake?

Well, the paper referrd to is The Daily Times fro Peshawar Pakistan.

Who knows? The The Daily Times quotes a terrorism expert:

One Washington terrorism expert, Bruce Hoffman at the Rand Corporation, said that if Bin Laden had managed to escape the earthquake, he might have made his way to the disputed Kashmir region. There is also the possibility that he could have made his way back to the Toba Kakar Range in Afghanistan. But veteran CIA officer Milt Bearden said: "If Bin Laden is dead, the world will never know. We just have to wait until somebody drags out his body and says; This is Bin Laden. My bet is that won't happen."

Source: The Daily Times - US, UK teams search quake rubble for Osama Bin Laden (MI6/SAS team joins US Special Forces sifting through Balakot)

Hmmmm.

Yes, I agree with the Mr. Hoffman's assessment, we will never know. Absent a capture or him being killed by one of our guys, Mr. Bin Laden is likely to die a quiet and anonymous death. This is hardly unprecedented remember the Israelis put in a lot of effort to track down and arrest Josef Mengele but he too died an old man's death. We are not out to "impeach" Bin Laden we are out to end what he started, Al-Qaida started with him but does not end with him.