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| India-Pakistan |
| The team that took out bin Laden |
| 2011-05-03 |
| Twenty-two killed or captured Came from Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan Mock-up of compound at Bagram Air Base JSOC to grow? |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 They would have to get through the compound gate. Never happen! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2011-05-03 12:10 |
| #6 49 Pan - that quotation on the wall sounds like a violation of separation of church & state; the ACLU hasn't brought suit over it yet? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-05-03 11:17 |
| #5 I heard the voice of the lord saying,"Whom shal I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said,"Here am I: send me." On the wall of one of the fine units that helped. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2011-05-03 09:55 |
| #4 The war is OVER we can bring the boys home. You gonna share or smoke that good stuff all by yourself? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-05-03 08:12 |
| #3 Zawahiri? Zarquawi? al-Abrool bin Yomama. All their names seem to sound and look the same for some reason. Its probably because they never really mattered all that much anyway. As time is reckoned and the ages pass and history flows like a mighty river, only a few things remain the same and become eternal. Duty and brave men who will give their lives for the family and their children and their friends. The men who carried out the mission that got Bin Laden are such men. They form a Legion who stand shoulder to shoulder with the Angels. Take off your shoes, Joshua, for where you stand is holy ground. Its a story most people have never read, the night before Jericho when Joshua was checking the perimeter sentries in the dark and met the Eagle-cloaked stranger between the lines. And all Joshua had was a little bronze sword against a long steel one, but he stood his ground,"Are you for Israel of against her?" And Michael Archangel stepped forward and though Joshua never saw God face to face as Moses had.... Joshua did see Michael Archangel and Michael gave him Jericho |
| Posted by: de Medici3489 2011-05-03 08:10 |
| #2 I want 'ol'Bumpy next and then there wont be anyone with a rep left. When Zawahiri went down it was definitely a turning point in Iraq. That story needs to be repeated again. It was an air strike and he was betrayed by someone he trusted. Somebody drove over to his compound in a pickup and identified that yes he was there while a fighter bomber waited overhead for the call. Took a minute then the pilot peeled off and made the run. Got Zawahiri and his leotard wearing girlfriend ( is that true?) and a child as well? Whose child? Had an identity establishing medical and security team standing by and they went in. Heard rumor that they either found Zawahiri alive or clambering around in the smoking hole and rubble ( I took that with a grain of salt but it was a nice thought) and that Zawahiri was taken to an ambulance where he was smothered and/or allowed to bleed to death. Were there photos? There must be records of all the event somewhere. It was nice he was dead. Nobody has missed his bright smile and winsome walk so far. In the long run I trust we can have a similar vague idea of what happened to the Palestinians( beside those who went to live in Brazil) and the Hamas folks who swear they were Swiss and burned their SS uniforms somewhere during the retreat across Italy. At any rate it will become a test question for irrelevant game show trivia as to just exactly who the Palestinians were other than a dusty book and a footnote in a back carrel #23 of the museum of dead movements. Even the Palestinians in Brazil dont really remember who nor what they used to be before they discovered their wonderful lives raising alligators for handbags in upper river provinces of the Amazon. And Israel will be approximately as big as Nebraska and there will be street signs in Hebrew from Cairo to Baghdad. But that's another story. There will be a lot of dead goomnahs to make it happen, but then, there would be a lot of dead Arab goombahs no matter how you cut it. There always are. You get used to it and your big decisions are which cufflinks to wear when going to dinner in Jerusalem and taking in a show. When all is said and done, Mecca isnt much fun and Jerusalem will outlive Abdrool and his buddies by a long shot. |
| Posted by: de Medici3489 2011-05-03 07:54 |
| #1 I salute you for what you have done. One thing doesn't ring true from this article though: "How did the helicopters elude the Pakistani air defense network? Did they spoof transponder codes? Were they painted and tricked out with Pakistan Air Force equipment? If so -- and we may never know --" Actually: yesterday Phil B posted a very revealing email chat board from Pakistani military. They were discussing what was going on before they knew it was Bin Laden. They knew the helicopters were NOT pakistani issue. They thought it must have permission from Paks to be there in the air space. They knew they were there. So seems logical to me that SOME in Pakistan helped OThers in Pakistan helped Osama Bin Laden (dead dead DEAD that he is). Once again: CONGRATULATIONS one and all ps: I feel in my bones that is it. A turning point. The war is OVER we can bring the boys home. Not now, but very soon. |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-05-03 06:01 |