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| US spy was ordered to bring home Osama's head on dry ice |
| 2005-05-04 |
| US spy chiefs ordered agents to deliver Osama Bin Laden's severed head in a box of dry ice and hoist heads of other Al Qaeda leaders on pikes, retired field officer has disclosed. As America reeled in shock days after the September 11 attacks in 2001, former CIA officer Gary Schroen was sent to Afghanistan to help the opposition Northern Alliance to topple bin Laden's hosts the Taliban. He told National Public Radio (NPR) in an interview broadcast on Monday and Tuesday that he stopped by the office of then Director of the CIA counter-terrorism center Cofer Black for final instructions. He was told: "Your basic marching orders are to link up with the Northern Alliance and get their cooperation military and they will take on the Taliban. When we break the Taliban, your job is to capture Bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box full of dry ice." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #29 Send him ... to Detroit! (obscure movie reference) |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-05-04 23:38 |
| #28 Find the two biggest fire ant hills in Fl. bury A**hole up to his neck near ant hills pour honey on his head wait two days then impale him :) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2005-05-04 23:20 |
| #27 I'll take my Osama on the rocks, please, with a swizzle stick. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-05-04 21:13 |
| #26 Only if the impaling sticks are coated with pig fat on the points to start the process properly. Although in NYC the resident vermin would shorten the process considerably. But this is vicious nonsense. The American Armed Forces don't do things like that. Not even the Special Forces types... not even the interrogators. And the CIA hasn't even considered such a thing in decades, I suspect. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-04 15:46 |
| #25 You know, the Vlad the Impaler bit is a good idea. He certainly freaked the Muslim's out during his time, perhaps we should start leaving forests of impaled Jihadis' and start rumors that old Vlad is back. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-05-04 13:54 |
| #24 hoist heads of other Al Qaeda leaders on pikes, retired field officer has disclosed Pikes are good but I'd settle for a decent spear. Short and all, but it's hard to find a good old fashioned pike these days outside of the Ren Faire and the parts of Pakistan that love Binnie. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-05-04 13:05 |
| #23 Hey, that's not funny! |
| Posted by: Ted Williams 2005-05-04 12:55 |
| #22 he is cared for by one of the very few medical experts specializing in this disease. An American woman doctor...who is also Jewish. And a very butch lesbian. Sounds like the University of Texas softball team... ** ducks ** |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-05-04 11:51 |
| #21 Nail his intestines to a post at the top of the freedom tower and toss him over -- with a parachute so he can enjoy the ride down. The NYC residents will do the rest. (if there's anything left of him that is.) I like Sgt Mom's idea too :). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-05-04 11:43 |
| #20 I still like TGA's idea of a few bungee-cord practice runs at dropping him off a tall building, preferably whatever replaces the WTC. Followed by the flaming finale. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-05-04 11:36 |
| #19 Nah. Let him serve as a test subject for teaching venipuncture or emg/ncs needle placement. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-04 11:35 |
| #18 I have daydreamed about an early morning mission to New York where a handful of guys hop out of a truck at the World Trade Center and erect OBL's head on a pike. The world wakes up to see his head on display on the morning news. Icing on the cake would be if Ayman's was there too. |
| Posted by: Angetle Phavish9325 2005-05-04 11:20 |
| #17 ...with a very shaky control of the endoscope. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-05-04 11:18 |
| #16 LOL, Sgt. Mom. Works for me! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-04 11:15 |
| #15 Sarge, remind me to stay on your good side. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-05-04 10:37 |
| #14 Spiked on one of the fence-posts around the White House would be a bit Celtic... but ultimatly rather satisfying. My personal fantasy about Bin Laden is that he be captured alive, but suffering from some obscure, painful and lingering disease, which requires lots of painful and intrusive treatments. And in captivity, he is cared for by one of the very few medical experts specializing in this disease. An American woman doctor...who is also Jewish. And a very butch lesbian. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-05-04 10:29 |
| #13 To be hung in an iron cage on the road from Dulles or RR National? Nah, nailed over the gate to the Crawford ranch. It'll make a great first impression on anyone invited for lunch. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-05-04 10:21:48 AM |
| #12 To be hung in an iron cage on the road from Dulles or RR National? |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-04 09:02 |
| #11 Have you ever read the label on Dr. Bronner's castile soap? |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2005-05-04 08:58 |
| #10 head on a pike is good. The old Vlad Impaler method would also be adequate. I always fancied the drawn and quartered tactic. |
| Posted by: Slulet Glater4736 aka Jarhead 2005-05-04 08:33 |
| #9 LOL, Jersey Mike! Maybe we can find an old cigar or two to shove in his mouth too! |
| Posted by: BA 2005-05-04 08:26 |
| #8 Betty Crocker works for the CIA! Whoda thunk it? |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-05-04 08:18 |
| #7 OBL's head on a pike is good. What's better is his severed ''manhood'' jammed in his mouth also. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-05-04 08:01 |
| #6 Who is Schroen? (And it looks like someone's off his meds.) |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-05-04 07:59 |
| #5 Ortega and Castro, etal. began to behave themselves once they realized they're biggest and best defense was the Democrats and aligned pols in Washington, DC not in Moscow or Beijing or the Soviet AIrborne-Spetznatz. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-05-04 07:33 |
| #4 The problem is the Failed/Angry Left wants America to ''obey the world community'', the UNO, and espec the UNIC, and basically to ignore any and all new 9-11'a or other events in favor of SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, more domestic Regulation, super-Regulation, Protectionisms, and Big, Bigger, B-i-g-g-g-......-e-r Government!? Dubya and Amerika has to Regulate and Protect, Tax and Spend, the way Mom and Betty Crocker can - the Left wants America to modernize the world and create new Global Empire, NOT rule or govern its new Empire! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-05-04 07:29 |
| #3 and this is a problem because? |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-05-04 07:07 |
| #2 NPR was probably apoplectic over the very thought. Me, I'm down with it. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-05-04 06:19 |
| #1 God, I hope that 'directive' is still tenable; such a showy event if made public, in my opinion would only be rivalled by David's display of Goliath's head, from antiquity! Remembered for generations!! |
| Posted by: smn 2005-05-04 00:55 |