May 2, 2011
By Brandon Smith
Alt-Market
"This is a fascinating and heroic story of special forces daring-do. Really...it is. I think I read something just like it in a Tam Clancy novel one time. However, I have yet to see any actual evidence provided by the government or the media that this surgical strike ever took place. Strangely, the helicopter wreckage from the crash depicted in the article was destroyed. The couriers supposedly tracked by the government to Bin Laden's location were killed, and, Bin Laden's body has apparently ALREADY been buried at sea! Can I see some unedited video of this event, Obama Administration? How about a picture of Bin Laden's body? Don't tell me they're afraid to "rile" the Muslim community with dead body photos. If that were true they would stop showing photos of dead children in Iraq and Afghanistan. Please, is it too much to ask to have some concrete evidence to back the stories the government reports, or is that something only a "conspiracy theorist" would request? Somebody tell me they are going to produce more than just second hand information..."
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American forces killed bin Laden and took possession of his body, the president said.
“Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,” Obama said during brief remarks at the White House.
...Officials warned that in the aftermath of the attack, Americans should be on alert for a reprisal from al Qaeda. However, one official added, there were “no specific threats" as of Sunday night. ABC News reported that authorities plan to bury bin Laden’s body at sea in order to leave no definitive location for his final resting place. It will be done, an official added, “in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition." Hours later, CNN reported that the burial had taken place. Read More
