French special forced 'denied permission' to kill bin Laden?

[scorza]

Just been on the ITV news, 4 members of a French special forces unit serving in Afghanistan 4 years ago claimed to have been within a couple of hundred yards of Osama bin Laden. They radio'd to US high command for permission to take him out, and were met with silence so he escaped. The French Army deny this happened, but as ITV pointed out, thats normal for special forces related questions.

What do we think? USA want bin Laden alive? USA want to kill him themselves? The French dudes are making it up? Let the speculation begin.

 

[robmiller]

Speculation from armchair diplomacy experts with next to no knowledge of a situation that might or might not have happened

Awesome!

*gets popcorn*

 

[Jokester]

Why would they need the US' permission?

Jokester

 

[Helium_Junkie]

And in other news, 4 martians also had a shot, but the US killed them before they could do it.
* 1billion

 

[4p]

Classic

 

[Aod]

didn't this story start out as clinton denying some US sniper permission to take the shot?

utter drivel.

 

[Al Vallario]

A documentary says French special forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights twice about three years ago but their US superiors never ordered them to fire.

The French military, however, said that the incidents never happened and the report was "erroneous information."

[...]

Razavi told Reuters several sources told them the sightings were six months apart and they declined to be more specific.

French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck said "that never happened" when asked about the bin Laden sightings.

— http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3342268,00.html

 

[converse_uprise]

The SAS have been within a few hundred yards of capturing Bin Laden before, of course until the US forces came in and blew the hell out of everything giving away their position.

Don't see why the french would seek permission though.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Maybe the US want Bin Laden out there so their huge defence industry can continue to inflate the national economy?

Nahh your right, stupid thought....

Burnsy

 

[calnen]

I wonder where the story came from? I mean, what their sources were etc

 

[malccy]

Maybe the Americans thought the French asked to surrender.

NB. This is a joke nothing else.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Maybe the Americans thought the French asked to surrender.

NB. This is a joke nothing else.

ROFL!!

Burnsy

 

[Stiff_Cookie]

Maybe it is better for OBL to not die as a martyr and be captured instead

 

[Ricochet J]

Don't blame the US to be honest. The French would have missed his crippling body trying to escape fire a metre away!

 

[AJUK]

Maybe the US want Bin Laden out there so their huge defence industry can continue to inflate the national economy?

Nahh your right, stupid thought....

Burnsy

We have a winner!

Don't forget that they also need him to keep us all paranoid enabling them to continue their quest to control every aspect of our lives under the guise of 'security'.

No, just me then.

 

[Third Opinion]

Wasn't it the French the other month that reported he had died of Typhoid in Pakistan?

 

[cleanbluesky]

Speculation from armchair diplomacy experts with next to no knowledge of a situation that might or might not have happened

Awesome!

*gets popcorn*

Special Forces are trained to spill their guts randomly at points in the future...

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Maybe the US didn't want the French unleashing a mighty weapon of mass destruction, the white flag.

 

[Stiff_Cookie]

We have a winner!

Don't forget that they also need him to keep us all paranoid enabling them to continue their quest to control every aspect of our lives under the guise of 'security'.

No, just me then.

Why? They can just replace him with someone else. Besides, OBL being killed/captured would be a major bonus for the Republican party.

 

[leaskovski]

OBL is hiding in my sheep pen with these two pair of poofs!