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2011-11-04 India-Pakistan

Osama bin Laden 'was dead in 90 seconds'

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Posted by tipper 2011-11-04 05:58|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Two in the chest, two in the head.

Posted by gromky 2011-11-04 06:15|| 2011-11-04 06:15|| Front Page Top

#2 What does "suppressed" rounds mean?

Posted by Durnham Freebody 2011-11-04 07:33|| 2011-11-04 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3
"Suppressed" means the guns had silencers on them.

Posted by Parabellum 2011-11-04 08:12|| 2011-11-04 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 The book also argues that bin Laden's long-time deputy, Ayman Zawahiri, may have been ultimately responsible for leading the US to his boss because he repeatedly sent a courier, whose cover he must have known had already been blown, in and out of the compound.

A trusted Kuwaiti courier, Abu Ahmad, is believed to have been followed by US officials for several months before the raid after his name emerged in interrogations of other al-Qaeda suspects and he was tracked down to Abbottabad.

So, by this account we should know where Zawahiri is --- with accuracy.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-11-04 08:20|| 2011-11-04 08:20|| Front Page Top

#5 he repeatedly sent a courier, whose cover he must have known had already been blown

So, WaterModem, if this is correct, then it implies Zawahiri USED the SEALS to kill off bin Laden.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-11-04 08:42|| 2011-11-04 08:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Kinda like he used a car bomb to rub out Abdullah Azzam.

Posted by Fred 2011-11-04 09:47|| 2011-11-04 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Hm. That would make Zawahiri . . . a Juice-crusader pig-dog infidel double agent. Excellent.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-11-04 11:03|| 2011-11-04 11:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Zawahiri threw Binny under the bus?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-11-04 11:59|| 2011-11-04 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Even if its not true (the Zawahiri thing) it would be a good rumor to start spreading around the Islamic world.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-04 15:06|| 2011-11-04 15:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Exactly. With their 7th century bloodlust and conspiracy theories, I'd think it would be almost comically simple to turn the jihadis against each other. I sincerely hope Western intelligence agencies have been doing this all along.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-11-04 17:03|| 2011-11-04 17:03|| Front Page Top

#11 "Dead in 90 seconds"

Good name for the Film.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-04 21:23|| 2011-11-04 21:23|| Front Page Top

#12 **** cough **** cough **** cough **** .....

D *** NGED BANANA MUFFIN.

As for Ayman, I'll believe it only when Ayman himself verifies it, or in alternate Mullah Omar, KSM.

ONE CAN GUESS ANOTHER PERSON'S OR PERSONS' REASONS OR STRATEGIES, ETC. ONA CAUSE(S)-OF-ACTION ONE HUNDRED OR ONE DILYUHN PERCENT CORRECTLY, BUT ITS STILL NOT THE SAME AS HEARING IT PER SE FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-04 22:32|| 2011-11-04 22:32|| Front Page Top

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