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2011-05-02 -Obits-
Osama dead, sez US (followup from late last night)
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Posted by Steve White 2011-05-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 Congratulations to the intelligence team and special forces that carried out the operation.
Posted by Penguin 2011-05-02 00:06||   2011-05-02 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 OBL has been relieved of his duties at al-Qaeda and will be heading up Bammo's reelection campaign.

Personally, I don't really think this seem the moment to be "taking shots" at our President (or his re-election campaign members). -Scooter McGruder
Posted by Iblis 2011-05-02 00:13||   2011-05-02 00:13|| Front Page Top

#3 And everyone who fired a round, packed a wound, packed a lunch, lost a friend, trained a friend, all the way up and down the line; and their families, and their good friends.

Now, sacking the quarterback is good stuff. Game does not end. And be ready, there are those who will take this as a reason.

All said, congratulations.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-05-02 00:16||   2011-05-02 00:16|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a twofor for Obama. He gets to announce the death of Bin Laden and he gets to innterupt Trump's Celebrity Apprentice Tv show.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 00:27||   2011-05-02 00:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Understood that sham job vs. Trump was a bad, tactless assault.

It is also important to note that this is a continuation of the Bush/911 policy, if not an escalation of, and got a bad guy.

I think if we saw this as a movie people would not beieve it. This should be a credit to the people with dirt under the fingernails and crosseyed by the spreadsheets.

I have my opinions about the speech. click. but will save that for another day.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-05-02 00:42||   2011-05-02 00:42|| Front Page Top

#6 The team must have flown in from Afghanistan. Although border is 200Ks away.

Indian border is much closer, but flying in from India seems unlikely.
Posted by phil_b 2011-05-02 01:06||   2011-05-02 01:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Update
Osama’s son also killed in the operation while two of his wives have been arrested.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 01:07||   2011-05-02 01:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Looking forward to seeing his head on a pike in the middle of Ground Zero. I'll fly to NYC to see that. I think a lot of people would.

They say it was a headshot. Good shooting to whoever took him out.
Posted by CrazyFool 2011-05-02 01:12||   2011-05-02 01:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Gridlock at the White House, at 1 am!

USA!

And a thank you to Fred and the others of the Rantburg team.

Beside the obvious thanks to those who contributed, including my youngest!
Posted by Bobby 2011-05-02 01:16||   2011-05-02 01:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Debka,

An American source describes his hideout as an enormous compound enclosed by a high wall with hardly any windows built in the mountainous area of Abbottabad like a fortress nearly six years ago at a cost of a million dollars. The compound was never connected to the phone or Internet.
Posted by phil_b 2011-05-02 01:19||   2011-05-02 01:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Aaapee reporting indicates a 4 ship helo assault or virtical envelopment. Wednesday is the 33rd anniversary of the highly successful Cassinga Raid. Somehow, I doubt few in Washington will wish to discuss the operational parallels.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-02 01:25||   2011-05-02 01:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Besoeker, can you describe "vertical envelopment"? I can kinda picture what that means, but . . . ?
Posted by RandomJD 2011-05-02 01:32||   2011-05-02 01:32|| Front Page Top

#13 They say it was a headshot. Good shooting to whoever took him out
CrazyFool, reports say there was a firefight and then the body was recovered. Bin Laden's bodyguards were under instructions to kill him if he looked like being captured. So probably dispatched by one of his bodyguards.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 01:49||   2011-05-02 01:49|| Front Page Top

#14 Short version: Avoiding enemy ground reporting early warning networks, observations posts and the like, attacking from above enveloping the target utilizing the element of surprise.

