Osama Bin Laden Killed By Navy Seals in Firefight

ABC News ^ | 5-2-11 | BRIAN ROSS, JAKE TAPPER, RICHARD ESPOSITO,

[STARWISE]

*snip*

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.

[Red in Blue PA]

Nail on the head post!

[Psalm 144]

“So, how many still buy into the “OBL died at Tora Bora” line of bull?”

I am not yet buying into yesterday’s claim. The news accomplishes several things, whether it is true or false. It takes the US off of Osama’s trail. It will boost Obama’s domestic popularity like nothing else at a nadir of his popularity. It justifies our immediate withdrawal from these various expensive and unpopular operations.

If it is true.

Or not.

[SF_Redux]

here is a reason you never heard about mussie burial at sea;

http://www.al-islam.org/laws/burial.html

Rules About Burial of the Dead Body
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620. * It is obligatory to bury a dead body in the ground, so deep that its smell does not come out and the beasts of prey do not dig it out, and, if there is a danger of such beasts digging it out then the grave should be made solid with bricks, etc.

621. If it is not possible to bury a dead body in the ground, it may be kept in a vault or a coffin, instead.

622. The dead body should be laid in the grave on its right side so that the face remains towards the Qibla.

623. * If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land. Otherwise, after giving Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan and Namaz-e-Mayyit it should be lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet. And as far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators.

624. If it is feared that an enemy may dig up the grave and exhume the dead body and amputate its ears or nose or other limbs, it should be lowered into sea, if possible, as stated in the foregoing rule.

625. * The expenses of lowering the dead body into the sea, or making the grave solid on the ground can be deducted from the estate of the deceased, if necessary.

626. * If a non-Muslim woman dies with a dead child, or soulless foetus in her womb, and if the father is a Muslim then the woman should be laid in the grave on her left side with her back towards Qibla, so that the face of the child is towards Qibla.

627. It is not permitted to bury a Muslim in the graveyard of the non-Muslims, nor to bury a non-Muslim in the graveyard of the Muslims.

628. It is also not permissible to bury the dead body of a Muslim at a place which is disrespectful, like places where garbage is thrown.

629. It is not permissible to bury a dead body in a usurped place nor in a place which is dedicated for purposes other than burial (e.g. in a Masjid).

630. * It is not permissible to dig up a grave for the purpose of burying another dead body in it, unless one is sure that the grave is very old and the former body has been totally disintegrated.

631. * Anything which is separated from the dead body (even its hair, nail or tooth) should be buried along with it. And if any part of the body, including hair, nails or teeth are found after the body has been buried, they should be buried at a separate place, as per obligatory precaution. And it is Mustahab that nails and teeth cut off or extracted during lifetime are also buried.

632. If a person dies in a well and it is not possible to take him out, the well should be sealed, and the well should be treated as his grave.

633. If a child dies in its mother’s womb and its remaining in the womb is dangerous for the mother, it should be brought out in the easiest possible way. If it becomes inevitable to cut it into pieces there is no objection in doing so. It is, however, better that if the husband of the woman is skilled in surgery the dead body of the child should be taken out by him, and failing that, the job should be performed by a skilled woman. And if that is not available, a skilled surgeon who is the mahram (one with whom marriage cannot be contracted) of the woman should do it. And if even that is not available a skilled man who is not mahram (one with whom marriage can be contracted) should remove the dead child. And if even such a person is not available the dead body can be brought out by any unskilled person.

634. If a woman dies and there is a living child in her womb, it should be brought out in the safest possible way, even if there be no hope for the child’s survival. The body of the mother should then be sewn up. …

[Scanian]

I don’t know if they are trolls. I think they are mostly just well-meaning people who think that as citizens we OWE loyalty to our “leaders,” no matter how corrupt and dishonest and no matter what kind of mess they have made of our nation’s economy.

And just accept WH press releases at face value. It is the “patriotic” thing to do.

That’s why they say that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Because it exploits exactly those impulses by the citizenry.

Pu-leeze! Respect the office of the presidency? You bet! Enough to want to replace its occupant REAL BAD!

[SF_Redux]

same day they got Hitler in 1945

[SF_Redux]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_3571000/3571497.stm

May 1, 1945: Germany announces Hitler is dead

Adolf Hitler has been killed at the Reich Chancery in Berlin, according to Hamburg radio.

At 2230 local time a newsreader announced that reports from the Fuhrer’s headquarters said Hitler had “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”. ...

[Psalm 144]

“This is just Obama bowing to the Muslims . . . “

Or the destruction of material evidence. Or both.

[manc]

agreed.

It does not make sense to me what so ever.
We know where he is but not his number two.
Surely even for the most ardent lefty would it not be better to take them both out at the same time.
To risk lives going in but then shoot to the head when we could have used a drone?
TO RESPECT HIS RELIGION??? Now if true then that would have come from the white house.

I don’t know , he possible is dead so not qualms from me on that but there are many questions right now from a military and law enforcement side.

[bvw]

“So, how many still buy into the “OBL died at Tora Bora” line of bull?”

It was never a "line of bull", it was the most reasonable thing to hold, lacking definitive proof otherwise.

[paulycy]

So, how many still buy into the "OBL died at Tora Bora" line of bull?

I might still believe it. I'm haven't made up my mind yet. You know, trust but verify? There's just one problem.

[austingirl]

Interesting - 623. Burial at sea allowed if body can’t be preserved. Well, since it’s not the 7th century anymore, we can preserve the body in the fridge.

[HollyB]

I wish YT acted that quick in removing videos of violence against our military.

[Scanian]

You are right about the #2.

For years we have been told that the real mastermind and operational leader of Al Qaeda was Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Wouldn’t it have been terrific to have interrogated OBL and have him spill his guts about his #2?

[Scanian]

You are right about the #2.

For years we have been told that the real mastermind and operational leader of Al Qaeda was Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Wouldn’t it have been terrific to have interrogated OBL and have him spill his guts about his #2?

[shield]

Our Navy Seals would do no less...right between the eyes...yippee!!! you fine well trained Navy Seals...

[manc]

it was reported that his number two wanted more death , the info UBL could have given us, from money, which banks funnel the money,. where is his leadership, what is going on in Africa and the middle east, so much info and we shot to the head and ditch a body where no one knows where it is now.

I’d love to have seen him surrounded by the seals on TV and then took away for questioning but now alas his number two I’;m sure would have had a plan if this happened.

One thing is for sure I’;m not going to large events in the cities right now.

I am pissed however why his religion was respected, understand the ditching into the sea but why so quick and then state we are waiting for DNA results to come back.

Did you read about a disclosure form obama refused to sign but Gen P had t do it?

Any more info if you have heard about it please

[popdonnelly]

Zawahiri’s next.

[bvw]

SunkenCiv, your post prior is shameful. Consider who YOUR friends are now: "Andrea Mitchell Mocks Bush With 'Mission Accomplished'".

Also Google this: Barack Obama: it is no longer essential to kill Osama bin Laden, January 15, 2009, London Sunday Times.

[Cvengr]

bttt

[dervish]

God bless the US Seals.

Why did it take 8 months to get him once they got the tip? That speaks very poorly of our leadership.