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India-Pakistan
Shot in Bin Laden Compound Unarmed: Images
2011-05-06
New images obtained by Rooters show bodies of three dead men in Bin Laden compound with no arms on them suggesting they were unarmed when shot.
Or that the arms had been collected...
The photos show dead bodies of the men with their heads in pools of blood, but none of them look like Bin Laden.

The photos were taken by a Pak security official an hour after the al-Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces.
Plenty of time to remove the guns from the room, whether the SEALS did so or the Pak security official did so...
Rooters has bought the images from the Pak security official who has asked for anonymity.

The images are released a day after the US department acknowledged that the late Osama bin Laden
... who is no longer with us, and won't be again...
was unarmed when he was rubbed out.

The issue raised international concerns amongst the usual fools and rubes that the US might have violated international law. But Washington has said the the raid against Osama was justified.

The identities of the three men in the images have yet to be known.

Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. It smelled phony...
US President Barack B.O. Obama has ruled out releasing photos of Bin Laden's body to avoid them being used by al-Qaeda supporters as a propaganda tool.
Posted by:Fred

#9  I can't help but think that Bambi relied on RAB Crossfire episodes for this raid;
Time: 0230 About right for the:
Place: Some Upazila:
Miscreants: Shot or fled, as if they were never there, and
Amazingly, no Good Guys were hit by any randomly aimed weapons, which then:
were meticulously retrieved, only to be cleaned and replaced in their velvet lined cases for NextTime.
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2011-05-06 23:04  

#8  It's possible that bin Laden was in a wheel chair or otherwise pretty much an invalid due to his very long dependence on dialysis. That doesn't make him less dangerous as a leader/inspiration but if it was true it would have made the visuals .... unhelpful.
Posted by: lotp   2011-05-06 15:36  

#7  AS I recall, his victims weren't exactly armed either.

Odd how the media and U.N. get all bend-out-of-shape if a 3,000 times premedited murderer might not have been 'armed' at the time but don't give rat shit about his victims - who were innocent.

Besides, as the article stated, plenty of time for any weapons to be removed either by the SEALs (who I presume would not want to leave any weapons behind ) or the other 'civilians'....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-05-06 12:21  

#6  I don't like the cut of their jib
Posted by: devilstoenail   2011-05-06 10:06  

#5  Excuse me, your lib is showing.
Posted by: KBK   2011-05-06 08:20  

#4  We've had our disagreements on topics in the past but on this one you get no argument from me

I couldn't give a rats if those demons had weapons on them or not. I couldn't care if they were women or men.

That was 100% justified.

Whoever they were they knew they were harbouring Bin Laden and as such they forfeit their lives. They should have given him up to the authorities.

They get what they deserve armed or not. I don't even care if they are cripples in wheelchairs.
Posted by: anon1   2011-05-06 06:34  

#3  If I were a citizen of the Land of the Corrupt and Unprofessional, I would worry that selling pix for pin money was the least of the on-going military malfeasance.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-05-06 00:48  

#2  Some PAKI BLOGGERS are upset that PAK Army-Mil Officers allegedly sold these photos for personal profit, proclaiming the action to be corrupt + unprofessional.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-06 00:33  

#1  Unarmed? Their arms were still attached.
Posted by: gorb   2011-05-06 00:25  

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