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
- Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-02 01:49||   2011-05-02 01:49|| Front Page Top

#15 Both 'Good News & Bad News.' The Good News needs no further explanation. Potentially Bad News; the administration exploits or leverages this event as a major turning point in the unspoken Global War on Terror. Like the Good News, the Bad News requires no further explanation.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-02 02:07||   2011-05-02 02:07|| Front Page Top

#16 Possible background to the capture.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 02:16||   2011-05-02 02:16|| Front Page Top

#17 Location of compound on Google Earth

Lat/lon 34.187663° 73.242617°

HT WUWT
Posted by phil_b 2011-05-02 02:34||   2011-05-02 02:34|| Front Page Top

#18 Two hospitals in the neighborhood...
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 02:39||   2011-05-02 02:39|| Front Page Top

#19 In case you were wondering, the field just to the NW with the funny markings, is a cricket pitch.
Posted by phil_b 2011-05-02 02:54||   2011-05-02 02:54|| Front Page Top

#20 Disturbing image of the body.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 03:35||   2011-05-02 03:35|| Front Page Top

#21 Go to Google Maps and look at his home next to the cricket field. NOW..... Turn on photos....
Go East one BLOCK...
ah.. IF IT ISN"T KHAN"S HOUSE!
Posted by Water Modem 2011-05-02 03:49||   2011-05-02 03:49|| Front Page Top

#22 tipper I think I've seen that photo before.
More likely an old photoshopped fake.
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 03:56||   2011-05-02 03:56|| Front Page Top

#23 E.C. -- Evidence? Please link the photo you've seen before. Please forgive me if I don't just take your word for this.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-02 04:26||   2011-05-02 04:26|| Front Page Top

#24 European Conservative, you're correct.
A Tineye Reverse Image search of the photo turns up several conspiracy theory blog posts from late last year.
Posted by tipper 2011-05-02 04:29||   2011-05-02 04:29|| Front Page Top

#25 E.C., Tipper,

Care to share a link? I did a Tineye search, and came up with NO matches.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-02 04:35||   2011-05-02 04:35|| Front Page Top

#26 Found one of the Conspiracy sites

http://thenewsbomb.com/2011/04/15/years-of-deceit-united-states-openly-admits-bin-laden-long-dead/

Note the date.

Google Cache proves that the article really was there at this date

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fthenewsbomb.com%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Fyears-of-deceit-united-states-openly-admits-bin-laden-long-dead%2F
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 04:43||   2011-05-02 04:43|| Front Page Top

#27 OBL pic originates from Express TV. One of several Pak TV channels notorious for simple making up the news.
Posted by phil_b 2011-05-02 04:52||   2011-05-02 04:52|| Front Page Top

#28 I'd say that the U.S. would be able to take care that no unofficial pics would leak out. And someone who had a real photo would hold on to it until he could sell it to the highest bidder.
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 04:57||   2011-05-02 04:57|| Front Page Top

#29 Another earlier (German) source
(Note I'm not endorsing those wacko sites)
This is from January 2010

http://stevenblack.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/nwo-tote-schonheitschirurgie/

Also with Google Cache

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fstevenblack.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F16%2Fnwo-tote-schonheitschirurgie%2F
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 05:04||   2011-05-02 05:04|| Front Page Top

#30 Ok, this google cache:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fstevenblack.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F16%2Fnwo-tote-schonheitschirurgie%2F ...

...is dated April 4, so it's not as incriminating as you suggest, but I'm beginning to come around regarding suspicion of manipulation re: headshot image timing.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-02 05:30||   2011-05-02 05:30|| Front Page Top

#31 Only the cache is a month old, the article is over a year old plus I remember this photoshop being around for much longer.
Posted by European Conservative 2011-05-02 05:34||   2011-05-02 05:34|| Front Page Top

#32 Ok, as a Photoshop user since version 1.0 I acknowledge that this is probably the partial source of the photoshopped image I previously linked. I bow to E.C.'s superior recollection of existing images regarding the graphic in question!

It was a fake.
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-02 05:45||   2011-05-02 05:45|| Front Page Top

#33 SM:

If your sentiment is personal, then please confine it to your own comment. Not mine.

As for Bammo's role in all this, go ahead and enjoy the bread and circuses. The other side isn't taking their eye off the ball, and neither will I.
Posted by Iblis 2011-05-02 14:26||   2011-05-02 14:26|| Front Page Top

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