Originally Posted by
Pesky Monkey
Do they really need an excuse for another attack?

They don't
need an excuse ... but if one of the purposes of terrorism is to make a political statement, then timing an attack as a response to OBL's death is a convenient way to do that.
Originally Posted by
gojirasan
OBL dead? So where's the body?
If OBL isn't dead, it's easy enough for him to prove. He can issue one of his numerous video reports, with enough contemporary information in it to verify that it wasn't filmed before his purported death.