Osama Bin laden is dead!!!!!!

[Sal-XK]

This sucker is toast baby!!!!

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Not sure how everyone else will hear of or has heard of the news but I got the news in not a cool way. Let me paint this picture. I go to bed no big deal on the weekends my phone don't really ring to much family and others usually call my wifes phone for chit chat. So about 2330 my phone rings I don't sleep so well and I didn't take my sleeping pill either so I jump up like WTF I see its my mom. Oh crap I think something happen she barely calls me and never this late. I answer the phone and she goes in her Italian dramatic way kinda between tears and panic Italian moms ya know " I can't believe he's dead" My heart drops who's dead? then she says obama again now President what she talking about "mom who died" osama she spills out. Ah man I could of punched her in the face. My mom's husband just had a quadruple bypass and he actually died and they brought him back. My brother is sick as well and so is my uncle. So you can imagine how I felt when all she said was " I can't believe he's dead":mad: anyway I'm up now and its to late to take a sleeping pill so I guess I can sleep tomorrow now:(

[NeilSmith]

Woo Hoo !! It may not mean much tactically but it means a lot to this countries morale. I want to say thank you again to you, Sal, and our other military members here for everything you have done and sacrificed to get us this far.

[cico7]

I too thank every man and woman who fight for our country.

[LWM]

I was glad to hear the news as well but I do have to wonder if this is a case of "cut off the snakes head, kill the snake" or "someone will step up to fill his shoes and seek revenge"

I wonder who gets the $1,000,000.00 reward :)

[LWM]

US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks (May 2nd, 2011 @ 4:56am)

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and DAVID ESPO
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.

Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy. The stunning news of his death prompted relief and euphoria outside the White House and around the globe, yet also fears of terrorist reprisals against the United States and its allies.

"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama said in a dramatic announcement at the White House.

The military operation took mere minutes, and there were no U.S. casualties.

U.S. helicopters ferried troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, into the compound identified by the CIA as bin Laden's hideout- and back out again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot in the head, officials said, after he and his bodyguards resisted the assault.

Three adult males were also killed in the raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida. U.S. officials also said one woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant, and two other women were injured.

The U.S. official who disclosed the burial at sea said it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept the remains. Obama said the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial.

"I heard a thundering sound, followed by heavy firing. Then firing suddenly stopped. Then more thundering, then a big blast," said Mohammad Haroon Rasheed, a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, after the choppers had swooped in and then out again.

Bin Laden's death marks a psychological triumph in a long struggle that began well before the Sept. 11 attacks. Al-Qaida was also blamed for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 231 people and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in Yemen, as well as countless other plots, some successful and some foiled.

In all, nearly 3,000 were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks nearly 10 years ago, the worst terror assault on American soil.

Moments after Obama's dramatic late-night announcement on Sunday, the State Department warned of the heightened possibility for anti-American violence. In a worldwide travel alert, the department said there was an "enhanced potential for anti-American violence given recent counterterrorism activity in Pakistan."

As news of bin Laden's death spread, hundreds of people cheered and waved American flags at ground zero in New York, the site where al-Qaida hijacked jets toppled the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Thousands celebrated all night outside the White House gates.

As dawn came the crowd had thinned yet some still flowed in to be a part of it. A couple people posed for photographs in front of the White House while holding up front pages of Monday's newspapers announcing bin Laden's death.

"It's a moment people have been waiting for," said, Eric Sauter, 22, a University of Delaware student who drove to Washington after seeing TV coverage of the celebrations.

The development seems certain to give Obama a political lift as the nation swelled in pride. Even Republican critics lauded him.

But its ultimate impact on al-Qaida is less clear.

The greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. is now considered to be the al-Qaida franchise in Yemen, far from al-Qaida's core in Pakistan. The Yemen branch almost took down a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas 2009 and nearly detonated explosives aboard two U.S. cargo planes last fall. Those operations were carried out without any direct involvement from bin Laden.

The few fiery minutes in Abbottabad followed years in which U.S. officials struggled to piece together clues that ultimately led to bin Laden, according to an account provided by senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the operation.

