Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Oh God, this whole story is lined with bullshit.According to the Independent, a small group of US soldiers under the direct command of Obama, stormed the hide out of bin Landen's and killed everyone in a 40min shoot out.
I can see the movie coming out already.
And there's a whole bunch of nations celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden as if that'll make terrorists weak and scared and what not.
*enter triumphant background music*
Fantastic post. Just what I was thinking to be honest.
bin laden dead. hmmm
now we know why they are hyping up gaddafi.
a new bogeyman must replace the old
and
Story in the Telegraph reported on 26th April
"One of the terrorist group’s most senior figures warned that al-Qaeda had obtained and hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe that would be detonated if Osama bin Laden was killed or captured".
5 days later he is reported as being killed
False flag in the waiting or just spreading more fear ?
His beard changes colors.
I wonder........was a vain man? Did he color his beard?
Regardless, great that he's dead.
Also, to the birthers: if the elite could fake Osama's death from the beginning, why didn't Bush do it years ago when it would have been the absolute best strategic move to do? I'm sure the answer is, "Obviously, to take the attention off of the birth certificate and to get more support from the sheeple for their 'Puppet King.'" Ugh. That doesn't actually answer the question I just asked.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Also, to the birthers: if the elite could fake Osama's death from the beginning, why didn't Bush do it years ago when it would have been the absolute best strategic move to do? I'm sure the answer is, "Obviously, to take the attention off of the birth certificate and to get more support from the sheeple for their 'Puppet King.'" Ugh. That doesn't actually answer the question I just asked.
I am sorry your answer didn't satisfy your question, I hope it will try harder next time.
The United States has reportedly buried the body of Osama bin Laden at sea, after killing him in a surprise military raid in Pakistan.
The notorious al Qaeda leader died Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed in a late night-address, when U.S. forces attacked a fortified compound in a town about 100 kilometres north of Islamabad where bin Laden had been located.
Intelligence sources said the CIA pinpointed bin Laden's location and Obama gave the order to undertake the early-morning raid on the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
A small team of Navy seals flew to the compound via helicopter and engaged bin Laden in a fatal firefight.
U.S. officials said bin Laden was killed by a bullet to the head, after a firefight that ensued when the terrorist leader and his guards resisted the attack.
The compound was located less than a kilometre from a military academy that trains top officers in the Pakistani army.
Hamid Gul, a former Pakistani intelligence chief, said he found it "a bit amazing" that bin Laden could possibly be living in the area without authorities being aware of his presence.
CTV's Washington Bureau Chief Paul Workman said it appears that the U.S. tracked bin Laden to his final location over a period of a few months.
"Barack Obama went on television last night to say that sometime last year in August, he received word of a lead on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden -- he put it as deep in Pakistan, inside Pakistan," Workman told CTV's Canada AM from Washington on Monday morning.
"It was pursued, finally there were a number of high-level meetings and yesterday Obama authorized the attack on this compound."
After bin Laden was killed, U.S. forces took custody of his remains and officials have privately told reporters he was buried at sea.
An official who spoke to The Associated Press said the decision was made to bury bin Laden at sea because Islamic tradition calls for a speedy burial. It was also decided that it would bee too difficult to find a country willing to accept the al Qaeda leader's remains.
When Obama went on television late Sunday to inform the public of bin Laden's death, he did not provide details on what happened to his remains other than confirming that the U.S. "took custody of his body."
Some TV stations in Pakistan and Afghanistan aired pictures of a dead man's face, whom the stations identified as that of bin Laden.
Obama credits work of American intelligence
In announcing bin Laden's death, Obama gave credit to the Americans who have spent most of the past decade trying to track down the mastermind behind the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The U.S. president said that "the American people do not see their work, nor know their names," though the public can "feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice."
Eric Margolis, a journalist and terrorism expert, said the full story behind the Sept. 11 attacks has died with bin Laden, though his divisive agenda will live on.
Speaking with CTV's Canada AM on Monday morning, Margolis said the apparent decision to bury bin Laden at sea "shows how the United States is very concerned that he is a martyr figure and they didn't want his grave to become a shrine."
In the United States, thousands of Americans celebrated outside the White House gates throughout the night, after Obama announced that bin Laden had been killed.
Celebrations also broke out in New York City, where the Sept. 11 attacks brought down the World Trade Center towers nearly 10 years ago.
The death of bin Laden now raises questions about what kind of threats the Western world faces from al Qaeda and other like-minded groups.
The U.S. has put its embassies on alert and warned of the heightened possibility for anti-American violence.
Across the Pakistan border, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said bin Laden had been dealt his "due punishment," though he said the surprise strike on the Abbottabad compound was proof that the war on terror should focus more outside his country's borders.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised "the tenacity of the United States" in its nearly decade-long quest to hunt down bin Laden, while Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said his death was a "great result in the fight against evil."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said bin Laden's death was "a resounding victory for justice, for freedom and for the shared values of all democratic countries that fight shoulder to shoulder against terror."
In Saudi Arabia, the government released an official statement saying bin Laden's death will be a "step that support the international efforts against terrorism."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/bin-laden-body-buried-sea
Bin Laden's body buried at sea
US officials say Osama bin Laden's swift burial complies with Islamic custom, although burial at sea is uncommon for Muslims
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Brian Whitaker
guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 May 2011 11.12 BST
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Osama bin Laden pictures for sale at a market in Quetta, Pakistan. Photograph: Reuters
The dilemma of what to do with Osama bin Laden's body appears to have been quickly resolved if reports that he has been buried at sea prove correct.
Burying him on land could have led to his grave becoming a centre of contention as well as raising questions about where he should be buried.
"Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult," a US official said, adding: "So the US decided to bury him at sea."
Fears about Bin Laden's burial place turning into a shrine for Islamists were probably unfounded, since the Wahhabi/Salafi tradition rejects such things. Even Saudi kings are buried in unmarked graves.
Senior US officials initially told news agencies that his body would be disposed of in accordance with Islamic tradition, which involves ritual washing, shrouding and burial within 24 hours.
Although the swift burial complies with Islamic custom and should therefore avoid causing any offence in Muslim countries, the apparent haste could lead to claims that the person killed was not really Bin Laden – though the US authorities have taken DNA samples and appear to have no doubts.
The 24-hour rule has not always been applied by the US in the past. For example, the bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein – sons of the Iraqi dictator – were held for 11 days before being released for burial.
Burial at sea is rare in Islam, though several Muslim websites say it is permitted in certain circumstances.
One is on a long voyage where the body may decay before the ship reaches land. The other is if there is a risk of enemies digging up a land grave and exhuming or mutilating the body – a rule that could plausibly be applied in Bin Laden's case.
For sea burial, according to alislam.org, the body should be lowered into the water "in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet". The website adds: "As far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators."