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• One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown

  Marcy Kaptur

  Religious, Purpose, Crowns

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• People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you without even knowing you, and hate you when they don't even know you. All of a sudden, you're, like, the bin Laden of America. Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through.

  R. Kelly

  Hate, America, Knowing

  Blender Magazine Interview, www.imdb.com. September 2003.

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• Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

  John F. Kerry

  Years, Four, Osama Bin Laden

  John Kerry’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.washingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to talk about a terrorist called Christopher Columbus. I want to talk about a terrorist called George Washington. I want to talk about a terrorist called Rudy Giuliani. The real terrorists have always been the United Snakes of America.

  Malik Zulu Shabazz

  Real, Snakes, America

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• We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming.

  Dick Cheney

  Osama Bin Laden, Made, Cases

  Interview with Tony Snow, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 29, 2006.

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• We invaded Afghanistan to find bin Laden. We found him in Pakistan, and we're still in Afghanistan. We need better GPS.

  Andy Borowitz

  Gps, Needs, Pakistan

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Mar 11, 2012

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• Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.

  Barack Obama

  Taken, Leader, Political

  "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. December 25, 2011.

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• Got Bin Laden AND interrupted Celebrity Apprentice? Win for Obama all around.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Winning, Apprentice, Interrupted

  Twitter post from May 1, 2011

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• Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this week there's a good chance we never get bin Laden. bin Laden! We couldn't even get O.J.!

  Jay Leno

  Defense, Chance, Week

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• Osama bin Laden has ten look-alikes to fool us Americans. Ten look-alikes, and he's married to five of them.

  David Letterman

  Looks, Fool, Married

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• You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers paid $250 million to get Alex Rodriguez.

  Jay Leno

  Texas, Sound, Alex

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• Every day we learn more and more about this wacky Osama bin Laden. He lives in a cave and at one time he was a womanizer. But now he has settled down with his five wives and 26 kids, so that's now all over. ... He also had a drinking problem at one time. I believe he went through 'Jihab'

  David Letterman

  Drinking, Believe, Kids

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• Did you hear this? They say now Osama bin Laden and his buddy Mullah Omar have left Afghanistan dressed as women. They dressed up as women and went across the border into Pakistan. I think they're going to make a movie about it. They're going to call it 'Some like it Jihad.'

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Borders, Pakistan

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• There's a new Osama bin Laden video. He's the only person that is looking thin during the holidays. How does he do it? I think he's going to Jenny Craig.

  Jay Leno

  Holiday, Thinking, Doe

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• According to the New York Daily News, Geraldo said he is now carrying a gun, and he will personally shoot Osama bin Laden if he finds him. If Osama also has a gun, this could work out okay.

  Jay Leno

  New York, Gun, Work Out

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• The latest report is that Osama bin Laden has shaved his beard, is wearing Western clothes and has had plastic surgery. Isn't that amazing? The guy has made just two videos and he's already gone Hollywood.

  Jay Leno

  Two, Clothes, Guy

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• Osama bin Laden put out a new video. The timing of this video has some people upset, three days before we vote. It looks like he's trying to influence the election. And I'll tell you, it's not going to work. Americans know Osama bin Laden does not pick our president. The Supreme Court does.

  Bill Maher

  People, Upset, Trying

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• One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.

  Eric Holder

  Importance, Organisation, Symbolic

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• Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.

  Michael Hastings

  War, Media, Government

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• Wouldn't it be great if all of Osama bin Laden's money was tied up in Enron stock?

  Dennis Miller

  Osama Bin Laden, Enron, Tied Up

  "Enron Collapse Is Money in the Bank for Comedians" by The Associted Press, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2002.

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• The best day was when we got bin Laden.

  Michael Mullen

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• We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

  Barack Obama

  Crush, Priorities, Als

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. May 2, 2011.

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• Well, you got to remember, bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans and, in some ways, he and his ideology killed tens of thousands of his fellow Muslims, including Pakistanis. I understand that that was provocative and complicated for Pakistan, but only if you accept the idea that he was an acceptable member of Pakistani society.

  Sebastian Junger

  Ideas, Pakistan, Way

  "Journalist Sebastian Junger". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. June 10, 2011.

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• Osama bin Laden has hired 10 look-alikes. Now, how hard up do you have to be before you take that job? There's no way to win! If Osama dies, you don't get paid. If you're found, you get killed.

  Jay Leno

  Jobs, Winning, Found You

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• Life doesn't have to be about finding Osama bin Laden or becoming the president of the United States. Life is about the little things, which is one of the things you learn when you get older.

  Jack Nicholson

  Life, President, United States

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