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Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby iPrototype on Mon May 02, 2011 12:50 pm

Found him, president is going to go on National TV and announce it now.
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby JaoSming on Mon May 02, 2011 12:53 pm

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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby [Q] on Mon May 02, 2011 1:14 pm

Obama wins 2012 reelection, Bush lights up a cigar at his ranch in Texas, kicks his feet up and smiles at the "Mission Accomplished" banner he has framed in his room
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby Andrew on Mon May 02, 2011 1:15 pm

An event almost ten years in the making. Unfortunately it also means he's become a martyr for the extremists' cause, but there is at least some measure of vindication and revenge.
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead...

Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 1:31 pm

...tired after a week of partying over the royal wedding.

Terrible october surprise for the canadian election.

Breaking: Donald Trump to hold press conference congratulating himself on forcing President Obama to find and kill Osama Bin Laden.


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Postby [Q] on Mon May 02, 2011 1:47 pm

he was obviously reading a teleprompter but when they zoomed out at the end of his speech, the teleprompter is shown at the bottom of the screen
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Postby J@3 on Mon May 02, 2011 1:54 pm

Nice way to distract people from your birth certificate drama, hey Osama.. oh I mean Obama. Yeah I'm onto you.
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Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 1:57 pm

Jae wrote:Nice way to distract people from your birth certificate drama, hey Osama.. oh I mean Obama. Yeah I'm onto you.

He released a forgery of it the other day thanks to Trump.

And he interrupted Celebrity Apprentice tonight with the announcement.
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Postby puttincomputers on Mon May 02, 2011 2:04 pm

timing is a little odd. and just a little too convenient considering that most of the folks Obama is backing in Libya and Syria have Al-Quida ties.
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby shadowgrin on Mon May 02, 2011 2:06 pm

I want to know how he was killed dammit! If Obama went down like Tony Montana when his enemies were closing in on him.

EDIT: whoops! :lol: :oops: Nah, why bother correcting it.
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Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 2:11 pm

shadowgrin wrote:I want to know how he was killed dammit! If Obama went down like Tony Montana when his enemies were closing in on him.

Shot in the head during a fire fight

Also, typo I'm seeing a lot. lol.

Although. Maybe a lot of people are just watching KTXL from Sacramento:
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Or following Norah O'Donnell (aka the white ho):
In an attempt to release the news of Osama bin Laden’s death quickly late Sunday night, MSNBC correspondent Norah O’Donnell accidentally reported on Twitter that “Obama” had been “killed” instead.

“Obama shot and killed,” Norah O’Donnell posted on Twitter, citing NBC Chief Pentagon Correspondent Jim Miklaszewski as her source.
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Postby puttincomputers on Mon May 02, 2011 2:18 pm

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Postby Phil89 on Mon May 02, 2011 2:35 pm

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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby Dc311 on Mon May 02, 2011 3:04 pm

Did you all know in 1945,Hitler was confirmed dead on May 1 as well.Oh and i had major diarrhea on this day last year.USA!USA!USA!
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Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 3:07 pm

So bin Laden's living in Argentina panting landscapes for hotel lobbies?
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Postby buzzy on Mon May 02, 2011 3:26 pm

Bin Laden shouldn't have entrusted his personal information to Sony.
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Postby iPrototype on Mon May 02, 2011 3:36 pm

Buzzy, best comment ever. YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA!
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Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 3:46 pm

The operation, according to senior officials who briefed reporters early Monday morning, hinged almost entirely on the hunt for a single man: a courier operating out of Pakistan who had been trusted by bin Laden for years.

Using information from detainees in U.S. custody, U.S. analysts and operatives spent years figuring out the courier’s identity, concluding that he was a former protege of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-declared mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who is being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The courier “in particular had our constant attention,” the official said.

Detainees “identified this man as one of the few al-Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden, indicated he might be living with or protecting bin Laden,” the official said. But for years, the United States was unable to track him down or uncover his real name, which did not happen until four years ago. Two years ago, U.S. officials narrowed down the region in Pakistan where the courier was working, senior administration officials said.

Then, in August, U.S. officials found the compound that turned out to be bin Laden’s hiding spot. It was described as an extraordinary place, custom-made for him, with 12- to 18-foot security walls, multiple interior walls dividing the property and massive privacy walls blocking even a third-story balcony. Despite being valued at $1 million, the property had no Internet or phone service, the official said.

“When we saw the compound . . . we were shocked by what we saw,” the official told reporters, describing it as “an extraordinarily unique compound,” built perhaps in 2005 and expressly for bin Laden. “Everything we saw . . . was perfectly consistent with what our experts expected bin Laden’s hideout to look like.”

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Postby Phil89 on Mon May 02, 2011 6:00 pm

Jae wrote:Nice way to distract people from your birth certificate drama, hey Osama.. oh I mean Obama. Yeah I'm onto you.

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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 6:09 pm

That image is one of the reasons I hate politics.

And one of the reasons I love politics.

And it's probably the same reason!
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 6:20 pm

Posted this elsewhere, but no reason you guys shouldn't be able to see it as well:
Four years ago - Courier's name and info found out from detainees.
Two years ago - Courier's general regional location found out. In PAKISTAN. Within 35 miles of Islamabad.
August 2010 - Compound identified as one attached to bin Laden's courier.
Months inbetween - U.S. intelligence goes, yeah, this compound pretty much stands out as setting off all the flags.
Friday - Obama gives the go order.
3:30 PM Eastern/1:30 AM Pakistan - Usama operation well, goes. 40 minute firefight, no American casualties, a number of al Qaeda/related casualties.
Around 10PM Eastern - Obama Administration announces there will be a statement made by the President.
Shortly thereafter - Former Rumsfeld staffer spoils it by saying it's bin Laden.
Obama speech - Is bin Laden. He dead. *Walks back down the hall.*
Around 2:30 AM Eastern Time - bin Laden buried at sea.
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Postby buzzy on Mon May 02, 2011 6:23 pm

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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby [Q] on Mon May 02, 2011 6:31 pm

i wanna hear more about the gunfight. i bet everyone was itching to be "the one" to get the shot on him. it was a head shot so perhaps they had snipers on him too? anyways, despite Obama's wording in his speech, there was no way he would've ever been captured alive whether they wanted to or not.
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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby jenroe962002 on Mon May 02, 2011 6:36 pm

Congratulations to USA.

@buzzy:I wonder what he's playing?

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Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead!!

Postby benji on Mon May 02, 2011 6:38 pm

They may have not expected bin Laden and co. to resist as he and they did for an obviously futile defense.

It was a forty minute long firefight, the head shot may have just been the confirmed kill shot. They potentially only have a general idea of who may have actually killed him depending on the fields of fire and how the engagement occurred. Especially if bin Laden was one of the people firing back as some reports say.

All of them deserve the greatest credit possible for zero American casualties and a successful (apparently) operation.

I'll never get this obsession with the President everyone else has though. All he did was tell them yes when they told him they could kill bin Laden.
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