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Ex-SEAL who shot bin Laden identifies himself
CNN ^
| 11/6
| Justin Peligri
Posted on 11/06/2014 12:43:06 PM PST by TangledUpInBlue
Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill said in an interview with The Washington Post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011.
The 38-year-old Montanan also said that other SEAL team members were involved in the raid, including Mark Bissonnette, who detailed the group's experiences in his memoir, "No Easy Day."
O'Neill, who had been serving as a SEAL for 15 years at the time of the bin Laden raid, had participated in other missions before -- but he said he feared this mission would be his most difficult.
I didn't think I would survive," he told the Post.
He said it was clear that Bin Laden had been killed and not merely injured from his shot when he fell to the floor with a split skull. Before he was shot, bin Laden "had his hands on a woman's shoulders pushing her ahead," O'Neill recounts, likely to deflect the attack.
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I don't get this. Other than money, what's the play here? Not sure how to feel about this.
To: TangledUpInBlue
Agreed. I don’t understand the purpose behind this. This man (and his family) is going to live the rest of his life with a target on his back.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:44:49 PM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
I don’t know if I buy this. First off unless they were able to shrink the length of this guys head this ain’t the same guy who appeared on CBS in disguise, his face is too long. And wasn’t the shooter already ID’ed as Mark Bissonnette?
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:46:35 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Not all Muslims are terrorists but all Muslims are potential terrorists.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
If it’s him, I’d like to buy him a beer.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:47:25 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: TangledUpInBlue
until his identity was linked to the story on a military blog earlier this week without his consent.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:48:12 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda; TangledUpInBlue
Didn’t they tell us all of these guys died in a helicopter crash?
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:48:15 PM PST
by
Plummz
(pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Same guy? I don't think so....Yes I understand the bottom pic is him in disguise, but unless they were able to alter his skull that ain't the same dude. Look at his eyes for example, the top pic his eyes are close together and slope slightly down, the bottom they are wide apart and don't slope at all. Same with the chin, how do you shrink a guys chin?
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:50:45 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Not all Muslims are terrorists but all Muslims are potential terrorists.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
I suspect the active SEAL community does not like this. Attention is not a good thing. Best your enemy knows as little about you as possible when you’re at 50 to 1 odds and a long way from home.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:50:50 PM PST
by
ryan71
(The Partisans)
To: Plummz
Not all of them. Many of their team did.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:51:18 PM PST
by
FreedomStar3028
(Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Something weird is going on here, Mark Bissonette said he fired the fatal shot and now this guy said he did, so what is going on here? Bissonette never revealed what he really looked like.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:55:00 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Not all Muslims are terrorists but all Muslims are potential terrorists.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Definitely not the same guy...
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:55:01 PM PST
by
Iscool
To: TangledUpInBlue
Not smart. All the sleeper cell jihadis will be out looking for him now.
To: TangledUpInBlue
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:56:09 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: TangledUpInBlue
He may have thought the true story needed to be told. He may have needed the money.
I don’t blame him tho if I knew more about it that opinion could change.
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posted on
11/06/2014 12:56:31 PM PST
by
yarddog
(G)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
No way the two pics are of the same person. The top photograph shows a person with a more elongated face than that on the bottom pic.
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posted on
11/06/2014 1:07:38 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Bissonette never claimed to be the shooter. Just that he was on the raid.
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posted on
11/06/2014 1:08:22 PM PST
by
TangledUpInBlue
(I have no home. I'm the wind.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
Came up right before the election. Coincidence? I think not.
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posted on
11/06/2014 1:08:52 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
You can do anything with video/photoshop. How do you think they make entire movies with CG?
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posted on
11/06/2014 1:09:47 PM PST
by
TangledUpInBlue
(I have no home. I'm the wind.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Bissonette has been on several TV shows. His face is all over....
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posted on
11/06/2014 1:11:03 PM PST
by
TangledUpInBlue
(I have no home. I'm the wind.)
To: TangledUpInBlue
I’ve never walked in his shoes, so I won’t judge him. Not sure this is his best play, though.
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