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Obama to announce death of Bin Laden
Yahoo ^ | 5/1/11 | AFP

Posted on 05/01/2011 8:36:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, and President Barack Obama will announce his death, nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks in a televised address, a senior US official told AFP.

The official said on condition of anonymity that Bin Laden was dead, but did not provide details of how his death occurred.

Obama was imminently to address Americans in a highly unusual Sunday night appearance on television.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; death; elvisbinladen; obama; osamabinladen; osamagetsthezot; ultimatezot; wot
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

Thing is though that if Obama wanted to use this to win re election in 2012, he would have kept it hush-hush for a while.

Obama will get a temporary bump in the polls (1-2 weeks), then he will fall again as more negative economic news comes in.


101 posted on 05/01/2011 9:38:50 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Alberta's Child

Does anybody know where the one week ago story story started??? I heard it on FOX. Then I hear 4/29 and today. England is still reporting it was a bomb.


102 posted on 05/01/2011 9:46:11 PM PDT by Squeeky ("Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. " Emily Dickinson)
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Officials: Bin Laden killed near Islamabad
NAHAL TOOSI, Associated Press

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap_on_bi_ge/as_pakistan_bin_laden

ISLAMABAD – Osama bin Laden was killed in a helicopter raid .. U.S. and Pakistani officials said Monday.

Four helicopters launched the attack in the Bilal area of Abbottabad, .. One of the helicopters crashed after it apparently was hit by fire from the ground, .. no word on casualties.

.. the helicopters took off from a Pakistani air base in the north of the country.

Women and children were taken into custody during the raid, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity ..


103 posted on 05/01/2011 10:00:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: bigbob

True and Bloomberg has the nerve to tell the 9/11 families he hopes they have peace now. Right, Bloombetg; you who does business with our enemy and partially responsible for putting a mosque near this scared ground.

Bloomberg is a nothing.


104 posted on 05/01/2011 10:41:48 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: NormsRevenge

I think people need to come to the stark reality that if Barack Obamanation had been President ten years ago, what happened today would never have happened. That America hating marxist bastard would never have sent U.S. forces over there in the first place.


105 posted on 05/01/2011 10:46:14 PM PDT by Hawk54
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To: NormsRevenge
FYI, After watching FOX, there are people in the crowd in front of the White House that are there to use the occasion as a pro Obama rally. They never gave a shit about what happened on 911!
106 posted on 05/01/2011 10:56:11 PM PDT by Hawk54
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To: April Lexington
U-2012>Cheap political theater by Obama
it took place ten days ago

The Donald Trump effect, no doubt. Obama is getting off his butt and acting presidential in reaction to Trump's attacks... Interesting.

My understanding is that BHO announced
it during Trump's Celebrity Apprentice.

107 posted on 05/02/2011 6:22:46 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Yep, he sure did. His speech was so self-serving. He acted as if his goals were so much more noble than Bush’s, without coming right out and saying it.

If it hadn’t been for Bush, we wouldn’t even be in the area.

After 09/11 a Lefty president would have bombed an aspirin factory, a refugee camp and called it a day.


108 posted on 05/02/2011 8:02:05 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: abcc2011

Yes, that’s true.


109 posted on 05/02/2011 8:04:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: NormsRevenge

You couldn’t have dragged me away from the satellite feeds on this one.

This is one clueless dude. I also note it took from August last year until now to pull the trigger.

And yet, he describes this as his optimum military goal. Imagine what that portends for his lesser goals.


110 posted on 05/02/2011 8:08:15 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: DoughtyOne

There is ample footage of Obama railing against everything he is now taking credit for, but as usual, the Repubs will sit on it, and thus legitimize the traitor.


111 posted on 05/02/2011 8:56:11 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: April Lexington
My thoughts too. BUT, I feel he has had this ace card for a while and Trump forced him to play it early. Very funny.

I could give two blanks less about OBL at this point. And I am sure many Americans feel the same.

112 posted on 05/02/2011 10:11:43 AM PDT by riri
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Frankly, I would be very comfortable watching the Republican party die. It’s a hindrance to all advancement these days. It’s enabling policies have prevented any real challenge to the Democrats dismantling our nation piece by piece.

Replace it with something that rails against the Democrats top to bottom, or watch our nation die by ten thousand cuts.

Does the Democrat or Republican party champion our Constitution? No. Enough said.


113 posted on 05/03/2011 10:43:50 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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