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Osama Bin Laden is dead: reports
Reuters via National Post ^
| May 1, 2011
| Steve Holland
Posted on 05/01/2011 8:53:22 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, U.S. officials said Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama was to make the dramatic announcement shortly in a hastily called, late-night appearance at the White House.
It is a major accomplishment for Obama and his national security team. Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring to justice the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, but never did before leaving office in early 2009.
U.S. officials said that after searching in vain for the al-Qaeda leader since he disappeared in Afghanistan in late 2001, the Saudi-born extremist is dead and his body recovered. Having the body may help convince any doubters that bin Laden is really dead. He was killed at a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, CNN reported Sunday.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: elvisbinladen; osamabinladen; wot
To: Squawk 8888
cootchie, cootchie coo!
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:55:30 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Squawk 8888
Great work!
Now, can we send the same team to Gitmo to kill Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:55:47 PM PDT
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: Squawk 8888
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssss
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:57:24 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:58:17 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Squawk 8888
I was waiting for Obama to quote some of the comments that Reverend Wright has said about 9/11.
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:59:22 PM PDT
by
Enough is ENOUGH
(Learn what is really going on with taxpayers $$ (Fed & Congr) Read The Creature from Jekyll Island)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
05/01/2011 8:59:33 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Squawk 8888
After hearing the news, Senator Patty Murray remarked, “Who is going to build all of those hospitals now?”
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:01:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Squawk 8888
Thank You to the greatest military in the history of the world.
America Fuck Yea !
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:01:24 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: Squawk 8888
Not to be morbid, but let’s see some pictures of the body, please.
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:01:36 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Fight the homosexual agenda. Support marriage -- www.nationformarriage.org)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:02:54 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:07:11 PM PDT
by
Nevermore
(...just a typical cracker, clinging to my Constitutional rights...)
To: Squawk 8888
As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined him.
And he’s not only merely dead, he’s really most sincerely dead!!!!
To: billorites
Hugo Chavez and Fidel no longer consider Obama their “BFF.”
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posted on
05/01/2011 9:13:55 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: Squawk 8888
Remember when Bill Clinton went after Bin Laden in Afghanistan with Cruise Missiles? The US had to notify Pakistan that they were launching missiles across Pakistan at the time because of the tension between Pakistan and India. Somehow, Bin Laden was given a heads up because he left the camp just minutes before the strike occurred. It has been quite obvious that Pakistan has been giving Bin Laden support since before 9-11-01.
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