The idiots in the Whitehouse likely don't know the difference between an AK-47 and an AK-74. They probably think the difference is a typo.
The raid took place in the dark of night on a night when there was low moonlight. Therefore, one would assume that it was very dark inside the building.
The SEALS were in all likelihood using night vision goggles and suppressed weapons, therefore the bad guys were downed before they knew what was happening.
Someone somewhere else has posited that the SEALS were briefed to expect that OBL might have a suicide vest on his body. Therefore, they didn't wait for the blinding flash of the vest going off before dropping him. (This makes sense, doesn't it?)
There was no "firefight" but rather a quick assault wherein concussion grenades were used to "prepare" each room for entry before the SEALS went in. This accounts for the twittering guy reporting "explosions" -that and the destruction of the inoperative helo.
There is a huge amount of "shooting from the lip going on. Every politician and "expert" in the world wants to get his/her 15 minutes of fame over this event. The world needs to take a few breaths, not speculate wildly and wait for the true story to come out.
Yep, good points.
“...Someone somewhere else has posited that the SEALS were briefed to expect that OBL might have a suicide vest on his body. Therefore, they didn’t wait for the blinding flash of the vest going off before dropping him. (This makes sense, doesn’t it?)”
On Mark Levin’s show last night, a former special ops guy called in and speculated from his previous experience on numerous raids that it’s also possible that OBL’s own people may have taken him out (as an assisted suicide) before the SEALs had time to reach the third floor of the compound. The angle of the headshot wound may be evidence of this.