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It’s been 10 long years…
The mastermind of the worst terrorist attack on American soil is dead, almost 10 years after the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people.
President Obama announced the stunning development during an address to the nation late Sunday night from the White House. “Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda.”
Osama bin Laden — the longtime leader of al Qaeda — was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members, a senior U.S. official told CNN.
U.S. officials have taken custody of bin Laden’s body, Obama said. No Americans were harmed in the operation, he added.
Hundreds of people arrived at the White House late Sunday night and chanted, “USA! USA!” They then chanted, “Hey, hey, goodbye!” in reference to the demise of bin Laden and then spontaneously sang the national anthem.
“This welcome news is a credit to our intelligence efforts and brings to justice the architect of the attacks on our country that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, in a statement issued Sunday night.
Do you remember where you were September 11, 2001? May 1, 2011 is another day we’ll not likely forget.
It remains to be seen what effects this will have on relations with Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries. Up-to-the-minute updates from CNN can be found here.
Ok, so what will they do with the body?
If they release a photograph, the picture will be used forever by Muslim terrorists as the image of their martyred leader.
Will the body be disposed of in strict accordance with Muslim funeral rites?
Or will they just drop it in an incinerator and discard the ashes?
Or better still, announce that his body has been fed to pigs.
Chuck, go to CNN.com.
#21
out of touch or what?
The real way that they got him was with an iPhone, which tracked his location, then BOOM!
I figured Osama wasn’t in any cave !!! And the “Trusted Courier” was probably bringing his dialysis supplies. I always wondered how hard it was to find a 6’6” arab that needed dialysis two or three times a week. Seemed to be Gumshoe 101, so why was “W” and his Keystone Torturers unable to do the deed ? Or perhaps they didn’t want to “Pull the Trigger” …
#10 Yeah, let’s thank him for not closing gitmo, where the original intel came from.
You’re a real American Idiot.
You should be a part of the #HumancentiPad to see if you finally learn to read, you functional ignorant
#23 You wanna see a real out of touch person? Read #10, that’s a real moron.
The only way you’ll see the death certificate is if Donald Duck demands it.
Wait to see the Repuke Midgets line up to shake the Troops hands (for the Photo-op), while the other hand is STABBING VETERANS IN THE BACK !!!
NEVER FORGET !!!
This just in:
Due to budget cuts, the death certificate of Osama Bin Laden will be posted on the government website as 27 individual scans, complete with instructions on how to assemble it in Adobe Illustrator yourself.
#14 “A black guy finishing off a lazy rich white guy’s job. Again.”
Thanks for the little touch of racism.
#28 “NEVER FORGET !!!”
That’s right JimD, I will never forget the Democrats during the Vietnam conflict.
Congress should immediately pass a bill giving 240 years of Solitary hard labour for any journalistic rat-head revealing the name of the man firing the gun which corrected this accident of birth. Knowing what scribblers often are (i.e. hiding behind the claim of ‘integrity’ or some other invented patheticism), we should expect some cretin to reveal this “…in the public interest” as the spurious claim usually goes.
BTW. Will the government now keep the $25 million offered for the deed?
Would seem that either under-the-counter or otherwise this would be a suitable payment for service over and beyond the call of duty.
Hah! Show me the guy as you did Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Bolivia.
This is an attempt of a diversion of the century. Bluff, lies and deception by crocks, liars and scumbags. It is so appalling and so stupid that even CIA could not come up with this crap. Maybe Lucy though….
I am not convinced that any high-ranking Pakistani official knew bin Laden was in this compound. The best place to hide is where you are not expected to be. US intel suspected for four years that he might be there, yet it took this long to confirm.
With no internet or phone to trace and high walls to shield the inside from view, confirmation of who is inside becomes a huge problem. Now it could very well be that some Pakistani minister did know where OBL was, but I think it is a bit premature for some of the TV talking heads to be claiming that the Pakistan government had to know.
I think Osama has been dead for a couple of years, but someone unplugged the freezer, and he defrosted, so Obama had to announce his death now, rather than wait until the election…
Anyone buying that? I can come up with crazier theories, but they’ll make my brain hurt.
Glad to see him dead, but I think Osama is laughing at us from hell.
For so little effort and money, he made our country overreact and invade two countries, spend trillions of dollars on endless wars and nation building, and strip away a lot of privacy and civil rights.
Now we are left with a huge hangover or debt, endless threat levels, security checkpoints, etc. We would have been better off not doing anything after 9/11.
Mextli…you got no humor bone? Or just miss the joke?
#3/#12: Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan, what’s the difference?
Someone high enough up in the Paki police or ISI had to know he was there. The only question is, for how long?
Allegedly the compound was built expressly for UBL, so that had to take some time. Pictures I’ve seen show satellite antennas. UBL was not out of touch. He may or may not have had communications in the compound. We’ll see more details emerge soon, I’m sure. The Paki’s who last week were taking cash will next week be selling their story to Al Jazeera.
One thing is for sure, we’ve embarassed the Paki’s.
I don’t agree with the burial at sea, as I think we need independent third-party confirmation, but I agree having the body available would allow his tomb to become a shrine. Now, he’s shark bait.
So they’ve buried him at sea. Which is a bit classier than my idea (feed him to the pigs).
Let the conspiracy theories begin (or just continue).
And in other news, the CIA announced today that a former deep-cover operative, Sam “the bin” McLaden, is retiring this week after many years of valuable service to the agency. Mr McLaden said he is moving to Arizona is looking forward to working on his golf game.