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Osama bin Laden dead: Blackout during raid on bin Laden compound
http://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | By Steven Swinford 10:25PM BST 04 May 2011

Posted on 05/04/2011 4:01:08 PM PDT by Sprite518

The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cia; obama; osama; p; pakistan; palin; terrorism
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To: Sprite518

I’m waiting for the photo of them all wearing old west garb and sitting around a fake saloon.


141 posted on 05/04/2011 5:06:05 PM PDT by Crawdad
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To: FarRightFanatic

You bet...he already tried to court martial Navy Seals...that didn’t go too well, did it?


142 posted on 05/04/2011 5:06:23 PM PDT by shield (Rev2:9 "Woe unto those who say they are Judah and are not, but are of the synaGOGue of Satan.")
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To: robertwalker62
Like when it “turns out” that it wasn’t Bin Laden at all, and that he had already been dead for years....

I honestly think it was his son. They look so much alike. I think it was mistaken identity. Maybe that's why they're not releasing real pictures.

143 posted on 05/04/2011 5:07:42 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: shelterguy
So hussein and the gang just got together in the Situation Room to watch some basketball?????

And practice their "sincere citizen" facial expressions."

144 posted on 05/04/2011 5:09:12 PM PDT by MindBender26 (While the MSM slept.... we have become relevant media in America.)
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To: Cboldt
Mr Panetta also revealed that the US Navy Seals made the final decision to kill bin Laden rather than the president.

so they were told they could kill one or the other? that's pretty weird. guess panetta does have some power!

145 posted on 05/04/2011 5:09:46 PM PDT by dep (all that is necessary for liberals to triumph is for honest people to do nothing)
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To: Freddd

Wonder what was in the photograph she has on top of her laptop.


146 posted on 05/04/2011 5:11:23 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: LiveFree99

We can only speculate. Why did the other Blackhawk not have any problem with lift? From what I’ve read the challenge is to control height as the guys and their gear rope down and it loses payload fast. I’ve seen pictures of the charred chopper. Obviously the tail section survived the demo.


147 posted on 05/04/2011 5:11:38 PM PDT by ironman
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To: LiveFree99

“Now Senator Feinstein is claiming that the air was hotter than expected at the compound and that caused a sudden loss of lift”

I was thinking the tail rotor came in contact with one of the high walls in the compound and that caused the crash. We had 4 helicopters trying to land in a relatively small area. I assume in due time the truth will come out.


148 posted on 05/04/2011 5:11:42 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: PhilosopherStone1000
I was thinking Hillary had a flashback of her husband not taking Sudan up on their offer to let us take Bin Lauden thus maybe preventing 9/11. I don't believe Hillary has a soul she is just as evil as Obama.
149 posted on 05/04/2011 5:13:56 PM PDT by angcat (DEAR GOD PLEASE SAVE US!)
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To: Sprite518

It makes me sick to read this article.


150 posted on 05/04/2011 5:16:13 PM PDT by Carley (We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail. W, 9/20/01)
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To: Cboldt

As it should be. They are the boots on the ground. An order like that would have been worked well in advance depending on the how the situation unfolded. They are acting on the authority of the CIC. They made the right decision. Let it die along with Bin Laden.

Honestly, the news articles ping ponging back and forth over all of the details only serves to diminish the end result. Our magnificent soldiers took down a very bad actor. And I am proud of them.


151 posted on 05/04/2011 5:16:31 PM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: Parley Baer

My guess is the original plan was only for the Blackhawks to land, the Chinooks never, only as backups. One did due to the failure.


152 posted on 05/04/2011 5:16:41 PM PDT by ironman
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To: Mariner

Unless it was the military and CIA that faked the death, took a live Osama to some undisclosed location for interrogation, and have not bothered to tell POTUS about it.
Maybe the Panetta, Clinton coup has some truth to it.And with Panetta going to SecDef and Petraeus to DCI, maybe Obama is being removed from the loop.


153 posted on 05/04/2011 5:20:20 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (IACTA ALEA EST!!!)
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To: Sprite518

So at what point am I allowed to be so embarrassed by the posers and complete idiots in and around this administration, that I’m completely embarrassed to be called an American? I know that I as a citizen am accountable for the conduct of my elected leaders, as if “leadership” is what these clowns are performing... These are the people running our country? REALLY??? I mean, I’ve known they were clowns for some time, but truly, they are making our country look no better than a circus side-show. Although I was at a circus recently, and it was really bad—these people make that look good.

I keep thinking of the people that voted for and still support this president—what a sorry situation. The media that supports or excuses this level of incompetence is beyond correction or rebuke. It’s a very sad time for America!


154 posted on 05/04/2011 5:20:37 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Be strong in truth!)
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To: Sprite518
Hehe. This is playing out beautifully.

Bush he already would have finished with all this already. He would have made a short but impactful statement and then continued to fight the WOT with no thought to political advantage.

Obama, however, is trying his hardest to figure out how to milk this politically, thinking it's his Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, because he dithers and tries to plan how to maximize his advantage the media has slowed down too and are asking more questions. He's going to go deeper and deeper into the quicksand because he is no exec or administration, but purely a political animal.

This should be fun to watch in coming days.

155 posted on 05/04/2011 5:20:51 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: TomGuy

Scott Brown, the next RINO nominee, said exactly that today. He was punked on one of the fake photos by a “trusted source”.


156 posted on 05/04/2011 5:21:10 PM PDT by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: Sprite518

0bama, oblivious, ready for the trip to Ground “Zero”. Will probably try to claim the name, so out of touch, out of control.

Never forget.


157 posted on 05/04/2011 5:22:34 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: Anti-Hillary

True dat.


158 posted on 05/04/2011 5:27:06 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: Sprite518

bttt


159 posted on 05/04/2011 5:30:06 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Barrak has now won the contest. He is even worse than Jimmah.)
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To: Sprite518

Misinformation and spin = trying to save their butts. I think OBL was killed that day, but just to add to the confusion, I noticed another discrepancy:

A day or two after the raid, there was a timeline of events in a news article. It said the raid was scheduled for the day of the correspondents’ dinner, but was postponed until the following day due to “weather.”

Wouldn’t the president (ostensibly in charge of this dangerous mission) pre-cancel his appearance at the correspondents’ dinner, or would he attend the dinner to make tacky jokes about Donald Trump on the day the SEALS would risk their lives? (Just another question, hence my new tag.)


160 posted on 05/04/2011 5:31:53 PM PDT by drierice (What didn't the president know, and when did he not know it?)
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