Breaking News! Bin Laden reported dead

[Blueface]

Early reports that President to announce shortly.

[Ogre]

:tu:tu:tu:tu:tu

[Blueface]

Killed by US missile over a week ago.
They were waiting for DNA.

Great day for America and some type of closure for those who lost their lives due to his actions.

[Stephen]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer feller.

[Ranger_B]

Great news. So glad to hear that he is finally gone.

[MiamiE]

Let's see the body!

[Blueface]

Let's see the body!

Reporting they have it.
Hope they do show it, in pieces and all.

[Eleven]

How mad do you think he is now that he knows there are no virgins waiting on him?

[replicant_argent]

May he burn in Hell.

[Blueface]

May he burn in Hell.

Don't think he will.
Even the Devil has standards.
Devil locked all doors when he heard the news.

[SeanGAR]

Well, I'm hoping for an outhouse setup at the twin towers with his rotting corpse under so we can all take turns having a dump on his remains ... and tossing some bacon down as well of course.

To the team that got him .. I'll be smoking in your honor for the next 4 years.

[icehog3]

I can't ever remember rejoicing in death before...but this time I will.

[Stephen]

Let's see the body!
They published pictures of Saddam Hussein's sons, so it's entirely possible.

[NCRadioMan]

:usa

[TBone]

Let's see the body!

Like they did with Sadaam, you want to verify you have to show the world his corpse...then roll him in bacon and bury him deep.

[Bill86]

I hope this is true, would be the best news in quite a while.

[Remo]

Thank god no one was hurt :r, good riddance I hope it really is him. Bless our troops and those who lost their lives to this POS' actions.

[Blueface]

I hope this is true, would be the best news in quite a while.

All networks confirming.
AP has also confirmed.
It is real.

[Kreth]

Meh. 20 minutes of talking heads so far, and I'm sure we're in for at least that after the President speaks. Obviously these morons have never heard of a SPOILER ALERT. :rolleyes:
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[loki]

How mad do you think he is now that he knows there are no virgins waiting on him?

how pissed would you be if it was actually one 72 year old virgin?

[Gargoyle]

Awesome news! We'll probably need to get a cigar donation to the troops... I'm guessing they will be burning through their stash tonight.

[emopunker2004]

:noon:noon:noon

[BamBam]

Killed by US missile over a week ago.
They were waiting for DNA.

Great day for America and some type of closure for those who lost their lives due to his actions.

I just heard it was a head shot....I guess we'll find out shortly.

Great day in our history when this murderer was finally brought to the justice he so greatly deserved.

Hard to believe it was almost 10 years ago.

[BC-Axeman]

Meh...
He was rendered ineffective already anyway. Nice to have him dead but it doesn't change much of anything.
Congrats! to the team that got him though.:tu

[hotreds]

:tu:tu

[elderboy02]

America! F**k yeah!

[rrplasencia]

:usa

[3SmokesaRound]

Great news indeed :tu

[Skywalker]

God bless the USA!

[Volusianator]

I will smoke an Opus on the way home from work tonight to celebrate.

[Gophernut]

Great news indeed :tu

Very good news! Couldn't agree more.

[CigarGuy88]

Not only is my best friend back from afghanistan (as of last weekend) Osama is dead! Looks like this week ended up being a lot better than it started. I'll be smoking to this tomorrow once its confirmed... just need to go through the good stash and figure out what :usa

[Eleven]

Not only is my best friend back from afghanistan (as of last weekend) Osama is dead! Looks like this week ended up being a lot better than it started. I'll be smoking to this tomorrow once its confirmed... just need to go through the good stash and figure out what :usa

My Son-In-Law will be back from Afghanistan in a couple months. It will be a slightly BETTER homecoming now.

[Ogre]

Meh...
He was rendered ineffective already anyway. Nice to have him dead but it doesn't change much of anything.
Congrats! to the team that got him though.:tu

Actually it is a huge psychological win!!!! I think it will change things!!!

[Blueface]

Actually it is a huge psychological win!!!! I think it will change things!!!

Larry, even if it doesn't, it is still justice that he is dead and we didn't have to figure out where to try him.

[loki]

Actually it is a huge psychological win!!!! I think it will change things!!!

his actual running of any terror groups was negligible at this point, while this is a great feel good kill very little will change. in fact there will probably be an uptic in terror attacks

[Powers]

Screw him!!!!!!!!! I hope u is burning in hell

[hotreds]

Awesome news! We'll probably need to get a cigar donation to the troops... I'm guessing they will be burning through their stash tonight.

