Osama Bin Laden killed - Page 11

On May 02 2011 12:02 Scaramanga wrote:
How long till the speech goes on air?

Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, sources told ABC News.

His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire, to terrorist leader and the most wanted man in the world.

Bin Laden created and funded the al Qaeda terror network, which was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The Saudi exile had been a man on the run since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan overthrew the ruling Taliban regime, which harbored bin Laden.

In a video filmed two months after the Sept. 11 attacks, bin Laden gloated about the attack, saying it had exceeded even his "optimistic" calculations.

"Our terrorism is against America. Our terrorism is a blessed terrorism to prevent the unjust person from committing injustice and to stop American support for Israel, which kills our sons," he said in the video.

Long before the Sept. 11 attacks, bin Laden was known as an enemy of the United States. He was suspected of playing large roles in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. Embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden in October 2000.

In addition, authorities say bin Laden and his al Qaeda network were involved in previous attacks against U.S. interests -- including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, failed plots to kill President Clinton and the pope, and attacks on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and Somalia.

Bin Laden also used his millions to bankroll terrorist training camps in Sudan, the Philippines and Afghanistan, sending "holy warriors" to foment revolution and fight with fundamentalist Muslim forces across North Africa, in Chechnya, Tajikistan and Bosnia.

Until the capture of one of his top al Qaeda lieutenants in March 2003, there had been no confirmation of his whereabouts -- or even that he was still alive -- since late 2001, when he appeared in a series of videotapes later released to news organizations.

In recent years, several audio recordings of bin Laden have been authenticated by U.S. officials and made public. In an 18-minute videotape weeks before the 2004 U.S. presidential election, bin Laden threatened fresh attacks on the United States as well as his intent to push America into bankruptcy.

On May 02 2011 12:01 ShadowDrgn wrote:
America, fuck yeah!

Time to pack it up in the Middle East, War on Terror over and won.

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On May 02 2011 12:01 SpectralFremen wrote:
Am i the only one who feels like a security address is overkill for just announcing his death?

On May 02 2011 12:00 Romantic wrote:

I doubt you could call the War on Terror a win lol. I mean if the entire criteria is killing a figurehead with no account of the costs, I guess you won the War on Terror.

On May 02 2011 12:01 KorvMoij wrote:
Related that that a nuclear bomb is hidden in Europe and will be detonated if Bin Laden is caught or killed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1380290/Guantanamo-Bay-Wikileaks-releases-chilling-interrogation-files-terror-suspects.html

now im scared.

On May 02 2011 11:59 Indrium wrote:
This is unreal. This might be one of those things where you remember where you were.

On May 02 2011 12:03 noidontthinkso wrote:
so the iraq war is finally successfull?

On May 02 2011 12:03 eatmyshorts5 wrote:

Thats some serious shit. Not sure how reliable it is.

On May 02 2011 12:01 SpectralFremen wrote:
Am i the only one who feels like a security address is overkill for just announcing his death?