Interpol chief reckons Bin Laden still alive
The chief of Interpol said today he believes Osama bin Laden is still alive, and that intelligence showed al-Qaida was planning a large-scale terrorist attack.
Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble told French newspaper Le Figaro that intensive searching had failed to locate bin Laden but there was no proof to indicate he was dead.
“Osama bin Laden is alive,” he said.
Noble said that the Lyon-based Interpol has studied the financial standing of bin Laden and concluded that his fortune remains intact, hovering, somewhere between £176m (€276m) and £190m (€298m).
Bin Laden keeps his money mainly in cash, spread among several countries, he said.
Noble also discussed the recent attacks in Bali, Yemen and Moscow, saying the attacks showed that terrorist groups were sending a message to Western governments, that: “Your war against terrorism is far from over,” he said.
Intelligence specialists agreed, he said, that al-Qaida was planning to stage another “large-scale terrorist operation,” which this time would not only target the United States but several countries at once.
