Osama Bin Laden killed by US in Pakistan

Ivan Seeking

He was shot in the head in a firefight.

StevieTNZ

Lots of people out in the streets in New York and Washington celebrating!

Ivan Seeking

No, but the Muslim world will. They will want to see the body; hole in head included.

Al68

Yes, it has. And his death will improve the health of many. The blood pressure of millions of Americans rose sharply every time they thought of Osama bin Ladin still being alive and free.

And this is certainly the greatest accomplishment of this administration. And it doesn't raise my blood pressure one bit to say: Kudos President Obama!

(Well, maybe it did a little, but I still stand by it)

Lichdar

A glorious day.

Pengwuino

What day was he actually killed? Someone posted that Hitler was killed on April 30th... would be one hell of a coincidence!

This is such a great day for the US though. We haven't had anything to celebrate in a very long time.

ideasrule

As my friend said, "you know, the Romans were also pretty happy when they killed Jesus Christ." Considering that al-Qaeda has no qualms about using suicidal attacks, I expect bin Laden to be considered a martyr.

I don't think he was just a symbolic figure. If nothing else, he's the son of a Saudi billionaire and controls a personal wealth of 30-300 million US dollars. That's a lot of money anywhere, but in the impoverished Afghan/Pakistani region where people are desperate for money, it can buy you an impressive army.

Pengwuino

So apparently they buried his body already, and at sea.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/201...cials-say.html

This is odd....

bobze

Picture is already out there of the hole in his head (I won't put it up, its pretty graphic but you can GoogleBing it). Apparently they confirmed the kill with facial recognition and DNA testing.

I <3 DEVGRU, go SeALs!

FizixFreak

Yes it is odd i just heard this news moments ago why would they buried him so quickly it is quite a surprise if you ask me i smell something fishy because Arabic media is denying this news usama's body would have been the ultimate proof and i haven't heard of any news which mentions any DNA testing there is someting wrong here.

I see people here saying that things will get better for Pakistan after this well i am from Pakistan and to be honest i fear that the things will get even worst we are already dealing with Taliban but now we might have our hands full with al-qaeda obama mentioned that the Pakistani troops had a big contribution in the operation so bin laden's successors might be seeking revenge and that is not all the Indian media now has a very good excuse to blame Pakistan for the terrorist activities in the region and they are doing so with all their strength and even for the USA this war is far from over

Borg

I have had an aerial photograph of ground zero on my desk since 9/11. This is a happy day for me. Good riddance.

Pengwuino

Apparently officials are saying it's a fake and msnbc is saying it doesn't look right either.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news...hoto-is-a-fake

Gawd I hope I don't wake up tomorrow to a bunch of conspiracy theories.

Borg

Thanks for the link Pengwuino. I'm sure that he's dead but, that image really looks like the 1998 image. Let's hope that the US releases some real pictures.

Proton Soup

yes. it doesn't seem well-thought out.

cobalt124

That doesn't look convincing. And Pakistan has some questions to answer, bin Laden holed up in a fortress 62 miles NE of Islamambad!

Proton Soup

that pic is from "the internet". there is no reason at all to think it is real.

Andre

Kudos for Barak Obama in a clear attempt to unpolarize.

Back to the 'We are in this together'-policy instead of the you are either with us or against us wars. Now diplomacy should go into the highest gear, back to cooperation.