Osama Bin hiding with Chilean miners

Rescue workers bringing the 33 trapped Chilean miners to the surface had the surprise of their lives this morning when they unearthed a 34th person.

Osama Bin Laden, who has been on the run for more than a decade after bombing Americans, was discovered huddling under a blanket behind one of the men. His first words to the world were “death to America.” Police offers were alerted but by the time they arrived the canny Arab had slipped down another hole in the vicinity.

Puzzled officials speculate that the space where the miners sheltered for 70 days was so crowded that one more body didn’t make any difference.

Newly freed Miner Julio Iglasias said Bin Laden had gone largely unnoticed while they were down the hole. “He kept himself to himself,” he said. “But he seemed like a nice, polite man.”