Well ..... the whole mid-east scenario is a mess of mysteries ... the biggest fact is that it never made big hooopla in the main stream media, especially concerning his position as a world player , befitting a person of his importance, also the fact of the cause of death, and his wife has never has acknowledged his death ... this subject was arrived at while discussing the monthly headlines concerning the killing of the number 2 Al Qaeda chief (hey, didn't we get the number 2 guy last month?).

It was interesting hearing the perspective from the visiting Cuban (who also is a prof at a university in that country) ... i.e. controlled news in Cuba vs the controlled news in the western world.

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