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Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan
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| May 9, 2011
| Declan Walsh
Posted on 05/09/2011 4:49:13 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:49:19 PM PDT
by
Bad~Rodeo
To: Bad~Rodeo
Sounds about right...and explains Karzai’s behavior.
To: Bad~Rodeo
so much for this being some new bold risky move by Obama.
To: Bad~Rodeo
I would like to know how many opium poppy farmers owe the legacy of Osama bin Laden a favor.
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:57:04 PM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: Bad~Rodeo
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posted on
05/09/2011 4:59:28 PM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Note to Obama: The only time you actually are the smartest person in the room is when you are alone.)
To: Bad~Rodeo
I wouldn’t trust one person from this culture as far as I could throw them. They aren’t the same as (most of) us. I have dealt with them in business - they have their own rules and don’t give a hoot about ours, even if they sign on the dotted line. Sadly, I never started out thinking this way.
To: Bad~Rodeo
I don't think Pakistan wanted to know or have any involvement. Osama is practically a hero to most of the muzzies in the country. This gives their government deniability.
To: plain talk
Well, to be fair there was risk. Since the deal is we would go in an get him, the Pakis didn't know when or where and there was always the chance someone in their armed forces or police who was not aware of the deal would try to stop us.
To: plain talk
This makes sense. There is no way they crash a helo, blow it up, and have a fire fight and still manage to stay there for 40mins with no Pakis showing at least to see what’s going on.
With a military base right up the road.
And the SEALs took no fire at all.
Meanwhile, civilians are tweeting about the raid real time.
No. The Pakis had to be in on it.
Everything Obama says and does is a lie.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:10:50 PM PDT
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
To: Bad~Rodeo
Thank you, George Bush, for negotiating such a deal. Not that it would have prevented us from doing it anyhow, but it hopefully set terms which will limit negative fallout as a result.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:11:27 PM PDT
by
XEHRpa
To: colorado tanker
One report I read stated that the Paks Radar’s were off when our choppers were coming in....interesting.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:13:57 PM PDT
by
Bad~Rodeo
(Don't overthink common sense)
To: XEHRpa
“Thank you, George Bush, for negotiating such a deal”...
how does THAT happen?
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:15:07 PM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Bush`s fault
Obama`s glory
To: Bad~Rodeo
To: Bad~Rodeo
Under its terms, Pakistan would allow US forces to conduct a unilateral raid inside Pakistan in search of Bin Laden, his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the al-Qaida No3. Afterwards, both sides agreed, Pakistan would vociferously protest the incursion.P-stan welched on their part of the deal; not vociferous enough.
I give BHO2 credit, at least during the campaign he said he would do something like this. He must have been happy to find George W Bush had negotiated it for him!
To: Bad~Rodeo
It makes sense now. The guy that was tweeting from a coffee shop nearby kept talking about roads being blocked off. I didn’t get it at the time but now I understand. The Pakis had the place cordoned off.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:38:48 PM PDT
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
To: Bad~Rodeo
US forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid inside Pakistan if they knew where Bin Laden was hiding, officials say The deal was struck between Pervez Musharraf and George Bush in 2001 and renewed during the 'transition to democracy' a six-month period from February 2008 when Musharraf was still president but a civilian government had been elected.Gutsy call!
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: spodefly
It was all just a big ‘show’, a spoof, a live action theater.
No wonder they were all sitting around eating popcorn and watching it on TV.
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:45:32 PM PDT
by
240B
(he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
To: Bad~Rodeo
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posted on
05/09/2011 5:49:27 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(NoPA ngineers.)
To: Bad~Rodeo
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posted on
05/09/2011 6:11:17 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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