The New York Post is reporting that “Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States, hoping to kill thousands of Americans one year after the 9/11 attacks.”

The plot failed “when the Colombian drug lords bin Laden approached decided it would be bad for their business – and, possibly, for their own health, according to law-enforcement sources familiar with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s probe of the aborted transaction.”

The Post says it has reviewed a document describing the DEA’s findings in the matter and has interviewed sources familiar with the case.

Blogger reax…

Sister Toldjah: “Hmmm. This may seem a little too obvious to ask but aren’t people *already* dying from cocaine abuse? I guess the drug lords are ok with several thousand deaths a year rather than hundreds of thousands. Let’s be thankful that for one time in their miserable pathetic lives, the drug lords made the right decision.”

See-Dubya weighs in and points out that “in April, we arrested Osama’s (alleged) top heroin broker. In New York City.”