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Americas Pentagon releases 'bin Laden tapes'
english.aljazeera.net ^ | 5-7-11

Posted on 05/07/2011 11:17:09 AM PDT by Justaham

The US has released five video clips of Osama bin Laden that it says was taken from the Pakistani compound where the leader of al-Qaeda was reportedly killed last week.

The videos mainly show bin Laden rehearsing taped remarks, but there is also video showing him watching news coverage of himself on TV.

Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan, reporting from the Pentagon in Washington DC, said that the video clips were shown to journalists, but the sound was removed from them.

"We did see a video of Osama bin Laden watching video of himself on what appears to be Al Jazeera," she said.

Wayne Madsen, an investigative journalist speaking to Al Jazeera from Washington DC, said that it was still difficult to confirm that all these videos do show bin Laden, as some are not clear.

"There are going to be many more questions raised after the release of these videos, because there have been videos and images in the past that were thought to be of bin Laden, but some of those turned out to be fake."

Compound videos

Earlier on Saturday, Al Jazeera obtained new footage of the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, that showed the interiors of the house where the al-Qaeda leader is thought to have been hiding for up to six years.

Filmed during daylight hours, there is no doubt that this is the house where bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces, Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab said, reporting from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

"These pictures ... give a sense of just how Osama bin Laden - the world's most wanted fugitive - lived relatively undetected right here in Abbottabad," our correspondent said.

It was not immediately clear how long after the raid that the footage was taken.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...


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To: ASouthernGrl
Bin Ladin 1998



141 posted on 05/08/2011 1:51:21 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Vindibudd

“You people are all insane. It’s like the DU around here, seriously. I feel like I’m Curly Bill trying to hold Johnny Ringo back.”

That’s because the Paulian, 911 Inside Jobbers are in our midst.

They are insane and they are not conservative.


142 posted on 05/08/2011 2:24:12 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Murdering unborn children is the highest sacrament in the liberal religion.)
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To: Justaham
America's Pentagon releases 'bin Laden tapes'

I thought Osama was killed! Does this mean he only changed record labels?

143 posted on 05/08/2011 4:20:35 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: RummyChick

I’m sorry to say I have and wear clothes from 2007. I’m sure my co-workers hate it. Just sayin’! Definitely a guy thing...


144 posted on 05/08/2011 4:39:22 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: RummyChick

I know your point is: “Now THESE are COMMAND CENTERS!”

But the other thing they say is: “THIS held out for almost 10 years against ALL THAT.”

If you want to see how the government loves to “solve” a problem with YEARS of SPENDING, this is a great set of photos!


145 posted on 05/08/2011 4:53:14 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: RummyChick
are we not getting pictures of dead Bin Laden because the beard colors dont match up?

No, it's because they don't have any and it's going to take at least 6 months before the administration, the pentagon and the CIA can agree on a plausible story and come up with pictures that can convince the world that UBL is dead....

Crap like that doesn't happen over night as evidenced by all the conflicting reports we've gotten this past week........

146 posted on 05/08/2011 5:04:51 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (It's a beautiful day and I'm glad I can see it in color.......)
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To: BradyLS

Actually, both of those thoughts crossed my mind.

Billions of dollars in satellite technology and we couldn’t find a frail old man.


147 posted on 05/08/2011 5:10:44 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Hot Tabasco
They can always photoshop one. They were probably waiting to take one off the net but they heard they're full of malware. Of course, as inept as this administration is at manufacturing evidence, they'll probably have Bin Laden lying dead with a copy of O’s birth certificate in his hand.
148 posted on 05/08/2011 5:29:59 AM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: rawcatslyentist

Another good point.


149 posted on 05/08/2011 6:16:11 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Justaham

What is the Odumbo going to do next pull a rabbit out of his hat?


150 posted on 05/08/2011 6:28:58 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Jim 726

A lot of times Muslims use henna to dye their beards to look more young and virile when making declarations of war.


151 posted on 05/08/2011 9:43:39 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: RummyChick

A lot of times Muslims use henna to dye their beards to look more young and virile when making declarations of war.


152 posted on 05/08/2011 9:43:45 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: RummyChick

A lot of times Muslims use henna to dye their beards to look more young and virile when making declarations of war.


153 posted on 05/08/2011 9:44:59 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: moehoward

>What a dump. A million dollars sure doesn’t get ya much in that neighborhood.<

It was later reported that the house was worth about 250K not a million.

I don’t know if it was just part of the Obama can’t get it right gang making another mistake or if it was a tactical decision to make the believers of Osama think he was living high on the hog while they sleep in the dirt.


154 posted on 05/08/2011 9:48:05 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: La Enchiladita

one of the first statements that the administration made was that they had the information for 9 months.
The Pakistan government says that they told this administration OBL was there last year.


155 posted on 05/08/2011 9:59:16 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: moehoward

>Col. David Hunt “....it took about 30 seconds from the time they entered the building until they killed bin Laden.”
Jennifer Griffin then stated her sources confirm bin Laden killed at the 20 minute mark.<

UBL’s daughter says he was taken alive.

just saying


156 posted on 05/08/2011 10:01:57 AM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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157 posted on 05/08/2011 10:11:46 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Munz

Just saw a clip with Brenner yappin about just that. OBL living in his million dollar mansion.

They certainly went out of their way to embellish the story for some reason. Stupid when they had to know it’d get out in a matter of hours.


158 posted on 05/08/2011 10:56:54 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: Munz

On Wednesday, various news agencies reported that his daughter, reportedly born shortly after 9/11, saw him being shot and killed, then watched as his bloodied body was hoisted onto one of the U.S. Navy Seals’ helicopters.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/05/05/bin-ladens-young-daughter-saw-him-killed-does-she-share-his-beliefs/#ixzz1LmkyXZvi

“We have no independent confirmation of Osama bin Laden being there or dying there except what we got from the daughter,” said the official, a member of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency.”

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/03/2199583/bin-ladens-daughter-saw-us-troops.html#ixzz1LmkgJdls


159 posted on 05/08/2011 11:15:51 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: moehoward
The neighbor who unintentionally "live Twittered" the raid said he heard just 3-5 minutes of gunfire. Believable for the 'hot' part of the action. One place I saw cited "38 minutes" on the ground rather than the less specific sounding "40 minutes." Time spent tossing the place, collecting the treasure trove, trying to figure out who was how amongst his survivors and whether to take them along. And most importantly, waiting for their backup ride to arrive.

The biggest shame was losing the capacity of the downed copter. Ideally we'd have left with everyone still alive and left the Pakistani's with nothing. The only way any Pakistani could have known what went down would have been if they'd already known HE was there. Work the data and make a couple rounds of follow up live or drone attacks before announcing HIS death and some of those Pakistanis would have proven their complicity in the interim.

160 posted on 05/08/2011 12:31:26 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (JC Mark II: a month late and $2.3T short. Again!)
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