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Keep it civil guys.
Alright I am sick of warning people: Trolling, flame baiting, and derailing will result in insta bans. The same goes for conspiracy theorists and stupidity generally.
Confirmation was as follows - On-site DNA test which came back as 99% positive. - photos of face sent to CIA and confirmed with photo analysis - confirmed by 20 year old wife who live in pakistan.
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On May 02 2011 15:09 ChinaRestaurant wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 15:02 themell wrote:On May 02 2011 14:55 polysciguy wrote:On May 02 2011 14:52 tryummm wrote: I don't see what the big news is...unless the troops are all coming home. That isn't the case, however.
There were other Al Qaeda leaders, like Anwar Al-Awlaki. its the message behind it. think about it, what would happen if someone assassinated obama tonight? well, tomorrow we'd see the innaugaration of biden, would anything drastically change? probably not. so why assassinate a leader at all? morale loss and confusion among the enemy ranks. There's no "clear" leader when the original leader dies. For the presidency, It's different because there is a clear line of succession if Obama dies. For Bin Laden, it's different because there is no clear line of succession. When Bin Laden dies, no one knows who the new leader is. Instead, you'll have multiple "leaders" pop up. This causes several small groups to form, but these groups can be hostile or non-communicative to other groups. What happens is a total decrease in power as no one knows who to follow. Think of it like this. You play starcraft and you give shared control to someone. However, it's difficult for you to communicate with the other leader, so each of you start giving orders to your army. You order your army to one spot, but then he orders them to another without you knowing. That means total mayhem. I thought their organizations were organized in cells i.e. they largely relied on their own local leaders. Might be wrong though. to an extent, orders still come from the higher-ups, the cell organization means it can't be swept up very well because very few people know anyone else, and almost noone from other cells.
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On May 02 2011 15:24 Fat.Cat91 wrote: pre-election obama bluff
I don't this is going to work out...
It's not me, it's you...
Please go.
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On May 02 2011 15:08 Euronyme wrote:
Arn't russian media owned by Putin though? The press there don't have the liberty of the press, so it's not worth much as a source I'm afraid.
EIther way, it does seem like Usama got drone rushed :|
Dude, Russia is not the Soviet Union anymore. Mass media is just as flawed as in the US or any other western country, just has a different perspective obviously. Actually checking both sides will get you much more reliable information than just believing everything CNN says...
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Thought this pic needed to be posted.
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On May 02 2011 15:20 hYdrA-MeNo wrote:HES DEAD WARNING HES DEAD PIC IS GRAFFIC ! + Show Spoiler +
Wtf happened to his eyes? Looks like an execution style of death. Not that I care but it would have been nice to take him in alive.
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Best picture of the night:
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Edit: Rarrrr, ninjaed.
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^^^ Should put that in the Pictures say a 1000 words thread.
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On May 02 2011 15:30 On_Slaught wrote: ^^^ Should put that in the Pictures say a 1000 words thread.
I guess technically it would say 1008.
Edit:Oh dear god epic fail.
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oh my god. i smell government involvement.
edit: ^ fail, 1008 words
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On May 02 2011 15:32 quaffle wrote: oh my god. i smell government involvement.
lol no shit?
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On May 02 2011 15:33 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 15:32 quaffle wrote: oh my god. i smell government involvement. lol no shit? LOL?
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On May 02 2011 15:33 chaoser wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 15:32 quaffle wrote: oh my god. i smell government involvement. lol no shit?
Donald Trump sponsored it all.
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see you in 2012 obama!!
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That's hilarious! Great picture for the text, too.
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from here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/bin.laden.raid/index.html?hpt=T1
The U.S. team was at the compound for about 40 minutes, the officials said. There were no casualties on the American side, although a U.S. helicopter crashed during the raid due to mechanical problems. The helicopter was then destroyed for security reasons, senior administration officials said.
did anyone else find this confusing? x.x
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It's been routine for a while to destroy downed US aircraft to avoid technology getting into hostile hands.
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On May 02 2011 15:21 thedirtyleg wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 15:15 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:From a guy who works in Abbottabad, and he's interesting tweet 10 hours ago: A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S My favorite tweets of his: @ReallyVirtual Sohaib Athar Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it. 1 hour ago via TweetDeck & @ReallyVirtual Sohaib Athar and here come the mails from the mainstream media... *sigh* 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
Didn't the raid actually occur a week ago? So...that tweet was not related?
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Yeah if you cant take it back destroy anything that is important, it's how you hide military tech even wrecked crap can still give insight into how it works.
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