In fact, boxes being prepared for shipment this week. With a bigger smile than usual!

[Ogre]

I understand that terrorism will not stop. But the effects on the psych is a big help. It shows the terror groups that we will not stop!!!!

[pektel]

Prayers go out to our brothers serving over there right now. I think it's going to get worse before it gets better.
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[pektel]

In fact, boxes being prepared for shipment this week. With a bigger smile than usual!

I need some info. I'd like to contribute. Pm me with where to send the sticks to please.
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[jesseboston81]

The fires of Hell will burn hot tonight. A hearty cheers to our men and women in uniform, and stay safe!

[Eleven]

http://i.imgur.com/sdaDJ.gif

[awsmith4]

I can't ever remember rejoicing in death before...but this time I will.

I'm with you Tom, kinda strange but I am rejoicing nevertheless

[bobarian]

This is definitely good news. But let's also remember those who died on 9/11 and all those who have given their lives or been wounded in the conflicts that have followed.

[Kinky_yk]

The news is saying that the US has retained his body, now hear me out.... Have any of you seen weekend at Bernie's?

[MarkinAZ]

:D...this sure is a mighty active thread:tu

[hotreds]

http://123glitter.com/comments-graphics/file/12184.gif

[forgop]

Guess I'm pulling out an '06 Cohiba pyramide in the SOB's honor.

[icehog3]

Guess I'm pulling out an '06 Cohiba pyramide in the SOB's honor.

Honor? No.

[KidRock]

My heart still hurts for the families of 9/11. It alwas HAS and ALWAYS will.

[forgop]

Honor? No.

Maybe bad choice of words, but you get the idea. This is about the only honor we can give to the victims of 9/11.

[icehog3]

Maybe bad choice of words, but you get the idea. This is about the only honor we can give to the victims of 9/11.

Understood, Duane.

I believe there is an even better way to honor the victims of September 11, 2001:

Never, ever forget.

[pektel]

Yes, this is a great idea. Virtual herf? Going to grab a smoke now... Something special... Maybe a 98 fundadores?
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[bobarian]

Understood, Duane.

I believe there is an even better way to honor the victims of September 11, 2001:

Never, ever forget.

Zactly!:tu

[benedic08]

Thank you America! The world just became a better place.... :usa

[Eleven]

EDIT: Trying to keep this from getting shut down for turning political....Sorry, Scott.

icehog3

[MiamiE]

We still need Ayman al-Zawahiri and Anwar al-Awlaki!

[emopunker2004]

http://i.imgur.com/sdaDJ.gif

:r

[T.G]

This is definitely good news. But let's also remember those who died on 9/11 and all those who have given their lives or been wounded in the conflicts that have followed.

Best post of the thread.

[emopunker2004]

I'll smoke one in honor of the men who killed his ass. And died or was wounded trying.

[markem]

This is definitely good news. But let's also remember those who died on 9/11 and all those who have given their lives or been wounded in the conflicts that have followed.

As well as those who were victims of Al Qaeda before 9/11.

[Humpdebump]

GREAT NEWS.... My prayers to the families of all the victims and my sincere thanks to the Brave Men and Women who serve this GREAT COUNTRY....:tu

[LockOut]

great news. i know hes got 343 of my brothers waiting to kick his ass.

[Average Joe]

I'm sure it is great relief to all the families who lost loved ones on 9/11, and also those who have lost loved ones in the wars.

[icehog3]

great news. i know hes got 343 of my brothers waiting to kick his ass.

They won't be in the same place. ;)

[Average Joe]

Best facebook status of the night - "Show us the body!"

[emopunker2004]

They won't be in the same place. ;)


:tpd:

[CasaDooley]

September 11, 2001 I heard the news and wept tears of sorrow for the victims.
May 1, 2011 I heard the news and wept tears of joy for justice for the victims.
God bless America and God bless those who have or are currently protecting our liberties and way of life! :usa

[emopunker2004]

Ya know, I think I'm gonna eat a bacon sandwich when I get home. With some bacon for dessert.













































;s

[pektel]

Best facebook status of the night - "Show us the body!"

I liked, " Mission 'actually' accomplished?"
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[markem]

Best facebook status of the night - "Show us the body!"

