The Osama-Saddam Surprise
Al Jazeera released another audio tape this week, recorded by someone speaking in Arabic and claiming to be Osama Bin Laden. As with such tapes in the past, the CIA reports that it is kinda, almost, and pretty sure that it is OBL’s real voice so he must still be alive in a cave somewhere.
Well, once again, I’m not buying it. As I’ve been saying for almost two years now, I think his remains are pulverized under a mountain of rubble in eastern Afghanistan.
Last month, Al Jazeera released a video tape showing OBL and his El Segundo, Ayman (more…)
This extraordinary photo is of the two Finance Coordinators of the 2003 meeting of the governing boards for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, held this week in Dubai.
Earlier this week I had lunch with one of the most extraordinary human beings gracing our planet — His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Our gracious hosts were Lalit Mansingh, Indian Ambassador to the US, and his wife Indira at their Residence in Washington. I congratulated Ambassador Mansingh on his country being a sanctuary where Tibetan culture and religion still freely flourishes, such as in the regions of Ladakh and Zanskar.