Posted on 05/01/2011 11:56:50 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
Washington: Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Obama declared that "justice has been done" as he disclosed that American military and C.I.A. operatives had finally cornered the Al Qaeda leader who had eluded them for nearly a decade and shot him to death at a compound in Pakistan.
"For over two decades, Bin Laden has been Al Qaeda's leader and symbol," the president said in a statement carried on television around the world. "The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat Al Qaeda. But his death does not mark the end of our effort." He added: "We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad."
The death of Mr. Bin Laden is a defining moment in the American-led war on terrorism.
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I’d have much preferred a gut-shot with a slow bleed-out on the ride back to the carrier, but...I’ll take it. :)
too bad....the bullet(s) weren't "greased" in PORK FAT.
(rumors of that helped cause, the Sepoy Revolt In India in 1850's
Beef for Hindi /Pork for Mooseslims)
That’s funny, that picture showed up a couple of weeks ago on the internet. (picture at link)
Years of Deceit: United States Openly Admits Bin Laden Long Dead
Posted: April 15, 2011 by Rob in US News, War on Terror
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Gordon Duff
Sovereign Independent
April 15, 2011
http://thenewsbomb.com/2011/04/15/years-of-deceit-united-states-openly-admits-bin-laden-long-dead/
In best Morgan Freeman voice:
“Now I like to think that the last thing to go through Usama’s head...other than that bullet...was to wonder how the hell the Navy Seals got the best of him.”
(Because that’s what they do, Bin Laden. That’s what they do and they done got you! Wahoo!!!)
Word is his body guards were to shoot him if he was about to be captured. One commentator on Fox tonight speculated he may have died in custody.
At this point, I just hope it’s really true.
Too bad Osama got it on Obamas watch. (it makes me ill that my country has a president with a name so similar)
Hey! That reminds me of a little ditty...You say tomato, I say tomahto, you say osama, I say obama. Tomato, tomahto, osama, obama, let’s call the whole thing off!
he should have been shot in the colon.
That photo looks fake photo-shop to me. You can see the seam where the lower half of Bin Laden’s face is superimposed along the eyes.
Hope they didn’t mess up his beard. And our guys brought the special recliner for his comfort.
Remember Bubba too busy at a golf tournament to bother to give permission for our guys to kill the ba$tard.
Dollars to donuts are the Obama’s orders were to not kill, not capture OBL. If OBL had been brought back alive there would have been many problems. The least of which would be where and how to try him. The head shot seems to be a clear indication that the SEALS did not intend for OBL to surrender alive.
article says he’s been killed...
I would say - allegedly been killed.
Your comment is really funny, being that Obama was playing golf at the time Osama was allegedly killed...
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