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Obama: "Osama bin Laden is not a trophy," Will NOT Release Photos
Pundit Press ^ | 5/4/11 | Aurelius

Posted on 05/04/2011 10:48:59 AM PDT by therightliveswithus

It is now being reported that President Obama has decided not to release the death photos of terrorist master mind Osama bin Laden.

The news was broken by CBS in a Tweet:

They also linked to an article of theirs, written just minutes before, explaining that the President would not release the photos. They quoted the President as saying:

"The risks of release outweigh the benefits. Conspiracy theorists around the world will just claim the photos are doctored anyway, and there is a real risk that releasing the photos will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East. Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet. Osama bin Laden is not a trophy - he is dead and let's now focus on continuing the fight until Al Qaida has been eliminated."

This is surprising news, considering that yesterday out-going CIA director Leon Panetta stated that he thought the pictures would be released.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; obama; osama; terrorism
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To: Steel Wolf

Gee maybe someone should email the Whitehouse with the photos of the US contractors that were hung on the bridge.....


81 posted on 05/04/2011 1:01:51 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: patriotspride

And I am known to be far more credible than Barack Obama. LOL

I expect you to believe me too.


82 posted on 05/04/2011 1:02:30 PM PDT by dforest
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To: therightliveswithus

Usama is not a trophy ....... until the reelection campaign picks up.


83 posted on 05/04/2011 1:03:51 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Get the BO out of the Executive Mansion.)
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To: therightliveswithus
Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet.

Are you kidding me, President Obama?? You mean that America would be devastated if Charles Manson or Ted Bundy were killed by Al Qaeda and their dead bodies were shown on the internet???? And those two serial killers are NOTHING close to Osama bin Laden in heinous murders!

President Obama, you give far more respect to this mass murdering terrorist than you give to former President Bush, Donald Trump, or Rush Limbaugh, none of which have killed even a kitten. WHY???

84 posted on 05/04/2011 1:08:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: therightliveswithus; All

Do you realize that our President is giving Stateshood status to Al Qaeda in this statement????


85 posted on 05/04/2011 1:10:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Maverick68
I think Trump will be back shortly and would do well to ask if obama’s loyalties lie with the American people or the muslim world....

Oh, Donald!!!!

86 posted on 05/04/2011 1:12:55 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Emperor Palpatine
They should have brought his body back and hung him up by his heels like Il Duce at Ground Zero and left him there until his carcass rotted.

No need to be so bloodthirsty. OBL's head on a pole outside the Lincoln bedroom would have sufficed nicely.

87 posted on 05/04/2011 1:18:52 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (For love of Sarah, our country and the American Way of Life.)
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To: Nachum

no they just sold them to the press for cash.


88 posted on 05/04/2011 1:45:12 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: therightliveswithus

General Donald Trump your country needs you yet again. More hidden documents.


89 posted on 05/04/2011 1:50:23 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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