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| Bin Laden used wife as human shield: US official |
| 2011-05-03 |
| Al-Qaeda criminal mastermind the late Osama bin Laden ... who has made the transition back to dust... used one of his wives as a human shield in an apparent attempt to try to save his own life during a raid by US covert forces, a top US official said Monday. "There was family at that compound, and there was a female who was, in fact, in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from the incoming fire," counter-terrorism official John Brennan said. Pressed on reports the woman rubbed out by Navy SEALs during a firefight at a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistain was one of bin Laden's four wives, Brennan told a White House briefing: "That's my understanding." Brennan said it was not entirely clear "whether or not bin Laden or the son or whatever put her there or she put herself there" or whether the Al-Qaeda chief himself fired rounds during the exchange. "From a visual perspective, here is bin Laden who has been calling for attacks, living in this million dollar plus compound, living in an area that's far removed from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Women. Can't live with 'em, and they make lousy human shields... |
| Posted by: O Bin Laden, Dead Guy 2011-05-03 00:11 |