According to The Observer, L'Est Republicain journalist Laïd Sammari said, he hold more information. ?'What we should be asking is why did the French secret service write the report in the first place?' he said.
The Obsever report goes on:
The Saudis also moved rapidly to downplay the reports. A senior Saudi security source told The Observer: ?'This report is an analysis by French intelligence of what they believe we think. And it is not true that either the Saudi government or Saudi intelligence are convinced Bin Laden is dead.'
(source print version, page 2; online:
Spy chiefs to probe 'Osama is dead' claim)
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