After all, President George W. Bush had said we would get bin Laden, dead or alive, no matter how long it took.

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There is no doubt that bin Laden is dead.

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And Osama bin Laden is dead.

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In 2002, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said bin Laden had kidney disease, for which he required a dialysis machine, and was therefore likely dead.

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