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| Bin Laden story continues to change |
| 2011-05-06 |
| [Iran Press TV] The culmination of years of surveillance, with Navy SEALs bursting into a residence and engaging in an epic firefight with the world's most wanted terrorist (hiding behind his wife and armed with an AK-47) in his palatial estate certainly makes for good copy, and movie studios were already lining up to turn it into feature films. The only problem was it never happened. Not how it was told to the American public on Sunday night and Monday morning, at least. With the public still basking in the glorious victory and officials presenting it as a vindication of eternal warfare, and promising more of the same, factoids began to creep out which blew the whole story apart. We now know that the late Osama bin Laden ... who has won the race to that place where we all eventually end up... was entirely unarmed, his wife was shot in an entirely different room. There was no "human shield," no Ak-47. Bin Laden's palatial estate, presented as damning evidence of Pak culpability, turned out to be a moldy, unairconditioned house. White House front man Jay Carney, incredibly, is still talking about a "highly volatile firefight," but it now appears that the only armed people in the house were the Navy SEALs, and they were engaged in a "volatile firefight" with an unarmed, sickly man who they repeatedly shot. CIA director Leon Panetta speculated that bin Laden didn't have any armed guards because he assumed his information network would alert him to possible threats. Even this official story seems to be in doubt now, however, with bin Laden's 12 year old daughter in the room at the time of his death. The report now is that bin Laden was successfully captured alive first and then summarily executed by the troops. President B.O. has vowed not to release the photos of bin Laden's death. This is being spun as an effort to avoid a backlash, but might be an effort to manage the rate at which new evidence challenging old lies continues to come out. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 The story changes just make it sound made up. The fact that they are releasing plenty of photos of BO and his crew watching, and none of the target shows what they think this is all about (I,me,myself). And I am repulsed and insulted to hear the Pansy in Chief saying Americans who want the evidence out to show our enemies the consequences of their actions are simply "spiking the football" and showing a "Trophy." He really doesn't get it does he? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2011-05-06 15:34 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-05-06 14:37 |
| #6 "So Osama may been unarmed when they shot him? But he was still Osama, right?" When you have a person like that in your crosshairs, knowing his organization build bombs and are known for trickery, you do not mess around with them. Rather lose 50 of them than one SEAL Team Member any day. Kill him. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-06 12:01 |
| #5 So Osama may been unarmed when they shot him? But he was still Osama, right? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-05-06 11:09 |
| #4 Well, it's about time. Finally, an eyewitness report has leaked: "...as we topped the stairs on the the third floor, a white turban popped out briefly from a door at the end of the hall. Deuce got a shot off, but wide. We pounded down the hall, and I signaled Deuce. He nodded and kicked the door open. "I charged in and there he was. In a spotless, white turban, with a Makarov 9 in one hand and a woman in the other. Buck naked, sporting a wicked grin and this moby woodie. "Allahuuu Ackbarrr..."" It was at that moment that Hillary's hand flew to her mouth and the video feed dropped. The expressions on the faces in the Situation Room speak for themselves. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-05-06 10:50 |
| #3 The Obambi administration continues to show how naive and simple minded they are. A total news black out should have been put on this thing. The President's announcement should have been the first and last thing said about it. All questions should have been answered "for matters of National Security, I cannot discuss any details of the raid" There should have been a lid on this thing and they are letting every bureaucrat with a telephone make a statement. No wonder this thing has turned into a convoluted mess. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-06 10:37 |
| #2 Dead? I heard he was in a secret prison in the Negev, under the close supervision of Lynndie England, being fed a steady diet of pork chops and bacon, and terrified daily by ferocious German Sheppard dogs. Who lift their leg on him. I'm sure I read that somewhere. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-05-06 10:03 |
| #1 ahh Fred. If nuts can run about saying 9/11 never happened when it occurred in broad daylight before witnesses and rolling cameras then releasing the photos will not make a whit of difference. Daughter is a witness. That will do it. I don't care if he was armed or not or tortured for a bit. Point is he's dead and he's not coming back. Rejoice. |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-05-06 08:46 |