Obama Announcement: OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD

Nocturne of Vladimir Jazz · May 2, 2011

In response to 14thDoc's playful image...

Too soon?

frontline · May 2, 2011

Elwood said: ↑

frontline said: ↑

Faceman said: ↑

We need a national holiday built around this. Sales at the mall. American shit. BBQ. Watermellon. Grape soda. Fireworks. Baseball. Sex with dolphins.
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Go on facebook and look at the sale that SKD tactical is using. I nearly spit my coke on my keyboard.
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SKD Tactical:
"HEY FUCKFACE, ROT IN HELL!
15% OFF ALL PRODUCTS FOR 24 HOURS.
ENTER DISCOUNT CODE "SUCKIT" @ CHECKOUT.
GOD BLESS AMERICA & HERE'S TO THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HERE TO CELEBRATE."

"UPDATED SALE DETAILS- WE ARE GOING BALLS DEEP- MACHO THRUSTING & PELVIC BRUISING IN EFFECT... DETAILS BELOW"

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Oh its even better now. 25% for the next 24 hours and 15% for the 48 after that. Free shipping too.

Asyncritus · May 2, 2011

Bailey said: ↑

If they had the area secured wonder if there was ever the intent to try and take him alive?
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I doubt it very much.

RickDeckard · May 2, 2011

Wow. I'm in San Francisco right now and just heard it from a guy in the street.

Obama probably just won a second term, among other things.

Nocturne of Vladimir Jazz · May 2, 2011

Asyncritus said: ↑

Bailey said: ↑

If they had the area secured wonder if there was ever the intent to try and take him alive?
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I doubt it very much.

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I dunno... I kind of like the idea of snatching the bastard up, shoving him into an adult diaper, and dropping him off in Times Square.

$corp · May 2, 2011

Picture of Osama's corpse going around the internet:

Caboose · May 2, 2011

Adios motherfucker, tell Saddam hi for me, from America.

Now, for that beer I've been saving for the occasion....

Ramen · May 2, 2011

$corp said: ↑

Picture of Osama's corpse going around the internet:
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9461/osama.jpg
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FTFY

Asyncritus · May 2, 2011

RickDeckard said: ↑

Wow. I'm in San Francisco right now and just heard it from a guy in the street.

Obama probably just won a second term, among other things.
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Unlikely.

If the election was within the next month, yes. With the election a year and a half away, no. He will win or lose his next term on economics, not on one success a year and a half ago (from the point of view of the election).

The Original Faceman · May 2, 2011

$corp said: ↑

Picture of Osama's corpse going around the internet:

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Is that real?

Talkahuano · May 2, 2011

14thDoctor said: ↑

Stolen from elsewhere:

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Amaris · May 2, 2011

GOT the bastard! Hell yeah!

KIRK1ADM · May 2, 2011

Dr. Drake Ramoray said: ↑

sandbagger said: ↑

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MikeH92467 said: ↑

I have no problem with anyone not liking Obama and his policies. However, this confirms that anyone who still believes he's nothing but a small time Chicago fixer is full of shit. The guy is big time.
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Big time fuck-up, you mean?
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I'm not sure how you can call this anything but a major win.
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It is a major win. Is it enough to make me ignore all the horrible errors and mistakes. No it's not.
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You're more charitable than I am, I don't believe for a second that the damage done to the U.S. economy by Pres. Obama's policies are errors or mistakes, but his desired end result.
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I think the Obama has made it quite clear that he dislikes American exceptionalism. His decision are very much with malice and forethought.

RickDeckard · May 2, 2011

Asyncritus said: ↑

RickDeckard said: ↑

Wow. I'm in San Francisco right now and just heard it from a guy in the street.

Obama probably just won a second term, among other things.
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Unlikely.

If the election was within the next month, yes. With the election a year and a half away, no. He will win or lose his next term on economics, not on one success a year and a half ago (from the point of view of the election).

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Mah. Maybe so. But I think he'll still use it.

The details will be interesting once we get them, particularly the Pakistani angle.

Nova · May 2, 2011

It started with a courier's name.

Senior White House officials said early Monday that the trail that led to Osama bin Laden began before 9/11, before the terror attacks that brought bin Laden to prominence. The trail warmed up last fall, when it discovered an elaborate compound in Pakistan.

"From the time that we first recognized bin Laden as a threat, the U.S. gathered information on people in bin Laden's circle, including his personal couriers," a senior official in the Obama administration said in a background briefing from the White House.

