Posted on 05/01/2011 10:59:54 PM PDT by STARWISE
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Instead, he was in a house eight times larger than its neighbors, with a seven-foot wall and valued at $1 million.
The house had no phone or television and the residents burned their trash. The house had high windows and few points of access, and U.S. officials concluded it had been built to hide someone.
According to U.S. officials, two U.S. helicopters swept into the compound at 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
Twenty to 25 U.S. Navy Seals under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command in cooperation with the CIA stormed the compound and engaged Bin Laden and his men in a firefight, killed Bin Laden and all those with him.
This April 1998 file photo shows exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A person familiar with developments on Sunday, May 1, 2011 says bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body.Two
Bin Laden couriers were killed, as was one of Osama Bin Laden's son, as was a woman reportedly used as a shield by one of the men.
Other women and children were present in the compound, according to Pakistani officials, but were not harmed. U.S. officials said that Bin Laden himself did fire his weapon during the fight.
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Picture’s real... it’s on Fox.
To avoid any chance for a Leftwing trial spectacle in NYC, I bet the choice on the ground was to terminate.
Shouldn't that be Monday morning? We need to know when to celebrate VWOT Day.
God Bless you Ron.
Take care.
Ken
I wonder if he fired the gun before or after the seals shot him...
LOL!
all these news channels are showing that picture that was on the internet back in November
http://windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2010/11/years-of-deceit-us-openly-accepts-bin.html
Haven’t heard anything about casualties on our side.
What happened to all the white hairs in his beard? Guess even Osama had image consultants.
Osama Bin Laden was killed at 0130 Pak Standard Time (UTC+5), 2 May, 2011. That time corresponds to 1530 Eastern Time US, 1 May, 2011, today.
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The SEALS raided the compound. A firefight ensured. Bin Laden fired back, as did others in the compound.
After 40 minutes of fighting, bin Laden, two couriers, and one of bin Laden’s adult sons were killed, as was a woman used as a shield by one of the male members of al Qaeda. Two other women were injured.
During the raid one helicopter was lost due to mechanical failure. The aircraft was destroyed by the crew.
Carrying bin Laden’s dead body, the SEALS boarded the remaining helicopter to exit the compound.
White House national security staffers had been in the Situation Room since 1pm ET. At 2:00pm the President met with the Principals to review final preparations.
At 3:50pm the President was told bin Laden had been tentatively identified.
How honorable!
Btw, is it remarkable that there was a gunfight, but no U.S. casualties?
Good shooting!
Forehead and right eye, and possibly the left temple. Three’s the charm!
There weren’t any casualities on our side. None.
To think of it...the LAST thing UBL saw was an American with a gun.
THE best military professionals, unparallelled skill, a week of practice, and thank you, God.
I want a well marked grave where I can leave a peace offering of bacon, and relieve myself.
This appears to be an old picture.. google.com, search Osama long dead site:blogspot.com and you can see a cached image of the April 28th scan of the site that references a 2010 posting. This picture has been around for a while, else they’ve got a very elaborate hoax tossed together really quick.
(((ditto)))
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