Osama bin Laden is dead - no graphic/violent images.

Cambofrog · 3 May 2011 at 18:40

Captain Planet said:
Anyone else think the helicopter may have been intentionally "downed" to prove US presence there?

Probably, but not me.

Cosimo · 3 May 2011 at 18:42

Superewza said:
http://www.thenewsgrind.com/news/uk...am-hussein-dead-hunt-for-thatcher-stepped-up/

Oh if only... then i'll have a street party

It would be a party for ignorant and ill informed teenagers.

stulid · 3 May 2011 at 18:42

Captain Planet said:
Anyone else think the helicopter may have been intentionally "downed" to prove US presence there?

Well the special forces choppers are some of the best maintained equipment, up there with Marine One, so a mechanical failure does sound suspect.

RoboCod · 3 May 2011 at 18:46

stulid said:
Well the special forces choppers are some of the best maintained equipment, up there with Marine One, so a mechanical failure does sound suspect.

Which is exactly my thoughts and anyway, what is one helo to the US military in what is one of the greatest propoganda victories for the US president in decades.

SexyGreyFox · 3 May 2011 at 18:49

If I was a high ranking member of Al Queda I'd really be stirring up a hornets nest right now.
I'd be telling the West that OBL died of natural causes a while back and that the Americans are lying through their teeth.
I'd also be flatly denying any Al Queda involvement in 9/11 just to stir it up a bit more.
I've often wondered why they've never done this already.

Azza · 3 May 2011 at 18:51

dmpoole said:
If I was a high ranking member of Al Queda I'd really be stirring up a hornets nest right now.
I'd be telling the West that OBL died of natural causes a while back and that the Americans are lying through their teeth.
I'd also be flatly denying any Al Queda involvement in 9/11 just to stir it up a bit more.
I've often wondered why they've never done this already.

Indeed, it's strange that they haven't released a video or anything yet saying anything at all.

arknor · 3 May 2011 at 18:58

maybe he died in a cave years ago but al queda cant proove it or maybe they just dont trust that courier anymore lol

davedudes · 3 May 2011 at 19:02

FOX NEWS = FAIR AND BALANCED

SexyGreyFox · 3 May 2011 at 19:03

arknor said:
maybe he died in a cave years ago but al queda cant proove it or maybe they just dont trust that courier anymore lol

They don't have to prove it.
They just release a video on You Tube telling the West that America is lying and watch that pot boil.

Cosimo · 3 May 2011 at 19:19

davedudes said:
FOX NEWS = FAIR AND BALANCED

That would really be earth shattering news.

Alan! · 3 May 2011 at 19:20

dmpoole said:
If I was a high ranking member of Al Queda I'd really be stirring up a hornets nest right now.
I'd be telling the West that OBL died of natural causes a while back and that the Americans are lying through their teeth.
I'd also be flatly denying any Al Queda involvement in 9/11 just to stir it up a bit more.
I've often wondered why they've never done this already.

Is this you announcing your Al Qaeda leadership challenge? Throwing your hat into the ring dmpoole?

Hitman_Leon · 3 May 2011 at 19:23

arknor said:
maybe he died in a cave years ago but al queda cant proove it or maybe they just dont trust that courier anymore lol

They can trust that courier with one thing, never to reveal anything again, he got lead poisoning along with his brother when the USA got OSB.

Destination · 3 May 2011 at 19:27

Alan! said:
Is this you announcing your Al Qaeda leadership challenge? Throwing your hat into the ring dmpoole?

Beard, you throw your beard into the ring....

d3moliti0n · 3 May 2011 at 19:29

I find it quite amusing that bin Laden was taken out in the same way that they killed Tony Montana at the end of Scarface.

Hitman_Leon · 3 May 2011 at 19:33

d3moliti0n said:
I find it quite amusing that bin Laden was taken out in the same way that they killed Tony Montana at the end of Scarface.

Tony is dead, noooooooooooo, its a conspiracy I tell you.

Danthus · 3 May 2011 at 19:42

I see the original story peddled by the White House is changing as we speak.

.Kencs · 3 May 2011 at 19:44

OldCoals said:
I see the original story peddled by the White House is changing as we speak.

What do you mean?

arknor · 3 May 2011 at 19:46

now pakistan didnt know about the operation, didnt the whitehouse say pakistani operatives were on the mission at one point?

.Kencs · 3 May 2011 at 19:46

arknor said:
now pakistan didnt know about the operation, didnt the whitehouse say pakistani operatives were on the mission at one point?

Yeah apparently they were in the helicopter which went down?

arknor · 3 May 2011 at 19:49

.Kencs said:
Yeah apparently they were in the helicopter which went down?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13274176

The White House has said Bin Laden resisted arrest but was not armed when he was killed.

aparently bin laden resisted arest but was not armed :rolleyes:

should be a war crime to kill an unarmed person in a foreign country that has no prior knowledge of the attack.

they shouldnt be allowed to go murdering unarmed people anyway including his human shield

In its article, billed as Mr Panetta's first interview since Bin Laden was killed, Time says "the CIA ruled out participating with its nominal South Asian ally early on".

It quotes Mr Panetta as saying "it was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardise the mission. They might alert the targets