Based on statements given by U.S. detainees since the 9/11 attacks, they said, intelligence officials have long known that bin Laden trusted one al-Qaida courier in particular, and they believed he might be living with him in hiding.

Four years ago, the United States learned the man's identity, which officials did not disclose, and then about two years later, they identified areas of Pakistan where he operated. Last August, the man's residence was found, officials said.

"Intelligence analysis concluded that this compound was custom built in 2005 to hide someone of significance," with walls as high as 18 feet and topped by barbed wire, according to one official. Despite the compound's estimated $1 million cost and two security gates, it had no phone or Internet running into the house.

By mid-February, intelligence from multiple sources was clear enough that Obama wanted to "pursue an aggressive course of action," a senior administration official said. Over the next two and a half months, the president led five meetings of the National Security Council focused solely on whether bin Laden was in that compound and, if so, how to get him, the official said.

Obama made a decision to launch the operation on Friday, shortly before flying to Alabama to inspect tornado damage, and aides set to work on the details.

The president spent part of his Sunday on the golf course, but cut his round short to return to the White House for a meeting where he and top national security aides reviewed final preparations for the raid.

Two hours later, Obama was told that bin Laden had been tentatively identified.

CIA director Leon Panetta was directly in charge of the military team during the operation, according to one official, and when he and his aides received word at agency headquarters that bin Laden had been killed, cheers broke out around the conference room table.

Administration aides said the operation was so secretive that no foreign officials were informed in advance, and only a small circle inside the U.S. government was aware of what was unfolding half a world away.

In his announcement, Obama said he had called Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after the raid, and said it was "important to note that our counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding."

One senior administration told reporters, though, "we were very concerned ... that he was inside Pakistan, but this is something we're going to continue to work with the Pakistani government on."

The compound is about a half-mile from a Pakistani military academy, in a city that is home to three army regiments and thousands of military personnel. Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and with mountains in the distance.

Critics have long accused elements of Pakistan's security establishment of protecting bin Laden, though Islamabad has always denied it, and in a statement the foreign ministry said his death showed the country's resolve in the battle against terrorism.

Still, bin Laden's location raised pointed questions of whether Pakistani authorities knew the whereabouts of the world's most wanted man.

Whatever the global repercussions, bin Laden's death marked the end to a manhunt that consumed most of a decade that began in the grim hours after bin Laden's hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center twin towers in Manhattan and the Pentagon across the Potomac River from Washington. A fourth plane was commandeered by passengers who overcame the hijackers and forced the plane to crash in the Pennsylvania countryside.

Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden's death as a momentous achievement. "The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done," he said.

___

Associated Press writers Erica Werner and Ben Feller contributed to this story.

[IamJEEP]

Hell to the YEAH!!!! Thank you to all the troops for thier service and for bringing justice to those who lost thier lives through out the war and before.

[CT-riverrat]

I hope whoever pulled the trigger on team 6, shoved a piece of pork in his mouth.

[NeilSmith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4D39Bt7RO4&feature=player_embedded

[Adondo]

His death photo is a fake, and has been around for a couple of years. Read about it here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-photo-fake

But, nevertheless, GOOD RIDDANCE!!

And, he was hiding out in Pakistan. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[superacerc]

When I got to work today there were a few extra guns at the guard gate. It struck me as strange until I remembered that I had just heard on the Radio that Osama had been killed.

[LWM]

Hunting bin Laden: How the mission went down

by Mike Allen - May. 2, 2011 10:57 AM
POLITICO.COM


The helicopter carrying Navy SEALs malfunctioned as it approached Osama bin Laden's compound at about 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, stalling as it hovered. The pilot set it down gently inside the walls, then couldn't get it going again.

It was a heart-stopping moment for President Barack Obama, who had been monitoring the raid in the White House Situation Room since 1 p.m., surrounded by members of his war cabinet.

"Obviously, everyone was thinking about Black Hawk Down and Desert One," a senior administration official recalled.

The SEALs disembarked.

"The assault team went ahead and raided the compound, even though they didn't know if they would have a ride home," an official said.

The special forces put bombs on the crippled chopper and blew it up, then lifted off in a reinforcement craft just before 4:15 p.m., capping an astounding 40 minutes that gave the United States a tectonic victory in the 10-year war on terror touched off by 9/11.

