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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 01 2011 at 23:59
 
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

 
Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't wait till October of next year to announce this.

The truth of when he was really killed would come out eventually and that would be devastating.
Quote Maybe after the hoopla has died down American's will really start demanding an end to the bloodshed, though, considering this is why the majority of American's think we're still over there.

I have been hearing reports over the past years about how Bin Laden is increasingly irrelevant to al-Qaeda and terrorists everywhere, so I doubt it. We'll just start talking about whoever replaces him as the figurehead of evil. 


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Well, the self inflated gods are talking to us lowly people, live on the street of NYC.

Let's see what they say about this all.

oh lord, as I was typing this the interviewer cut the guy off. Mid sentence just said "thanks" and back to the studio.
And he was talking to a 9/11 survivor.....Ermm OK, I've gotten the story. Time to turn the news off for now.
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Henry's right, there is no end to this as long as little Muslim kids continue to take up the cause.

Trauma is a solipsism, and the circle will just keep on rolling.
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Like I said, you can't defeat an idea and it will never go away.
But the healing process can't even start while we are there, if anything made the situation worse. I am crossing every finger that we will indeed leave both our wars and hopefully, pull all our bases and let the process begin. People in the Arab World want the change, this would be a perfect time for the US to do something right.

On the flip side, we don't know officially yet but it sounds like Pakistan did not know about this operation...



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This is not a shop.

My mind is blown. 
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Hahaha.
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1337 tweets, ending with the biggest news of them all?

That Bama is slicker than we thought.
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Also, I guess we need to add declaring Osama Bin Laden the number one enemy of the United States, finding, and killing him to this list.

They're burying him at sea, CONSPIRACY THEORIES GO


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Points: 65792 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2011 at 02:33
and I believe Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead..

it's very bizarre seeing a burning luxury compound, looks like Lifestyles of the Rich&Famous gone wrong


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I feel this won't change much....
Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Also, I guess we need to add declaring Osama Bin Laden the number one enemy of the United States, finding, and killing him to this list.

They're burying him at sea, CONSPIRACY THEORIES GO

GAHH!! IT'S NOT REAL!  WHY HIDE THE BODY! WHAT'RE THEY HIDING!
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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Well...Obama claims he had some knowledge for months now and it was his orders that eventually resulted in this.

Considering he was shot in the head, that would make sense. I mean how impossible is it to find a man with ungodly resources to hide? If anything a missile or bomb would get him. An actual person getting him, being able to verify it was him? Sounds like we must've known something and was actively seeking him.

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Well, that would be a second term for Obama.
 
Obama said some tips about a year ago pointed to Pakistan and Bin Laden being holed up in a compound there.Took quite a few months to verify all the intel and then a small team was sent in to take him out,probably the Joint Spec Ops Group.I really don't think he was killed in the firefight,I think he was executed,which is fine by me.


So that's this "JSOP" that the news keeps talking about.
Yeah, they've been saying we're going to hear that acronym a lot very soon.

 
Just released by the White House awhile ago,the forces involved in the op were Seal Team Six and the CIA's own elite paramilitary force Special Activities Division.


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Originally posted by himtroy himtroy wrote:

 GAHH!! IT'S NOT REAL!  WHY HIDE THE BODY! WHAT'RE THEY HIDING!

WHERE'S THE DEATH CERTIFICATE? WE WANT THE LONG FORM DEATH CERTIFICATE!

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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

On the flip side, we don't know officially yet but it sounds like Pakistan did not know about this operation...

 
They didn't,and it doesn't matter,because no border would stop us from going into another country and getting him.
 
Now there is speculation that Pakistani military and intelligence leaders not only knew where he was,but also sheltered him from us.I don't doubt it,the compound is in a town that has a military academy and is home to 3 Pakistani army regiments and thousands of military personnel.
 
Pretty fishy if you ask me.


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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 02 2011 at 02:58
This guy was a symbolic figurehead. This killing doesn't solve anything, indeed this could be the start of something pretty dark.

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 ^ darker than religious extremism? I doubt it--  and isn't UBL's figurehead symbolism what made him an important target?
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

 ^ darker than religious extremism? I doubt it--  and isn't UBL's figurehead symbolism what made him an important target?



You know what's darker than religious extremism? Religious extremism with a martyrdom clause.


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Sad thing is I have already seen 2 FB statuses about "Ill believe it when I see the death certificate" and one did call for the long form.

Yeah, the impressive nature of that facility and it's location in Pakistan would make that claim credible Jody. Oh and also common sense LOL
And yes, clearly no border was going to stop us from getting him. It's easy to look at it from the US's point of view, obviously, but you don't have any qualms with a secret force walking into countries to kill someone?
Though I already know you're answer is going to be "no" LOL
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Originally posted by Any Colour You Like Any Colour You Like wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

 ^ darker than religious extremism? I doubt it--  and isn't UBL's figurehead symbolism what made him an important target?

You know what's darker than religious extremism? Religious extremism with a martyrdom clause.


so, basically what we've had for years just more obnoxious and self-righteous.. that's fine
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Originally posted by Any Colour You Like Any Colour You Like wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ darker than religious extremism? I doubt it--  and isn't UBL's figurehead symbolism what made him an important target?
 

You know what's darker than religious extremism? Religious extremism with a martyrdom clause.

But on the other hand, al-Qaeda is a terrorist organization. They don't have a side project of making shoes for orphans that the death of Bin Laden is going to distract them from. 

And for posterity, what I believe is the very first webcomic about this

One for the history books. 
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