After the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, "detainees gave us information on couriers. One courier in particular had our constant attention. Detainees gave us his nom de guerre, his pseudonym, and also identified this man as one of the few couriers trusted by bin Laden."
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Interrupted to ask - would this be any of the detainees at GITMO? You know, the prison that Obama said we shouldn't have had in the first place?

In 2007, the U.S. learned the man's name.

In 2009, "we identified areas in Pakistan where the courier and his brother operated. They were very careful, reinforcing belief we were on the right track."

In August 2010, "we found their home in Abbottabad," in an isolated area.

"When we saw the compound, we were shocked by what we saw: an extraordinarily unique compound."

The plot of land was roughly eight times larger than the other homes in the area. It was built in 2005 on the outskirts of town, but now some other homes are nearby.

"Physical security is extraordinary: 12 to 16 foot walls, walled areas, restricted access by two security gates." The residents burn their trash, unlike their neighbors. There are no windows facing the road. One part of the compound has its own seven-foot privacy wall.

And unusual for a multi-million-dollar home: It has no telephone or Internet service.

This home, U.S. intelligence analysts concluded, was "custom built to hide someone of significance."

Besides the two brothers, the U.S. "soon learned that a third family lived there, whose size and makeup of family we believed to match those we believed would be with bin Laden. Our best information was that bin Laden was there with his youngest wife."

There was no proof, but everything seemed to fit: the security, the background of the couriers, the design of the compound.

"Our analysts looked at this from every angle. No other candidate fit the bill as well as bin Laden did," an official said.

"The bottom line of our collection and analysis was that we had high confidence that the compound held a high-value terrorist target. There was a strong probability that it was bin Laden."

This information was shared "with no other country," an official said. "Only a very small group of people inside our own government knew of this operation in advance."

The raid

The operation went smoothly except for a mechanical problem with a U.S. helicopter, which was lost, the senior officials said. No U.S. personnel died. All were able to leave on other helicopters. the officials would not name the type of helicopter or say how many U.S. personnel were involved.

"This operation was a surgical raid by a small team designed to minimize collateral damage. Our team was on the compound for under 40 minutes and did not encounter any local authorities."

Bin Laden himself participated in the firefight, the officials suggested.

"Bin laden was killed in a firefight as our operators came onto the compound," an official said.

Did he fire, a reporter asked.

"He did resist the assault force, and he was killed in a firefight," an official said.

Four adult males were killed: bin Laden, his son, and the two couriers.

"One woman killed when used as a shield," and other women were injured, the officials said. The women's names were not given; it's not clear whether bin Laden's wife was among them.

Handling bin Laden's body

Officials said they will take care with bin Laden's body.

"We are assuring it is handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition," an official said. "We take this very seriously. This is being handled in an appropriate manner."

The officials also said they expect attacks from bin Laden's loyalists who may step up the timing of attacks.

"In the wake of this operation, there may be a heightened threat to the U.S. homeland. The U.S. is taking every possible precaution." The State Department has sent advisories to embassies worldwide and has issued a travel ban for Pakistan.

"Although al-Qaeda will not fragment immediately," an official said, "the death of bin Laden puts al-Qaida on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse."
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42853221/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

KIRK1ADM · May 2, 2011

Next on the agenda is for Osama to receive a grand funeral befitting a man of his family name, wealth and power. Let's also keep in mind he is now a martyr.

Nova · May 2, 2011

KIRK1ADM said: ↑

I think the Obama has made it quite clear that he dislikes American exceptionalism.
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Which makes it all the more ironic that he can stand there and say "we could do this because we are America, fuck yeah" in so many words.

$corp · May 2, 2011

Today is a good day.

Llumnissa · May 2, 2011

Marso said: ↑

Now they're reporting that this might have been a SPECWAR type of op rather than a drone strike.

Imagine being the operator who pulled the trigger on OBL. That guy should never pay for another beer his entire life!!
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Or shot, or woman. And a hot blonde should be hired to make him sandwiches for life!

Volpone · May 2, 2011

1) On September 11, 2001, I wrote on my chalkboard:

Hope you have got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.
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2) A few weeks later I first watched a video done to Drowning Pool's "Bodies": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_R52wCIqDA

3) The only way this guarantees the Obama's reelection is if he has Osama's head embalmed and takes it on the campaign trail with him. Can you imagine the debates if he plunks it down on the lectern? Then he could promise that, if reelected, he'll have the head encased in Lucite and put it in the floor of the lobby of World Trade Center 2.0. Fuck, I'd vote for him. Almost.

4) If you asked me if I had to choose between Osama's head on a pike and 4 more years of Obama, that would be a painful call. I'm glad it was out of my hands.