I've already seen one photo on a news site reportedly of the corpse. We don't need to post those here tho.

[GolfNut]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Suzanne & I smoked our only two Epicure #2's we'd been saving for a special celebration.....THIS WAS IT!!!!!

God Bless America!!!!!!

[bvilchez]

Call me a pu$$y but this brings tears of joy for many reasons....especially for the families of those lost.

[yourchoice]

:usa:usa:usa

[loki]

http://i.imgur.com/pflAq.jpg

[icehog3]

Call me a pu$$y but this brings tears of joy for many reasons....especially for the families of those lost.

Not at all, Brother Jay. :usa

[pektel]

Dibs on the Onion headline:

"Osama Bin Laden welcomed to the afterlife by Jesus, punked by Judas"
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[J0eybb]

http://i.imgur.com/sdaDJ.gif

HAHAHA

Quoted just so its on page 2

[emopunker2004]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Suzanne & I smoked our only two Epicure #2's we'd been saving for a special celebration.....THIS WAS IT!!!!!

God Bless America!!!!!!
:tu

Call me a pu$$y but this brings tears of joy for many reasons....especially for the families of those lost.
:tu

http://i.imgur.com/pflAq.jpg
:r

HAHAHA

Quoted just so its on page 2
:r

[Average Joe]

I've already seen one photo on a news site reportedly of the corpse. We don't need to post those here tho.

Didn't expect it this soon!

[loki]

I've already seen one photo on a news site reportedly of the corpse. We don't need to post those here tho.

link it, label it and let each person decide

[Average Joe]

WH says "Corpse handled in 'Islamic practice'"

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0511/bin_ladens_body_c2fb2ffb-5240-40c6-b106-956bf2ebff6a.html

I'm holding my comments.

[bonjing]

Just heard the news. Would love to see the president just lose his composure and just say, " we got your azz, f$@& yeah ! ! !"

[pektel]

Thinking about drnking a skull splitter ale right now...
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[forgop]

WH says "Corpse handled in 'Islamic practice'"

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0511/bin_ladens_body_c2fb2ffb-5240-40c6-b106-956bf2ebff6a.html

I'm holding my comments.

I wouldn't object to putting the body on public display for anyone to piss on it myself. ;s

[Average Joe]

'nother great status - Would like to welcome Chuck Norris back from his Pakistani vacation.

[J0eybb]

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss166/adrenalinemedic/MARCO.jpg

[GoatLocker]

Reports coming in that this was no drone strike, but up close and personal. several reports it was a helicopter borne assault by Navy SEALS? HOOYAH!! :usa I'm sure more accurate details will come out over the next few days. Pretty ballsy play, as plenty could have gone wrong...


Justice is done and revenge is ours. May OBL rot in hell.

[Average Joe]

Reports coming in that this was no drone strike, but up close and personal. several reports it was a helicopter borne assault by Navy SEALS? HOOYAH!! :usa I'm sure more accurate details will come out over the next few days. Pretty ballsy play, as plenty could have gone wrong...


Justice is done and revenge is ours. May OBL rot in hell.

Some news sites are reporting one of the helicopters used crashed during the mission due to mechanical failure.

[Ahbroody]

Would have been epic if walking away from podium he did a jumping heel click.
Politics aside glad that POS is no longer breathing.

[Bruins Fan]

I'd like to see his head on a stick.

[mfarre03]

Buried at sea, so all the rest of the asshats we killed over the years....we buried them all at sea too??? So..were suppose to just say..cool, ok, we believe that one. What year is it again, 195?

[Barcode]

On an isolated area of a base somewhere there's a group of SEALs or Delta guys off by themselves cleaning their weapons and smoking cigars. :tu:usa

[Bunker]

I hope they are just telling us he's dead, but are really pulling his toenails out one at a time while they simultaneously waterboard him and taser his yambag ......






And what of reprisals againt Pakistan? :tt



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[massphatness]

:usa

[Stephen]

http://i.imgur.com/pflAq.jpg
I was actully thinking that he had recently purchased himself an Iphone, and that's how they found him.

[blugill]

May he burn in hell forever.

[kugie]

They should've wrapped him in the skin of a pig and put him on display for all the world to see.
But then that would be an insult to pigs. :D

[Subvet642]

Go Navy!

