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# Osama bin Laden dead: time for the royal wedding conspiracy theories
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## The death of Osama bin Laden has sparked the predictable round of
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conspiracy theories involving the royal family, the veracity of his death and
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political grandstanding.
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![Osama bin Laden dead: body buried at sea][1]
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Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan Photo: AP
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[![Caroline Gammell][2]][3]
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By [Caroline Gammell][4] 7:00AM BST 03 May 2011
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Yesterday, the internet was abuzz with rumours, counter rumours and
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allegations about the [al-Qaeda][5] mastermind's death.
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Among those being touted was the claim that the newly married Duke and Duchess
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of Cambridge delayed their honeymoon after a tip-off about the planned US
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strike from White House officials.
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The couple were believed to have been destined for Jordan after their [royal
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wedding][6], but postponed the overseas break by at least a month.
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For all the talk of the reasons for their delay, there were counter claims
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that the US had to delay the bin Laden announcement due to the royal wedding.
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Theorists claimed that bin Laden could have been killed as early as Friday but
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no notification was given until late on Sunday evening in order for the two
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events not to clash.
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## Related Articles
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* [Death will have little effect on al-Qaeda][7]
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02 May 2011
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* [Celebrations erupt across America][8]
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02 May 2011
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* [Barack Obama's TV address][9]
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02 May 2011
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* [Preston graduate live tweets bin Laden raid][10]
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02 May 2011
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* [Scenes of jubilation in US][11]
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02 May 2011
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* [Timeline of al-Qaeda][12]
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02 May 2011
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Other conspiracy theorists claimed that the terrorist hadn't been killed at
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all, but his death was announced to give US President [Barack Obama][13] a
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much needed boost in the polls.
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His death occurred eight years to the day after then US President George W
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Bush declared "mission accomplished" following intervention in Afghanistan and
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Iraq.
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The coincidental timing of bin Laden's elimination is seen by some as just a
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little too convenient.
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Another theory being aired was that bin Laden was killed several years ago in
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the Tora Bora mountains in [Afghanistan][14] but had been kept "alive" to
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encourage support for the war on terror.
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The theory goes that it is the US which has been releasing videos of a fake
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bin Laden in recent years to keep the world convinced.
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This line of thinking returns corresponds with the belief that 9/11 was
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actually implemented by Americans to justify wars abroad, distracting from the
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domestic political agenda.
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## [Pakistan][20]
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* ### [News »][21]
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* ### [World News »][22]
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* ### [Asia »][23]
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* ### [Afghanistan »][14]
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* ### [Caroline Gammell »][24]
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[![Mullah Omar, head of the Taliban][25] ][26]
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### [Taliban leader reported killed][26]
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[![Pakistan naval base attack][27] ][28]
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### [Taliban attack Pakistan naval base][28]
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[![Osama bin Laden death: Taliban suicide bombers kill 80 in Pakistan revenge
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attack][29] ][30]
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### [Pakistan suicide bomb attack][30]
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[![Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of
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Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in December 24th 1998][31] ][32]
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