OT: Bin Laden Dead?

CNN agree

every TV channel is carrying it now.

President Obama will address the US nation shortly.

Cheers Don...

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-- Don McKenzie

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The satellite news from Pakistan says he was killed in a mansion outside of Islamabad. But reliability is low. :)

That is what Obama just said. A US team attacked his compound in Pakistan and killed him. The only question is whether he had any relevance any more.

Osama Bin Laden is an anagram of Islamabad Neon. Perchance that was the name of the mansion?

:)

Al Q's threats to remove various W-supported regimes across the Middle East sure has been trumped.

Will have to wait to see whether Al-Zawahiri's threatened "firestorm" at any killing of OBL now happens.

It appears to be true however will it make any difference at this late date ? I doubt it as there are several very smart people willing to do dreadful things in his shoes

I think it was Clinton that first put out the contract on OBL. The wires say the hunt for him has cost 45000 Americans casualties so far.

I also noticed the city Abbottabad (no relation :) is pretty interesting. It's 150 km N of Islamabad (I notice even Reuters are saying "outside of Islamabad" -- I guess they mean the *way* outer 'burbs) is a transit city for the region, has a whole bunch of colleges and religious schools, and a significant Pakistan military college.

Seems to be ripe for some embarrassing followups in the near future.

nd the speculation was that they got Gaddaffi.

e hard to verify.

Sigh.

What a load of hype. At least it will save the US taxpayers a little, since that if he is really dead, there will be one less on the CIA payroll.

Sons? Grandchildren?

keithr wrote

He's always relevant given that he organised 9/11.

snipped-for-privacy@kymhorsell.com wrote

Bet it doesnt, they're completely irrelevant now, they couldnt even manage to protect him.

Trevor Wilson wrote

And that last is what matters.

I doubt it will make any difference to that.

What they care about is the unemployment rate and the state of the economy etc.

He always was. Palin in spades.

Easier said than done.

T.T. wrote

the speculation was that they got

hard to verify.

At least one of them died at the same time.

Too young to be relevant.

Best coverage and pictures possibly here right now:

Cheers Don...

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-- Don McKenzie

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Good news, but ironic considering the US backed him to boot the Russians out of Afghanistan.

Be interesting to see what happens next.

Not the first time a yankee got it wrong

I can still recall that TV footage of Bin Laden's group using US supplied Stinger missiles to bring down Russian helicopter gunships.

It's a strange world we live in.