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Rumbled:

A dictionary of slang - R - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

 

rumble

Verb. To discover, to find out. E.g."She rumbled me when she overheard my conversation on the phone."

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The Jawa Report Claim Al Qaeda Foils CIA bin Laden Assassination Attempt

 

February 07, 2011

Claim: Al Qaeda Foils CIA bin Laden Assassination Attempt

What is al Qaeda's super-sekrit counterespionage weapon? Tin foil hats:

An alleged assassination attempt on Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was thwarted a month ago, an operative of the shadowy organisation claimed.....

“The US forces used a device that could transmit signals to satellite for conducting an air strike on bin Laden. The Al Qaeda leadership is proud of its technical wing that discovered a 5mm chip fixed in a USB device meant to reach our leader for an interview,” Abu Al-Fatah, an Al Qaeda operative, said.

Color me skeptical about the claim if not the device. And as long as al Qaeda is making claims that cannot be substantiated, why not claim they've thwarted the CIA's plot to psychically anal probe Osama bin Laden?

 

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Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Pakistan-Afghanistan

 

Attempt to assassinate bin Laden thwarted: Qaeda

An alleged assassination attempt on Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was thwarted a month ago, an operative of the shadowy organisation claimed. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has fixed a head money of $25mn on bin Laden and American forces are searching for him and Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar for the past nine years. “The US forces used a device that could transmit signals to satellite for conducting an air strike on bin Laden. The Al Qaeda leadership is proud of its technical wing that discovered a 5mm chip fixed in a USB device meant to reach our leader for an interview,” Abu Al-Fatah, an Al Qaeda operative, said.

[nolongerademocrat]

Osama Bin Laden RIP 12/12/2001.

Still dead.

[driftdiver]

I don’t believe BO would approve this.

[R. Scott]

I don’t give the report much credence. If such a method had been used the beacon wouldn’t have gone active until the USB drive was activated. An active beacon is just too easy to detect.

[Squantos]

BS flag at full mast on this one. If they found it they would have placed it where a attack would have embarrassed the attackers....

All about propaganda with these turdburglers....

What is the current reward for this boogieman these days ?

[DrC]

“Color me skeptical about the claim if not the device.”

They put GPS tracking devices in laptops to track them down if stolen, so what’s implausible about the device cited?
Stuxnet allegedly was spread via USB drive, so why not use such a device as a remote tracking delivery system?

It’s a bit astonishing Al Qaeda would even admit the successful delivery of a USB drive. That would signal the U.S. is a lot closer to finding OBL than he’s “hidden in a cave SOMEWHERE in Pakistan.” So if this is just propaganda, why put out a story that makes it appear the leader of Al Qaeda is that vulnerable?

[LibLieSlayer]

He’s dead Jim... give it up.

LLS

[Defend Liberty]

Why is it assumed Bin laden is still alive? No one has seen him in public for many years.

[NavyCanDo]

In the next plot Michelle Obama will send Bin Laden French Fries.

[reagan_fanatic]

Pish tosh. Why would we go to all that trouble to bomb a bunch of bones?

[IronJack]

Uh huh. And my bow tie is really a camera.

James Bond hokum. There’s no need to hunt down a dead man.

[Straight Vermonter]

Check this out.

[M Kehoe]

For your viewing pleasure.

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