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OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:36 am
by LargeSlowTarget
Just heard in the News that the President has announced the death of Osama Bin Laden!

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RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:43 am
by DuckofTindalos
One less bad man in the world this morning. Good riddance.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:47 am
by Raverdave
Sounds like it...........by US troops on the ground.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:55 am
by Cribtop
Hot damn! Watching the news now. Major kudos to all involved in the Op.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 2:56 am
by ilovestrategy

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:09 am
by ChezDaJez
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

Just heard in the News that the President has announced the death of Osama Bin Laden!

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Yes and we have the body so there will be no doubt. It was a JSOC operation inside Pakistan. Evidently they had been learned the approximate location last August but only recently confirmed he was there.

Chez

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:15 am
by Shellshock
ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget

Just heard in the News that the President has announced the death of Osama Bin Laden!

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Praise Allah. [&o]

We got the body eh? I say string it up and it's pinata time on the Capitol Mall. [:D]

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:20 am
by The Gnome
There is a special section on the bbc website detailing how his death will affect the royal couple's honeymoon, and which hats are appropriate for the celebration. (Sorry couldn't resist [:D])

On a serious note, thankful for the effort, heartache, and blood my military countrymen and those of our allies spent nailing this guy. Sounds like a humdinger of an op.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:40 am
by FeurerKrieg
Yay! [&o]

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:52 am
by Sredni
About time. Killed in pakistan, and not in some wilderness hinterland either, rather what looks to be a fairly major city. I wonder if there was government compliance there letting him stay unmolested until now.

I wonder if the op to kill him was approved by pakistan [:D]


Kinda morbid I guess, but I hope they burn the body and dump the ashes in the ocean. The last thing we need is for a bunch of fanatics using bits and pieces of osama as holy objects.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:14 am
by DOCUP
Job well Done to the Men and Women who worked on the op. Also to the Men and Women serving and that served.

doc

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:34 am
by Shellshock
ORIGINAL: Sredni
Kinda morbid I guess, but I hope they burn the body and dump the ashes in the ocean. The last thing we need is for a bunch of fanatics using bits and pieces of osama as holy objects.

Sadly, at the same time you need to keep the body as proof, since any ambiguity in this area at all will be immediately seized upon by the mindless faithful or conspiracy theorists as proof he is still alive somewhere.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:00 am
by steamboateng
Congrats to U.S. intelligence and special ops teams.
America has patiently waited for this news.
New Yorker's celabrate at WTC site.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:07 am
by CaptBeefheart
Well done to the SEALs or whomever gets credit for this op in the end (news reports all over the map). I'll be hoisting a beer to OBL's demise in a couple of hours.

Cheers,
CC

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:44 am
by USSAmerica
0730 here and I've opened a new bottle of my favorite 15 year old Rhum Barbancourt to celebrate. 

BRAVO ZULU to all involved and to all who have manned the wall for the last 10 years. 

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:56 am
by mg62
Good News & Good Job to all who worked for a long time.  It sounds like the information took a long time to run down.
 

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 10:04 am
by tocaff


Well done to all involved over these past 10 years.

It's about time the US demonstrated that they will keep at something until the desired result is achieved.

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:19 am
by John 3rd
It was/is surprising and pleasant news. My wife and I were talking while the President spoke and she immediately said---well...how quickly do you think the terrorists will strike back? Sobering thought at the time.

Well done to our servicemen/women!


RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:50 am
by jeffk3510
Makes me wonder what will happen now....

RE: OT - They got Osama

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 12:06 pm
by morganbj
ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Makes me wonder what will happen now....
Well, if you listen to some of the talking heads, the war is over, bring all the troops home, and disband the military. There is no more need for them.