"The world is safer. It is a better place because of the death of Osama bin Laden," Obama said at the White House Monday.

The sick chopper turned out to be a tiny wrinkle in an astounding military and intelligence triumph. Bin Laden was shot in the face by the SEALs during a firefight after resisting capture.

Bin Laden's body was taken to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and he was buried in the North Arabian Sea overnight - less than 12 hours after the raid, officials said. DNA from the remains provided certain confirmation that bin Laden was dead. He was 54.

Here's how the world's most-hunted man was vanquished, as recounted by senior administration officials:

Contrary to the intelligence community's long-held belief that bin Laden was in a lawless "no man's land" on the Pakistani border, bin Laden had been hiding in a three-story house in a one-acre compound in Abbottabad, about 35 miles north of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Officials describe it as a relatively affluent community, with lots of residents who are retired military.

"Bin Laden was living in a relatively comfortable place: a compound valued at about $1 million," a senior U.S. official told POLITICO. "Many of his foot soldiers are located in some of the remotest regions of Pakistan and live in austere conditions. You've got to wonder if they're rethinking their respect for their dead leader. He obviously wasn't living as one of them."

Officials described the raid as the culmination of years of highly advanced intelligence work that included the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which specializes in imagery and maps, and the National Security Agency (NSA), the "codemakers and codebreakers" who can covertly watch and listen to conversations around the world.

On June 2, 2009, just over four months into his presidency, Obama had signed a memo to CIA Director Leon Panetta stating "in order to ensure that we have expanded every effort, I direct you to provide me within 30 days a detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to justice" bin Laden.

In the biggest break in a global pursuit of bin Laden that stretched back to the Clinton administration, the U.S. discovered the compound by following one of the terrorist's personal couriers, identified by terrorist detainees as one of the few al Qaeda couriers who bin Laden trusted.

"They indicated he might be living with and protecting bin Laden," a senior administration official told reporters on a midnight conference call. "Detainees gave us his nom de guerre, or his nickname, and identified him as both a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of September 11th, and a trusted assistant of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the former number three of al Qaeda who was captured in 2005."

Officials didn't learn the courier's name until 2007. Then it took two years to find him and track him back to this compound, which was discovered in August 2010.

"It was a "Holy cow!" moment," an official said.

The compound had been relatively secluded when it was built in 2005 - on the outskirts of the town center, at the end of a narrow dirt road.

"In the last six years, some residential homes have been built nearby," an official said on the call. "The main structure, a three-story building, has few windows facing the outside of the compound. A terrace on the third floor . . . has a seven-foot privacy wall. . . . [T]he property is valued at approximately $1 million but has no telephone or Internet service connected to it."

Everything about the compound signaled that it was being used to hide someone important.

"It has 12- to 18-foot walls topped with barbed wire," the official said. "Internal wall sections - internal walls sectioned off different portions of the compound to provide extra privacy. Access to the compound is restricted by two security gates, and the residents of the compound burn their trash, unlike their neighbors, who put the trash out for collection.

For all their suspicions, U.S. officials never knew for sure that bin Laden was inside.

The White House's original plan had been to bomb the house, but Obama ultimately decided against that.

"The helicopter raid was riskier. It was more daring," an official told POLITICO. "But he wanted proof. He didn't want to just leave a pile of rubble."

Officials knew there were 22 people living there, and Obama wanted to be sure not to kill civilians unnecessarily. So he ordered officials to come up with an air-assault plan.

The SEALs held rehearsals of the raid on April 7 and April 13, with officials monitoring the action from Washington.

As the real thing approached, daily meetings were held of the national security principals, chaired by National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and their deputies, chaired by John Brennan, the president's counterterrorism adviser.

Over the past seven weeks, Obama had chaired numerous National Security Council meetings on the topic, including ones on March 14, March 29, April 12, April 19 and April 28.

"In the lead up to this operation, the President convened at least 9 meetings with his national security Principals," a senior administration official e-mailed reporters. "Principals met formally an additional five times themselves; and their Deputies met 7 times. This was in addition to countless briefings on the subject during the President's intelligence briefings; and frequent consultations between the [White House National Security Council], CIA, [Defense Department] and Joint Staff. The President was actively involved in reviewing all facets of the operation."