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=460&pictureid=4699

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=460&pictureid=4700

[Eleven]

On an isolated area of a base somewhere there's a group of SEALs or Delta guys off by themselves cleaning their weapons and smoking cigars. :tu:usa

You know it!

Maybe they are smoking cigars that one of us sent to them!

:banger

[Duke9192]

After almost 10 years, Bin Laden got what he ao richly deserved.

[kelmac07]

Justice is served!! :tu

[macpappy]

The "King of Hide and Seek" is dead.

[qwerty1500]

Good riddance.

[yourchoice]

Nice banner change, ToE! :tu :usa

[Blueface]

Team 6

I'll be lighting up in your honor tonight.

[shilala]

I don't even have words.
My love and prayers for all those who have suffered, both dead and alive.

Part of me feels it's good that the government and military took the high road related to his corpse, if in fact they did, and if, in fact, that Muslim tradition requires the dead to be buried within 24 hours.
I'm doing my best to remember that Middle Eastern people suffered and died under his hand just as we did. If it is meaningful for them to show the body mercy because it brings them peace, then so be it, I suppose. Personally I'm in the "Osama's head on a stake planted in front of the Washington Monument" camp.
"Vengeance is mine, I will repay" sayeth the Lord. Romans 12:19
Ultimately, I know I should trust that my Father will take care. I'm guessing He won't need my help with this one. :tu

[Blueface]

Part of me feels it's good that the government and military took the high road related to his corpse, if in fact they did, and if, in fact, that Muslim tradition requires the dead to be buried within 24 hours.


Scott,
Only one problem.
Just imagine as he bobs left, then right, then left more than the first time, then back a bit again.
As he does this, he will likely be sounding something like this:
"Ahh.....I see Mecca. Wait, crap, where's Mecca? Ahh, there's Mecca again. Crap, Mecca has been gone for a while again."
And so on.
They have to be buried facing Mecca.

[Devanmc]

Hoah!

[BC-Axeman]

Scott,
Only one problem.
Just imagine as he bobs left, then right, then left more than the first time, then back a bit again.
As he does this, he will likely be sounding something like this:
"Ahh.....I see Mecca. Wait, crap, where's Mecca? Ahh, there's Mecca again. Crap, Mecca has been gone for a while again."
And so on.
They have to be buried facing Mecca.
This is what I will be laughing about today.

[SeanGAR]

One man's "buried at sea" is another man's "fed to the sharks".

I sure hope the sharks don't choke.

[icehog3]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/BinLadenDead.jpg

[newcigarz]

Team 6

I'll be lighting up in your honor tonight.

http://www.specialforces.net/Seal_Team_6/team-6.jpg

:tu

[hotreds]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/5/1/9b5de72a-c2a5-4421-a7e0-534ca030b467.jpg

[Blueface]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/BinLadenDead.jpg

Photo of the Year!!!

[LasciviousXXX]

:usa

Fantastic NEWS!

There was no honor for Bin Laden in death. He chose to run and hide for years, the Coward. There is no glory for him, only shame.

[OLS]

Would have been epic if walking away from podium he did a jumping heel click.Wrong....what he actually SHOULD have done is MOONWALKED.
:D

[OLS]

The news is saying that the US has retained his body, now hear me out.... Have any of you seen weekend at Bernie's?

I am betting they buried something at sea, likey the bag full of piles of turds that were crapped
on the corpse. You can bet they have that body on ice somewhere.

[floydpink]

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc266/rastapete69/binladen.jpg

[Bunker]

One man's "buried at sea" is another man's "fed to the sharks".

I sure hope the sharks don't choke.

Here's hoping that "Buried at Sea" means they took what pictures they needed before tossing him out of the door of their Blackhawk on the way back to the ship.

[newcigarz]

http://oi51.tinypic.com/2j2vr77.jpg:r

[iRiSh]

I appreciate that osama was a scumbag of the highest order and deserved nothing but a painful death, congratulations to your forces. But this will be like a red rag to a bul for fundamentalists around the world, they will regroup and redouble their efforts.

Stay Safe Comrades

[markem]

For some reason, I thought of this today

http://www.popmodal.com/video/700/The-Wizard-of-Oz-the-munchkins-parade

Someone will be doing a bin Laden version soon, I'm sure.

[marge796]

Bravo Zulu Team VI!


Chris.....

