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May 02, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Killed By Navy Seals in Firefight
Osama Bin Laden Was Killed in Abbottabad – Home of Pakistan Military Academy …Update: His Home Was Across Street From Police Station & Government College
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Osama Bin Laden Killed By Navy Seals in Firefight
Osama Bin Laden was killed not by a drone strike, but up close during a firefight with U.S. troops. He was not living in a cave when he died, but in a million-dollar mansion with twelve-foot walls less than 100 miles from the Pakistani capital.
The U.S. had been monitoring the compound in Abbottabad for months after receiving a tip in August that Bin Laden might be seeking shelter there. He had long been said to be in the mountainous region along the Afghanistan, Pakistan border, hiding in a cave as the U.S. sought to kill him with drone strikes from above. Instead, he was in a house eight times larger than its neighbors, with walls more than 12 feet tall 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.
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.
One of the U.S. helicopters was damaged but not destroyed during the operation, and U.S. forces elected to destroy it themselves with explosives.
The Americans took Bin Laden's body into custody after the firefight and confirmed his identity. According to a senior administration official, the U.S. is "ensuring it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition. It's something we take seriously and therefore it's being handled in an appropriate manner."
In an extraordinary late-night address to the nation, President Barack Obama has announced that U.S. Special Forces conducted an operation today in Pakistan that killed radical Islamic terror-mastermind Osama Bin Laden, and then took possession of his body. Bin Laden was killed in a firefight:
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Hearing lots of patriotic songs being sung "National Anthem", "God Bless America"...I'm not sure but I think those are ship horns going off in the background?
Chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A" are breaking out periodically, and people are waving U.S. flags and taking photos.
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Fire fighters
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Full statement from President George W. Bush.......
Earlier this evening, President Obama called to inform me that American forces killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al Qaeda network that attacked America on September 11, 2001. I congratulated him and the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to this mission. They have our everlasting gratitude. This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.
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Americans tonight are united in celebration and gratitude. God bless all the brave men and women in our military and our intelligence services who contributed to carrying out the successful mission to bring bin Laden to justice and who laid the groundwork over the years to make this victory possible. It’s a testament to the hard work and dedication of these brave Americans who relentlessly hunted down our enemy.
This is a victory for the American people, for the victims who were heartlessly murdered on September 11 and in Al Qaeda’s other numerous attacks, and for all the peace-loving people of the world.
May God bless our troops and our intelligence services, and God bless America!
- Sarah Palin
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Posted by Wild Thing at May 2, 2011 05:55 AM
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The Americans took Bin Laden's body into custody after the firefight and confirmed his identity. According to a senior administration official, the U.S. is "ensuring it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition. It's something we take seriously and therefore it's being handled in an appropriate manner."
You've got to be kidding me!! This man has never ensured the handling of the thousands he killed according to the practices and traditions of their religions. He needs to be buried, covered in swine entrails.
Posted by: BobF at May 2, 2011 07:25 AM
Are you sure that people were not celebrating because they thought OBAMA was killed??? :-)
Posted by: Eddy Burke at May 2, 2011 08:25 AM
I hope this is true. If it really was bin Laden they should have desecrated his body.
Posted by: TomR, armed in Texas at May 2, 2011 10:04 AM
Funny how this happens just when O needs a shot in the arm for his popularity ratings. We can be so gullible, so willing that we would believe anything the government tells us. I think it was a big mistake for O to not bring the body back here. Too much circumstantial evidence that it might not be him. I hope it is, but I'm leery.
Posted by: Lynn at May 2, 2011 11:34 AM
I heard last night about 10 that obama was to make a big announcement. I thought, was hoping he would resign. But wishful thinking.
Posted by: Mark at May 2, 2011 05:13 PM
OBL is DEAD, GREAT!!!
US Armed Forces, US Special Forces, US Navy Seals, and CIA, THANKS!!!
Mr. Obama, DENIED the missile attack.
Posted by: Anon at May 2, 2011 06:08 PM
'Rest In Pieces' Osama bitch Laden at the bottom of the Arabian Sea. Here's to US Navy Seal Team 6 and Operation GERONIMO! OUR Almighty God - the One true God - is pleased... Amen and LOVE to all in Bear Nation!! Go Tampa Bay Lightning too Chrissie!!!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at May 2, 2011 06:17 PM
Just in case ya'll forgot this masterpiece
http://www.break.com/index/osama-bin-laden-is-dead-america-f-yeah-2053209
Posted by: Eddie (Enemy of the State) at May 2, 2011 07:34 PM
So bin Laden will become diner for hagfish. Really does not seem like a problem to me. I might have impaled his body for the official picture for reasons of tradition but dead is the meets the minimum standard for bin Laden. It would be nice if his body had been fed to pigs.
Posted by: Avitar at May 3, 2011 01:13 AM
So bin Laden will become diner for hagfish. Really does not seem like a problem to me. I might have impaled his body for the official picture for reasons of tradition but dead is the meets the minimum standard for bin Laden. It would be nice if his body had been fed to pigs.
Posted by: Avitar at May 3, 2011 01:14 AM
Bob, really like your idea. "He needs to be buried, covered in swine entrails."
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:08 AM
Eddy Burke, heh heh
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:09 AM
Tom, I agree with you, instead they preferred to give him the full funeral treatment to be PC.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:11 AM
Lynn, good point, yes it is the best of timing for obama. AUGH!
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:13 AM
Mark, I was hoping that too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:14 AM
Anon, thanks.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:17 AM
Darth, good one....haha.
And yes the Tampa Bay Lightning are going great. Thank you Darth.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:21 AM
Eddie (Enemy of the State), LOVE that song. Thank you.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:24 AM
Avitar, yes that would have been great.
"It would be nice if his body had been fed to pigs."
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 3, 2011 02:26 AM