At an April 19 meeting in the Situation Room, the president approved the air assault as the course of action. He ordered the force to fly to the region to conduct it.

Last Thursday, just after his East Room announcement that Panetta would succeed Robert Gates as Defense Secretary, the president held another meeting in the Situation Room, and went through everyone's final recommendations.

Obama didn't announce his decision at the meeting, but kept his counsel overnight.

In the White House Diplomatic Room at 8:20 a.m. on Friday, before flying down to view tornado destruction in Alabama, Obama informed Donilon that he was authorizing the operation. Also attending the meeting were Brennan, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley and Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough.

Donilon signed a written authorization to Panetta, who commanded the strike team. Donilon convened a principals' meeting at 3 p.m. to finish the planning.

The raid was scheduled for Saturday, the day when Obama and most of the West Wing was due at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. But weather pushed it to Sunday.

Top West Wing staff worked most of the day on the operation. Senior national-security officials stayed in the Situation Room beginning at 1 p.m.

The official's e-mail gave this account of Obama's day: "2:00pm the President met with the Principals to review final preparations. . . . 3:32pm the President returned to the Sit Room for an additional briefing. . . . 3:50pm the President first learns that UBL was tentatively identified. . . . 7:01pm the President learns that there's a 'high probability' the HVT [high-value target] was [bin Laden]. . . . 8:30pm the President receives further briefings."

In the Situation Room, the president was surrounded by Daley, Donilon, McDonough, Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and others.

Panetta was at CIA headquarters, where he had turned his conference room into a command center that gave him constant contact with the tactical leaders of the strike team.

With the team still in the compound, the commander on the ground told a remote commander that they had found bin Laden.

Applause erupted in Washington.

Three other adult males were killed with bin Laden, officials said.

"We believe two were the couriers and the third was bin Laden's adult son," an official said on the call. "There were several women and children at the compound. One woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant. Two other women were injured."

U.S. forces took photographs of the body, and officials used facial-recognition technology to compare them with known pictures of bin Laden.

It was him.

At 11:35 p.m., Obama stepped into the East Room and told the world: "Justice has been done."



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[LWM]

Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory -- hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction.

And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child's embrace. Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.

On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.

We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda -- an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.

Over the last 10 years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals, we've made great strides in that effort. We've disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense. In Afghanistan, we removed the Taliban government, which had given bin Laden and al Qaeda safe haven and support. And around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al Qaeda terrorists, including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot.

Yet Osama bin Laden avoided capture and escaped across the Afghan border into Pakistan. Meanwhile, al Qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world.

And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.

Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.

Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.

For over two decades, bin Laden has been al Qaeda's leader and symbol, and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies. The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al Qaeda.

Yet his death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must -- and we will -- remain vigilant at home and abroad.

As we do, we must also reaffirm that the United States is not -- and never will be -- at war with Islam. I've made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.

Over the years, I've repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we've done. But it's important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan as well, and ordered attacks against the Pakistani people.

Tonight, I called President Zardari, and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations. And going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates.

The American people did not choose this fight. It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh on me every time I, as Commander-in-Chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one, or look into the eyes of a service member who's been gravely wounded.

So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are. And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda's terror: Justice has been done.

Tonight, we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who've worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The American people do not see their work, nor know their names. But tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice.

We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. And they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that September day.

Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores.

And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed. Yet today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.

The cause of securing our country is not complete. But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. May God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.



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[cico7]

After 10 years, did we gain anything? Will anything be different??

[Sal-XK]

Well, the dude was a figure head and someone who with his name alone generated a lot of recruits. Maybe more important he was a huge financier for them. He used a lot of his own money the dude was filthy rich and country's paid him to stay away as well. I think as time passes we will see some change. He was the dude that brought the problems all over the globe. Most the terrorist are or were local staying in certain countries dealing with local fights. This dude brought it global and hopefully now his network will crumble. I know one thing he cannot be replaced. His following and reputation was from way back when it was Russia over there. So a broke terrorist is not an effective one. Without the money to pull the job off and support there family's when they die I think there recruitment will began to fade once the anger over his death fades. We might see a surge because of his death but I think it will fade fast especially because the money well will most likely dry up pretty quick. If you think his family will allow his money to continue to go to the movement well, its doubtful. IMO

[Matt]

After 10 years, did we gain anything?