[macpappy]

Here's hoping that "Buried at Sea" means they took what pictures they needed before tossing him out of the door of their Blackhawk on the way back to the ship.

In one of the many stories I read it was mentioned that "burial at sea" is not approved of by Islam.



whoops.

[Subvet642]

In one of the many stories I read it was mentioned that "burial at sea" is not approved of by Islam.



whoops.

I hope they chummed the water first.

[J0eybb]

http://i.imgur.com/sdaDJ.gif

HAHAH...again

[iRiSh]

Actually it is a huge psychological win!!!! I think it will change things!!!

In one of the many stories I read it was mentioned that "burial at sea" is not approved of by Islam.



whoops.

I find the whole thing strange that they buried him at sea, so quick, Gone.

News Here reporting..


"Ahmed Quraishi, Senior Research Fellow at a Pakistani think-tank, says Osama's death has provided the U.S. with a way to save face and withdraw from Afghanistan."

[OLS]

Sorry Ahmed....now we go to work on finding out just why he slept there night after night near a major city
and you still claimed not to know where he was. This is going to make it very difficult for the Pakis to get
things done. I have a feeling we are going to breathing down their necks for some time to come. It's cool, tho,
they love it. If any one has to scramble to save face, it will be the pakis. But at least they have many faces
to choose from. pakistani Think Tank.....Jumbo shrimp......Military Intelligence

[floydpink]

Here's hoping that "Buried at Sea" means they took what pictures they needed before tossing him out of the door of their Blackhawk on the way back to the ship.

I'd love to see the pictures of the SEALS with the body after the kill.

It seems like they made a quick exit after blowing up the downed helicopter, but my curiosity has me wondering if they grabbed a souvenier on the way out.

After the shot directly to a Somali pirate's head from a mile away on a bobbing sea, I thought my respect was at an all time high for the SEALS, but this just raised it another notch.:gn

[T.G]

After the shot directly to a Somali pirate's head from a mile away on a bobbing sea, I thought my respect was at an all time high for the SEALS, but this just raised it another notch.:gn

This isn't a knock on the SEALs in any way, but if you are referring to the incident with Captain Phillips being held hostage, those shots were actually taken at a distance of about 30 yards - still an exceptionally difficult shot in rolling seas.

[Gophernut]

"I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." ~ Mark Twain

[Eleven]

I appreciate that osama was a scumbag of the highest order and deserved nothing but a painful death, congratulations to your forces. But this will be like a red rag to a bul for fundamentalists around the world, they will regroup and redouble their efforts.

Stay Safe Comrades

So what's new? muslim terrorists have yet another excuse to murder innocent people?
If we don't kill him, he sits around for years ordering new attacks. If we do kill him, his followers want revenge and order new attacks. If we take him prisoner, other muslim terrorists use that as an excuse to kill innocent people.

It sounds like a no win scenario, but it's not. They know we got him, they also know that his own people gave us the info that led to him. They also know that we will go anywhere, anytime to get them and there is no 'Put your hands up, you're under arrest' mentality when it comes to people like themselves.

If anything, they are scared. They will look at each other now and wonder if anyone can be trusted.

[whodeeni]

Just heard the news. Would love to see the president just lose his composure and just say, " we got your azz, f$@& yeah ! ! !"

Never that.... You saw how he handled Trump's asz on saturday!:sl

[BC-Axeman]

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc266/rastapete69/binladen.jpg
Only for OBL. (As much as he was still in the game, Col. Sanders' death did not end KFC.)
They are still at war with us.
There's a lot more where he came from.

[BC-Axeman]

Just heard the news. Would love to see the president just lose his composure and just say, " we got your azz, f$@& yeah ! ! !"
Someone just needs to write it on his teleprompter.

[kaisersozei]

Here's hoping that "Buried at Sea" means they took what pictures they needed before tossing him out of the door of their Blackhawk on the way back to the ship.

Or launched out of a guntube :banger

[N2 GOLD]

I dont bUy the hole dumped at see story. You dont just toss a high priority target that you have been chasing 10 years. (IMO) -(P

[dogface_313]

Loving this, we all smoke some celebratory cigars over here today!

[kugie]

"I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." ~ Mark Twain

:tu :tu

i had to use this

[iRiSh]

So what's new? muslim terrorists have yet another excuse to murder innocent people?
If we don't kill him, he sits around for years ordering new attacks. If we do kill him, his followers want revenge and order new attacks. If we take him prisoner, other muslim terrorists use that as an excuse to kill innocent people.