Zombie · May 2, 2011

Fuck that. They should take his ass out on a garbage barge from New York city into the Atlantic. The deep part. Let a bunch of firemen, police, and civilians piss on his body and then dump him and the trash overboard.

And just for you environmental Nazi's the trash will all be biodegradable. Pig carcasses to be exact.

Asyncritus · May 2, 2011

RickDeckard said: ↑

Asyncritus said: ↑

RickDeckard said: ↑

Wow. I'm in San Francisco right now and just heard it from a guy in the street.

Obama probably just won a second term, among other things.
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Unlikely.

If the election was within the next month, yes. With the election a year and a half away, no. He will win or lose his next term on economics, not on one success a year and a half ago (from the point of view of the election).
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Mah. Maybe so. But I think he'll still use it.

The details will be interesting once we get them, particularly the Pakistani angle.
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Oh, I fully agree he'll use it. And that "I am a great President because of one success in which I played a small role over a year ago" argument will have the exact opposite effect on 90% of the voters that it would have if this was a Republican President using it. Some of them will be saying "Yes, I agree" when they would say it was irrelevant if it was a Republican, while others will be saying "Irrelevant" where they would be agreeing if it was a Republican. That's just partisan politics. But it won't change the actual opinions of more than 1% of the voters at the very most, and more likely less than a tenth of that number. Especially when the news is over a year old.

I fully agree that the Pakistani angle will be interesting, when and if we ever get any serious details on what actually happened.

$corp · May 2, 2011

My reaction:

"Osama Bin Laden dead???"

The Exception · May 2, 2011

KIRK1ADM said: ↑

Let's also keep in mind he is now a martyr.
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Are you saying it should have been done differently?

Megatron · May 2, 2011

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#1....

WHAT??

/Glad the motherfucker is dead.

//AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!!

Megatron · May 2, 2011

The Defender said: ↑

KIRK1ADM said: ↑

Let's also keep in mind he is now a martyr.
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Are you saying it should have been done differently?
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Yes, capture him alive and torture him Saw style!!

On LIVE TV.

Megatron · May 2, 2011

Nova · May 2, 2011

lifted from Twitter:

Siddiqui, who reportedly had ties to the 9/11 hijackers, gave up info that suggested a more direct operational role by UBL than many thought
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I'll go a step further. If Obama paraded the body around the country and let us spit on him...he's got my vote.
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We treat your dead bodies w/respect while you drag ours thru the streets, Radical Islamists.
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US official: “We’ve been staring at the compound for months trying to figure out for sure whether we had enough to go with"
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OBL's 2 Wives and 6 Children Arrested - Mansion on Fire (VIDEO) http://t.co/EEEIKSV
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Might be biggest story: Treasure trove of intel at UBL's compound
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I imagine Chris Matthew's leg has jerked off his torso and is now running down the street.
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This Is 'Mission Accomplished Moment' Bush 'Fantasized' About: Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
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The fact that a US servicemember looked him in the eyes and shot him gives me intense satisfaction
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I'd like to believe that Obama invited Bush up to the WH to have a beer over Bin Laden's rotting corpse.
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Daft Scottish Mom not into "above politics". Re: Obama - I hate his smug wee face. I hate me own face fer lookin' at his (@snarkandboobs - "daft scottish mom" is one of her major memes)
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Bush on call from Obama: "I congratulated him & the men & women of our military & intel communities who devoted their lives to ths mission"
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9/11 widow on my flight. In tears. Comforted by entire cabin. Life altering event to see.
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Bin laden's last words: "Pizza? I didn't order a-"
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And oddly, folks are turning up at the White House with pre-printed campaign signs.

Anyway, best gif of the night:

BearTM · May 2, 2011

frontline said: ↑

MikeH92467 said: ↑

OK, who got 'em? Delta, SEALs, Rangers? Any speculation?
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Reports are that Army Rangers secured the perimeter while a "tier 1 unit" (AKA Delta or Seal Team 6) went in for the kill.
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T'were two squadrons of SEAL's, in a mission specific Ad Hoc unit for post operation security purposes.

In other words, they're doing everything they can to make sure our operators's names don't get publicly associated with this.

KIRK1ADM · May 2, 2011

The Defender said: ↑

KIRK1ADM said: ↑

Let's also keep in mind he is now a martyr.
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Are you saying it should have been done differently?
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I don't think I said that. You might want to re-read my posts so far on the subject. I'd think that a man who has an IRS certification to prepare taxes you'd be a little more on top of things. Do you think he will not be a martyr within alquaeda and other terrorism organizations?

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