We didn't give up.

If someone murders your brother/mother/father/sister/aunt/uncle/etc/etc, would you not be happy if they were brought to justice? Or after 10 years would you say "oh well, its been a while", even if that person was actively taunting you and releasing propaganda solely focused on bringing more pain & suffering to you?

That's what we gained. We got that *******.

[cico7]

We didn't give up.

If someone murders your brother/mother/father/sister/aunt/uncle/etc/etc, would you not be happy if they were brought to justice?
Or after 10 years would you say "oh well, its been a while", even if that person was actively taunting you and releasing propaganda
solely focused on bringing more pain & suffering to you?

That's what we gained. We got that *******.
Don't miss understand my question. It is just a question. I wanted to know what everyone thought. I am far away from the
towers and no one I know was injured in the attack. I know a few people that have been to the middle east. But that's it.
I want to know what we gained.

[Matt]

I didn't misunderstand. That's just what i thought we gained... my questions were rhetorical, not aimed at you. :)

(Edit: basically just another way of saying that we showed there is no statute of limitations for what he did. Sends a message that when we say "we will never forget", we actually mean it. My rhetorical questions were just a way of saying that with a bit more focus... like if someone mugged me for $100 but i was otherwise fine, after 10 years i wouldnt want to be bothered. But if someone attacked/killed friends or family, i'd be happy seeing that person being taken down anytime during the rest of my life.)

[cico7]

Cool Matt. Your last statement pretty well sums it up...

That's what we gained. We got that *******.
I do not want anyone to think my question somehow negates the value of the operation or
the lives lost to OBL or organization.

[Sal-XK]

Cool Matt. Your last statement pretty well sums it up...

I do not want anyone to think my question somehow negates the value of the operation or
the lives lost to OBL or organization.

I don't think your question did that at all man. Were better off without him even if it is in the long run. It also shows others terrorists and country's we wont give up and we will come get you no matter where you are.

[Adondo]

Here's the coup de gras:

New York man trades GETOSAMA license plate for GOTOSAMA

updated 5/4/2011 5:05:23 PM ET

NEW YORK — A retired New York City sergeant who won a court battle to secure his "GETOSAMA" vanity license plate said on Wednesday he's trading it for "GOTOSAMA" to mark the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden.

"It's my way of saying thank you to the troops and everything they sacrificed in order to bring this about," said Arno Herwerth, 46, of Hauppauge.

Herwerth in 2007 first got a license plate reading "GETOSAMA" out of irritation that the Al Qaeda leader was still at large after the September 11 attacks.

"I was trying to bring awareness," he said. "I was getting frustrated over the years with that murderer getting away with it and not being captured."

But the state initially declined to give him the vehicle plate because it could be deemed as "derogatory to a particular ethnic group." Herwerth took legal action shortly thereafter and won the right to get the plate.

After Sunday's announcement that U.S. forces shot and killed bin Laden in Pakistan, Herwerth on Monday tried to secure a plate reading "GOTOSAMA." A computer error on the state's Department of Motor Vehicle's site initially prevented him from doing so but now there are no barriers to getting the plate, said DMV spokeswoman Jackie McGinnis said.

"He has since been in touch with our office and he's going to get his plates," she said. "There should be no problem with it."

Herwerth said he was toying around with the idea of getting a license plate saying "GETGADFY" referencing Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's brutal dictator, but will probably stick with his new Osama one for now.

[hoaxci5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlOIy6QEbes&feature=player_embedded

[Adondo]

Nuts, someone must've griped about it... the animated .gif I posted disappeared from funpics.com.

I was just talking to a buddy on the phone. He's thinking the galley on the aircraft carrier is missing about 30 cans of Spam. They had to weigh the body bag down with SOMETHING!

[Matt]

That video is hilarious!!!! hahahaha i watched it 3 times.