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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: freekitty

“We will never forget the families of 9/11”....well, except for that ground zero mosque thing...


61 posted on 05/01/2011 8:55:40 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: NormsRevenge

Considering that der Fuehrer has not changed the policies or effort from what Bush laid out it will be interesting to see if he gives credit where it is due; to the intelligence and military operatives on the ground who have been on the pursuit for ten years. I would not have given credit to Bush if it happened during his watch and I doubt that he would have taken the credit. B.O. can take the credit for all I care because it will make him an even bigger terrorist target than Bush was. If we can finally find Bin Laden’s hiding place after ten years of hard work it isn’t going to take that long for the terrorists out there to find der Fuehrer and make an attempt. They just have to look on the nearest golf course.


62 posted on 05/01/2011 8:55:56 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: beethoven

He also got almost twice as many soldiers killed in 2 yrs in afgan. to proove a point.


63 posted on 05/01/2011 8:56:22 PM PDT by Brimack34
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

***Cheap political theater by Obama
it took place ten days ago****

Listening to “O” now and still want to puke. Obama reminds me of the little cartoon character who talks big, runs and hides when things get tough, then when others whip the bad guy, he comes out of his hidie hole, throws out his chest and says...”Well! I guess WE showed Him!”

It i still a good reason to celebrate MAY DAY every year! Or maybe celebrate Osama’s death at Easter! No resurection for him!


64 posted on 05/01/2011 8:56:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Well this will be a nice distraction for the news cycle for the next few days.

Tune in here for our 24/7 analysis, with every angle covered.

And the result of all of the hoopla? Who knows? A recruitment campaign? A learning lesson?
I'll go with door one. The more airplay this gets the worse it makes the situation.

But what do I know. It's just my opinion.

65 posted on 05/01/2011 8:58:01 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: smoothsailing
DIRT NAP2
66 posted on 05/01/2011 8:59:22 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: hemogoblin

“it has the smell of a coordinated event.”

I strongly agree.


67 posted on 05/01/2011 9:00:04 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: BobP

it’d be nice to add Quadaffi to the list, and maybe the pot bellied pig of N. Korea.


68 posted on 05/01/2011 9:04:36 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: roadcat
In his speech, Obama says "At my direction,...". Taking credit, even though he was probably at a fund-raiser when someone informed him of the action and the results, and he probably said "who, what, whatever?". He's an idiot.

And the _resident still continues to use a non-standard pronunciation for Pakistan. POK-ee-stahn.

This individual is an utter failure in so countless ways.

69 posted on 05/01/2011 9:04:52 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: Squeeky
Why, if it has been a week or 10 days, is it taking Obama this long to prepare his speech???
Distraction. It's a great way to get his birth certificate problems out of the headlines.
He just waited to see how well it went over.
It didn't go over so well, so, well, bin Laden is dead.
That ought to occupy everybody for a few days and Americans will forget all about everything else due to euphoric bliss.

Just my opinion. You did ask a question.

70 posted on 05/01/2011 9:06:05 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: JulieRNR21
From 9/11 until December of 2003, we got to see Bin Laden’s face on video at least every two weeks. The man loved the video camera. Then all of a sudden we only saw videos from spokesmen for Bin Laden or supposed audio from Bin Laden because he was reported to be in hiding. And if you remember many of the audios from Laden could not be verified as actually Laden’s voice.

During December 2003, the military were certainly using lots of nice Daisy Cutters and I happen to believe Bin Laden was in the wrong place at the right time and became dust in one of the caves that was hit where our military thought he was holding out. Most likely Bin Laden has been dust since December 2003. Fox just showed a clip of President Bush saying “We will smoke him out of his cave.”
I believe our military did exactly that in 2003.

Now it is announced that Laden was killed a week ago? So Ovomit had a week to get this speech ready on his teleprompter so he can take credit for Laden’s death.

71 posted on 05/01/2011 9:08:07 PM PDT by seekthetruth (My Dream Ticket For 2012: Allen West / Scott Walker)
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To: philman_36

Sounds about right.


72 posted on 05/01/2011 9:08:10 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks to a lectern in the Blue Room to deliver news to the nation that U.S. authorities have recovered the dead body of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, from the White House in Washington, May 1, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, a U.S. source said. REUTERS/Jason Reed


73 posted on 05/01/2011 9:08:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: philman_36

Obama clearly said it was TODAY he authorized it. Do we have time machines???

Because if it was a week ago, this is a pretty big boo-boo, and makes him look kind of out of the loop.


74 posted on 05/01/2011 9:08:26 PM PDT by Squeeky ("Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. " Emily Dickinson)
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To: philman_36

Forgot to say, we can refuse to comply. Celebrate tonight and back on Obama’s azz in the mornin’.


75 posted on 05/01/2011 9:10:05 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: NormsRevenge

I love the smell of Ben Laden blood in the morning.
It smells like victory!


76 posted on 05/01/2011 9:10:51 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: re_nortex

Forget politics tonight. Forget wag the dog. Forget who took credit. Forget birth certificates. Forget the debt ceiling.

We got the bastard and it was our Special Forces that went in and did the deed.

Today closes out an important chapter in our history. And regardless of what Obama is, he said something we ALL need to remember, “One nation, Under God, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”


77 posted on 05/01/2011 9:12:09 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Who is John Galt?)
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To: InvisibleChurch

That’s what I thought I’d heard. I’ve asked on several threads but no answers so far.I don’t know if I can listen to 0 that long twice in one sitting but I may have to....


78 posted on 05/01/2011 9:13:14 PM PDT by WePledge (Ich werde fur immer ein Hollenhund werden. Semper Fidelis)
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To: nolongerademocrat
Sounds about right.
Isn't it sad when the implausible appears to be reality!
79 posted on 05/01/2011 9:13:38 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36; Sto Zvirat

Let’s see the body. 0bummer fakes his BCs he’ll fake the DNA too.


80 posted on 05/01/2011 9:16:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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