Osama Bin Laden's daughter has claimed he was captured alive in his Pakistani hideout and then shot by U.S. special forces, it was reported today.I've seen the "captured alive" story in the British and Indian press, but not in the American press. From the Times of India:
Arabic news network Al-Arabiya quoted 'senior Pakistani security officials' who said the 12-year-old saw her father executed and his body dragged to a helicopter.
An Arabic television station went further, saying, "a source in Pakistani security quoted the daughter of Osama bin Laden that the leader of al-Qaida was not killed inside his house, but had been arrested and was killed later".It seems that capture was never an option. This was an execution. I think that he was killed because, if tried, he would reveal the names of his former partners in the drug trade.
Think about it: If a Navy SEAL picked off Osama Bin Laden at a distance, thinking that Bin Laden was going for a weapon, that SEAL would be famous now. His name would be released. He'd be an insta-hero. But if a captured and helpless Osama were executed at point-blank range -- well, that's a different story.
The drug angle may also explain Pakistan's involvement in this. If they allowed Osama to reside in that military community, how could they have done so without knowledge of the Americans? Was Osama, in effect, under house arrest?
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Joe, are you hinting at another Iran-Contra type deal here?
Remember that everybody in that compound is a committed terrorist, including the children. What better way to discredit the US and make us more hated than to claim bin Laden was executed.
Let's say bin Laden is captured and imprisioned, how many hostages taken for his release around the world do we put up with?
Salon.com is reporting that an "anonymous source" says that only one of the people killed in the OBL raid was armed and ever fired a shot.
Here's my take: OBL had been living at that compound for a long time with Pakistani protection and felt relatively confident of his safety. This action occurred with Pakistani consent (and possibly help) and caught everyone living in the compound completely by surprise. They met no resistance from OBL, indeed they probably dragged him from his bed and shot him. Stories of an AK-47 within arm's reach, or suicide vests, are completely made up. I'll bet OBL hadn't worn a suicide vest in years.
I also wonder if one of the reasons for not releasing the photos is that it would be obvious that OBL was shot at point-blank range, which wouldn't reinforce the "defensive action" scenario.
Considering how the "official" story has changed at least 3 times now, I highly doubt this is being done to discredit the USA. I'd be quite surprised if other extremists would have demanded the release of a CIA asset like Bin Laden. I suppose though, anything is possible. Regardless, there will be many organizations using this alleged killing as justification for all sorts of things, as our own government has wasted no time in doing.
I'm still waiting for any proof at all that it was really him.
An Arabic television station went further, saying, "a source in Pakistani security quoted the daughter of Osama bin Laden that the leader of al-Qaida was not killed inside his house, but had been arrested and was killed later".
Okay. So now we have Bin Laden's 12 year old daughter claiming her father was "Alive" when he was taken into custody?
Why do I find that suspicious? Coming from a "Pakistani source" I would be inclined to believe that there would be a motive for spreading this story. Wouldn't you agree Joe? As we have been told over and over again, there are elements within the ISI that are BFF's with the " Cave dwelling, Red Bearded,Dentally challenged, woman hating Virgin seekers Club for men" and would like nothing more than to see the USA with a little "Doo-Doo" on it's face.
What a better way than to claim that Osama was "Brutally MURDERED by the big bad USA!"
Problem is....If he was ( and I do think he had much blood on his hands )guilty of a tenth of what he was accused of...than he should have expected the "Hit men" to come a-knockin!
Personally, I am not surprised he was "Bumped Off." I would have liked to see him on TeeVee in chains and tried in a court of law for the world to see but we all know that was never an option. As you stated above...
It seems that capture was never an option. This was an execution. I think that he was killed because, if tried, he would reveal the names of his former partners in the drug trade.
Anyway....Now that Bin Laden has had his "grape" perforated, does this mean the war in Afghanistan is over? (Snark snark)
anyway...
I do find the various stories of how this all went down a bit hard to swallow and I am especially skeptical about the reports coming from "Unnamed Pakistani sources and 12 year old children."
I say: The only way to clear this mess up is to.....SHOW THE REAL TIME FOOTAGE of what actually went down!
But we all know that wont happen until sometime around 2012 when Obama will need it for his "Re-Election" campaign!!!!!!
Obama is meeting with the triggerman this week. So sayeth the local ABC station.
A company in the US is paid $75,000 a month for lobbying for Pakistan and we give them billions of dollars per year in aid? WTF is with this? Let them damn company move over there and cut their aid. Damn this is just sickening to no end.
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