Nothing official was ever released but there were videos of his hanging out there. There is video of the entire operation, obviously it's classified right now but the white house can release screen shots of it as they see fit. I'd imagine a scene showing Bin Laden cowering behind an innocent woman, using her as a shield, would be some pretty good anti Al Qaeda propaganda. That and if they found pornography, booze or anything else forbidden by Sharia law it'd make some of his devout followers doubt their beliefs in the "grand shiek".
Win!
Osama bin Laden had vowed to go down fighting, but in his last moments alive when cornered by elite U.S. troops the master terrorist hid behind one of his wives, White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said today.
The woman who bin Laden tried to use as a human shield was killed in the U.S. raid, Brennan said. Whether she shielded him willingly is not known.
As Osama bin Laden came into their line of sight, a Navy SEAL secretly reported back to the White House situation room that he had spotted "Geronimo," using the code name for the operation to kill or capture the world's most wanted terrorist. After a firefight a second coded message was sent: "Geronimo-E KIA." Translated, it meant bin Laden was dead.
"Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey
Good fucking lord guys, "white house debating whether or not to release bin laden photos" is all over the news sites.
Originally posted by davbrucas
I want to like Slow99 since people I know say he's a good guy, but just about everything he posts is condescending and passive aggressive.
Most people I talk to have nothing but good things to say about you, but you sure come across as a condescending prick. Do you have an inferiority complex you've attempted to overcome through overachievement? Or were you fondled as a child?
You and slow99 should date. You both have passive aggressiveness down pat.
The new HMFIC Ayman Al-Zawahiri has been known to wear one. He's really been running the organization for the last few years anyways, I can't wait until we find him.
1. Go SEALs
2. Finally Obama did something as CiC that we all love...
3. ...but no body. I'm not seeing it, but are the terrorists all spun up over this? I would not put it past Obama to make something up or the government overall to do so.
I'm elated he's dead, I'm willing to give Barry credit since he has authorized our forces to operate inside of Pakistan (pretty sure W never did), but I'm very suspicious about the quick discard of the body and the lack of photo / video evidence.
We had tons of footage on saddam, but nothing on osama as of yet. Perhaps somebody doesn't trust his photoshop team anymore. I do believe he's dead, but I wouldn't be shocked if he died of natural causes and one of his handlers turned in his corpse for the millions in "dead or alive" money.
The Pentagon said earlier today that video of the funeral processions as well as pictures of the body will most likely be released soon.
You can bet that the Pakistan gang is thinking WTF else do the Americans know about that we thought was secret?
Either that or they watch the news, and then don't have to wonder about that. Seeing as how it took us 10 years to "find" the guy, and the accidental way that he was "caught".
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