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Osama Bin Laden Killed By Navy Seals in Firefight
ABC News ^ | 5-2-11 | BRIAN ROSS, JAKE TAPPER, RICHARD ESPOSITO,

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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 72versions; binladen; firefight; navyseals; obltermination; operationgeronimo; shiftingstory; specialforces; usnavy
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To: STARWISE

They better have DNA.


81 posted on 05/02/2011 3:38:56 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: STARWISE

hmmmmmmm
Benazir Bhutto: Bin Laden was Murdered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg&feature=player_embedded

I remember what she got for her information


82 posted on 05/02/2011 3:39:09 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: STARWISE

‘US tests Osama’s DNA, used facial ID’
http://www.geo.tv/5-2-2011/80996.htm


83 posted on 05/02/2011 3:40:52 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Scanian; All

I don’t believe for as minute that they buried him at sea. It’s a cover story to shut the muzzies up. I imagine that they’ll bring him back to Langley and keep him in the refrigerator for a while before sending him on to the taxidermist.


84 posted on 05/02/2011 3:41:37 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: SF_Redux

Interesting video here. If there is video of osamma being killed with provable facts that it was really him it better be forthcoming soon.


85 posted on 05/02/2011 3:43:12 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Scanian

Burial at sea makes no sense at all IMO. If there is one body that NEEDS to be verified for identity from many sources it is that one.

I just told my wife about the burial at sea. She about flipped.

How can we have any peace that this SOB is dead?


86 posted on 05/02/2011 3:43:41 AM PDT by Never on my watch (WTF happened to my country?)
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To: stlnative

Is there video and DNA on her?


87 posted on 05/02/2011 3:44:08 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Lmo56

Sure looks like the murderous POS.

Appears to be in fine health as far as I’m concerned.


88 posted on 05/02/2011 3:45:25 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
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To: STARWISE

I would not be surprised if Barack Osama is not furious over this. When the Maersk Alabama Captain was rescued by Navy Seal snipers who shot and killed 3 of the 4 "pirate" terrorists, Obama was said to be furious then.

The Navy on scene commander was said to have used a very "loose" interpretation of Obama's orders about "imminent threat" to the Maersk Captain in order to kill the terrorists.

89 posted on 05/02/2011 3:47:50 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Scanian

Exactly, I hate to sound conspiratorial but burying the body at sea when you have 24 hours even by phony muzzie law just does not wash. This from a man who just submitted yet another phony BC/COLB. I want to hear his death story from a warrior who was there and can document who they killed.


90 posted on 05/02/2011 3:48:00 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: STARWISE
Oops, I meant Obama, not Osama.

Well, even Ted Kennedy made that mistake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzx5R9_u3ts

91 posted on 05/02/2011 3:49:11 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Never on my watch

Exactly, none of this story washes.


92 posted on 05/02/2011 3:50:19 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: rodguy911

I have no idea..

Article says... http://geo.tv/5-2-2011/81001.htm

U.S. analysts realized that a third family lived there in addition to the two brothers, and the age and makeup of the third family matched those of the relatives — including his youngest wife — they believed would be living with bin Laden.


93 posted on 05/02/2011 3:52:49 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: eak3

Yeah, you and the Bin Ladens of Saudi Arabia are in COMPLETE AGREEMENT on this. Maybe you can grow a beard and go live there.


94 posted on 05/02/2011 3:55:36 AM PDT by Justa
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To: rodguy911

“I want to hear his death story from a warrior who was there and can document who they killed.”

Me too but for me the issue is DNA and its chain of custody.


95 posted on 05/02/2011 3:57:41 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: STARWISE

This day makes me proud to be in the Navy.


96 posted on 05/02/2011 3:59:05 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: STARWISE; 2ndDivisionVet; SunkenCiv; neverdem; kristinn; holdonnow; Jim Robinson
1) Can we abolish the TSA now?

2) Does the Navy Seal Team get to split the ginormous award for OBL, wanted alive or dead?

3) Look out for Muzzie sleeper cells!

g_w

97 posted on 05/02/2011 4:08:52 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Justa

So we finally kill the biggest terrorist figure in our recent history and they quickly dump the body out at sea? But of course Obama is trustworthy and we can take him at his word, so we should absolutely believe everything is on the up and up with this and reelect him because he did what Bush couldnt do. Gimme a break!!


98 posted on 05/02/2011 4:09:44 AM PDT by eak3
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To: STARWISE

Justice served by our Military and the President....good riddance to this abomination....now he will stand before the one true God and face His judgement....


99 posted on 05/02/2011 4:21:47 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: eak3

That’s your logic alone. Seems to me you have some logic and reasoning issues. You appear to be prone to accept liberalism and leftist propaganda to such an extent that in the absense of propaganda you will create it against all evidence to substantiate your beliefs.

You obviously believe the Left is at the pinnacle of this issue and not the servicemembers who performed their duty. Ergo your mind is a captive of the Left. Good Bye.


100 posted on 05/02/2011 4:28:53 AM PDT by Justa
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