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India-Pakistan
Q: SEAL Team 6 partied with Osama for 40+ minutes. Where was the Pak military all this time?
2011-05-02
No source link associated with this, just something that I don't understand and thought I would share.

I understand that a major Pak military base was less than a kilometer down the road. Surely they would have heard all the commotion. Was this a Pak military base, or just some kind of academy?

If the Pak military knew they were there, wouldn't they have reacted instantly if they were allied with Osama?

If they didn't know he was there, wouldn't they have been a bit curious as to what all the gun-seks was about?

If they were against Osama and wanted the operation to proceed, wouldn't they have given the US time to get in and out before "responding"?

It's hard to believe that the US was the only side to do any shooting, and that we only used silencers. There was a guy in Pakistan who unknowingly tweeted the whole thing, I understand, bit by bit. It couldn't have been all that quiet.

Do we have "Blue Thunder"-style technology on our helicopters that allow them to fly in and land silently? Didn't they have to blow up one chopper in place for some reason? Do we also have silent explosives?
Posted by:gorb

#12  

"DevGru" Seal Team 6 - The team that went in to take out Osama Bin Laden and came out without a fatality or injury to themselves.
Posted by: Unating and Company3195   2011-05-02 17:08  

#11  

Special ops MH-60 working the graveyard shift.
Posted by: Unating and Company3195   2011-05-02 16:58  

#10  

It is reported 4 MH-60's went in.
Posted by: Unating and Company3195   2011-05-02 16:46  

#9  "Where was the Pak military all this time?"

Hiding under the bed?

Mods: Needs the "frightened little girl hiding under bed" graphic. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-05-02 16:25  

#8  Not to mention C3 problems the Paks don't want to tell the world about.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-05-02 16:13  

#7  #5 - sorry, posted before I saw yours.
Posted by: Matt   2011-05-02 15:57  

#6  Say you're a battalion commander in the Pak army. You hear lots of booms and bangs from that strange house down the road. Is it an ISI operation? An operation by some Pak general who doesn't keep you posted? And if you do think it's an American operation, you also think that America probably sent the baddest of its bad on this one, and if you walk outside there's a Hellfire with your name on it. Better just to stay in the barracks and turn the TV up to max volume.
Posted by: Matt   2011-05-02 15:54  

#5  If you are military in a war zone, and there is a bunch of shooting going on and an occasional exposion, here is what I would be thinking if I was a 100 yards away at the gate of the military installation. Now I, just a regular Pakistani army Joe of low rank, am not gonna know Osama lives only 100 yards away. Osama wouldn't want that known to army Joes, anywhere.

1st) Helicopters coming in. Well, this is an army area. And Terrorists don't have 4 military helicopters.

2) They ain't shootin at us! Must be our guys in helicopters taking out some bad people near the base or practicing, no other country would dare fly their army into Paky land. Drones but no army soldiers in helicopters.

3) 1 hour later, well they flew away. Its over, some women just ran up and said they been attacked.

4) D*****mn!!! Americans just came in! And the commander just told us Americans just contacted them about this thang! Better be a good reason or this is WAR!
Posted by: Chuckles Glomoque8763   2011-05-02 15:49  

#4  One eyewitness report I read said there was an explosion, followed by a whole lot of shooting, followed by a big explosion.

So that would be blow the hole in the bedroom wall, five minutes to secure the target, then thirty minutes to exploit the premises, destroy the disabled chopper, and get out of Dodge.
Posted by: KBK   2011-05-02 15:45  

#3  Maybe the 'helicopter crash' was an across town diversion for the pakistan military to run to. The noise of the raid would then appear to be reaction to the crash.
Posted by: airandee   2011-05-02 15:20  

#2  If the Pak military knew they were there, wouldn't they have reacted instantly if they were allied with Osama?

They didn't want to die. The Paks in Somalia were pathetic. UN duty paid good money so it was a detail that was sought for cheap gain, political reward, etc. It wasn't sent because of its crack training. The same would go with those stationed in and around that immediate area. It was 'good' duty, palace guard type stuff that was a reward not based upon skill.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-05-02 15:02  

#1  Over there, explosions and chopper noises are probably like car alarms...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-05-02 14:38  

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