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Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial
Orlando Sentinel ^ | May 4, 2011 | Erik Kirschbaum and Jonathan Thatcher

Posted on 05/04/2011 10:23:14 AM PDT by greatdefender

BERLIN/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden when he was unarmed has raised concerns the United States may have gone too far in acting as policeman, judge and executioner of the world's most wanted man.

But for several Muslim leaders, the more unsettling issue is whether the al Qaeda leader's burial at sea was contrary to Islamic practice.

The White House said on Tuesday that bin Laden had resisted the U.S. team which stormed his Pakistan hideout and that there had been concerns he would "oppose the capture operation".

Spokesman Jay Carney declined to specify what sort of resistance bin Laden offered but added: "We expected a great deal of resistance and were met with a great deal of resistance. There were many other people who were armed ... in the compound."

Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt told German TV the operation could have incalculable consequences in the Arab world at a time of unrest there.

"It was quite clearly a violation of international law," .

It was a view echoed by high-profile Australian human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.

"It's not justice. It's a perversion of the term. Justice means taking someone to court, finding them guilty upon evidence and sentencing them," Robertson told Australian Broadcasting Corp television from London.

"This man has been subject to summary execution, and what is now appearing after a good deal of disinformation from the White House is it may well have been a cold-blooded assassination."

Robertson said bin Laden should have stood trial, just as World War Two Nazis were tried at Nuremburg or former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was put on trial at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague after his arrest in 2001.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bedwetters; binladen; concerns; killed; thumbsuckers
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In all of this, no one talked about the incident people he killed over the years.
1 posted on 05/04/2011 10:23:18 AM PDT by greatdefender
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To: greatdefender

This could end up exploding in BHO’s face from both the left and the right. Pass the popcorn please.


2 posted on 05/04/2011 10:26:28 AM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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No, it just blows up in the face of that Nazi MF Schmidt. Who invited him to open his pie hole?

I think he should be rounded up.

3 posted on 05/04/2011 10:28:05 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: greatdefender
Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt told German TV the operation could have incalculable consequences in the Arab world at a time of unrest there.

"It was quite clearly a violation of international law."

Said the guy who fought for Germany in WWII.

4 posted on 05/04/2011 10:28:09 AM PDT by edpc (Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
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To: Free America52

Obozo will just throw the SEALS under the bus.


5 posted on 05/04/2011 10:28:30 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: greatdefender

I have a sick feeling the administration will throw our SEALs under the bus.


6 posted on 05/04/2011 10:29:07 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: greatdefender

Obama’s base is pissed at him for killing and not capturing bin Laden. The right is ticked off at him for beating his chest over this and trying to take all credit for himself, when it was actually the policies of the previous administration that Obama attacked that led OBL’s capture and death. He may not benefit politically from this at all if he keeps acting like the arrogant azzhole that he is.


7 posted on 05/04/2011 10:32:08 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: greatdefender

I’m concerned that there was an Islamic ceremony on a US ship. How dare Obama. Only more proof that he’s a muzzie.


8 posted on 05/04/2011 10:32:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: greatdefender

Let’s ask the people killed in the WTC bombing 1993

Ask the families of the killed Embassy workers

Ask the families of the USS Cole

Ask the 9/11 families


9 posted on 05/04/2011 10:32:45 AM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: Farmer Dean

You got that right.


10 posted on 05/04/2011 10:34:15 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: greatdefender
How about this...from 911:

Concerns raised over killing almost 3000 unarmed citizens, many lacking any burial at all.

Now, with Bin Laden's death those concerns have been answered...and in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere, they have been answered many times over, and over, and over again, and we are not done yet.

Mullah Omar and other ring leaders...your days are numbered. Wherever you go, wherever you hide, no matter how long it takes.

11 posted on 05/04/2011 10:36:47 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: greatdefender

FNC just announced that the WH will NOT release the photos of bin laden.


12 posted on 05/04/2011 10:38:53 AM PDT by Netizen
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To: greatdefender
concerns the United States may have gone too far in acting as policeman, judge and executioner of the world's most wanted man.

Hmm he planned the act that killed 2000 random American citizens. The only point in taking him alive would have been to extract information from him about future atrocities, and he probably wouldn't have said anything anyway. The SEALs saved the American taxpayers some change, and spared the American citizenry the farce of a trial with the Islamic apologists coming out of the woodwork. Now if they'd only shoot the Lockerbie bastard that they turned loose last year.

I was almost as fed up with seeing Osama's smug face on TV as I am seeing Obama's smug face on TV.

But for several Muslim leaders, the more unsettling issue is whether the al Qaeda leader's burial at sea was contrary to Islamic practice

Is burning random victims alive in jet fuel contrary to Islamic practice?

13 posted on 05/04/2011 10:41:49 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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It was quite clearly a violation of international law,

Is there international law? What an as@ butt thought. Do you think we are that stupid with all the killing by the enemies of the West and nothing. Nothing. To hell with international law and better be careful what the international community does. America is getting real tired of this bullshit. Kick the UN out of NY and give them a warning.

14 posted on 05/04/2011 10:42:08 AM PDT by Logical me
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“It was quite clearly a violation of international law,” —Helmut Schmidt

Go f**k yourself, you Nazi bastard.


15 posted on 05/04/2011 10:42:47 AM PDT by Levante
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“It was quite clearly a violation of international law”

Hmmm... You mean like flying a commercial airliner into a building? THAT kind of violation????

16 posted on 05/04/2011 10:44:49 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: greatdefender

It was an execution. Thank God America has the personnel with guts enough to rid the whole earth of such a mass murdering devil. Praise be to allah, as UBL would’ve said.


17 posted on 05/04/2011 10:44:55 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: greatdefender

Osama wouldn’t apologize when he was asked nicely, and of course a spanking was out of the question. What’s a Seal Team to do?


18 posted on 05/04/2011 10:46:45 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: greatdefender

I’m concerned too. I think he should have been captured alive, and then used to troll for sharks...alive.


19 posted on 05/04/2011 10:47:59 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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So Obama does something right for a change and watch, when push comes to shove, he will backtrack, capitulate, apologize, fumble...ineffectual leader at best.
20 posted on 05/04/2011 10:52:02 AM PDT by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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