It sounds like a no win scenario, but it's not. They know we got him, they also know that his own people gave us the info that led to him. They also know that we will go anywhere, anytime to get them and there is no 'Put your hands up, you're under arrest' mentality when it comes to people like themselves.

If anything, they are scared. They will look at each other now and wonder if anyone can be trusted.

I appreciate what your saying and i think you have misread or misunderstood my post as i wasnt condemning the swoop which resulted in his death. it was spot on
There will be a new offensive against america, no doubt about that, the actions today just help start a new generation of terrorists.

I dont think osama was in command anymore, a ageing man in a bunker with no comms who relied on a paperboy who probably gave him up in the end.
Al-Qaeda is an idea, not a structured organisation so in operational terms I doubt his death will have much of an effect

[floydpink]

This isn't a knock on the SEALs in any way, but if you are referring to the incident with Captain Phillips being held hostage, those shots were actually taken at a distance of about 30 yards - still an exceptionally difficult shot in rolling seas.

Crap, I was off by 1730 yards.;s

[OLS]

So what's new? muslim terrorists have yet another excuse to murder innocent people? If anything, they are scared. They will look at each other now and wonder if anyone can be trusted.

Sorry to cut the quote down so far, but I agree with a lot of this. Obviously it's a damned if you do sitcho,
but they would be smart to shut up and sit down. Putting their stupid heads up now is just gonna get em
a ringside seat to the next burial at sea. One can only hope.

As for Irish' prediction of a new generation of terrorists, I am not so sure. Sure, there is always that chance,
but I think the youth would be wise to get on this new "Let's take our country back" bandwagon that seems to be
spreading through the region like Arab-AIDS. This might be the perfect thing at the perfect time, and I am not so
sure that this is not taking place at a time and place of the administration in Washinton's choosing, within operational
reason.

[BC-Axeman]

Or launched out of a guntube :banger
Mistified.

[bvilchez]

I'd love to see the pictures of the SEALS with the body after the kill.



I personally would not like to see the SEALS who did it have their pictures and faces all over. It would be a threat to them and their families.

Let's just say they'll go to sleep at night with a clean conscience knowing they did the right thing and that we are forever in debt to them.:2

I'm sure they'll receive their accolades behind closed doors amongst themselves.

[Angus]

Good Day....Good Day :tu:tu:tu

[Bunker]

Only for OBL. (As much as he was still in the game, Col. Sanders' death did not end KFC.)
They are still at war with us.
There's a lot more where he came from.

The Navy has a lot more ammo.....

[BTcigars]

Last night I was at a theater watching Fast Five (dont judge me!) and someone texted me the news. I almost stood up and shouted out the news to everyone.

In regard to Team 6 that conducted the raid, I hope the don't show their faces either because that will end their career.

Also, I don't believe that he was totally buried at sea. Even the KGB kept Hilter's skull ;)

[Starscream]

:usa

[OLS]

Remember as well that UBL had one goal in his war with the US, not to kill as many of us as he could, but to
bankrupt the US. Now after countless lives lost in 2 wars, he nearly lived to see his wish fulfilled.
Of course, that "Million Dollar" home of his??....worth about 100,000. So the housing bubble got him, too.

[T.G]

Crap, I was off by 1730 yards.;s

:r

No biggie, I wasn't sure if you were talking about the Captain Phillips incident or there was another incident that I might not have caught and I do seem to recall that a number of early reports regarding the resolution of the Captain Phillips hostage situation did in fact, erroneously report a much longer distance, some might have possibly stated a mile.

[SteveH]

All I have to say on this topic is that I have seen his 'work' of death and destruction up close and personal - and that will live with that forever.
I will not get tied up in the politics, conspiracy theories, right/wrong/whatever. In my heart I know today is a great day; and I will enjoy it as such.

[Blindjimme]

I will not get tied up in the politics, conspiracy theories, right/wrong/whatever. In my heart I know today is a great day; and I will enjoy it as such.

Well said.

[Thaplumbr]

The Navy has a lot more ammo.....

Amen!

[jesseboston81]

Say what you will about smoking laws, the perception of smoking, and tobacco taxes in Massachusetts, Boston knows how to celebrate an American victory:
If you hadn’t heard the news, you might have thought a Boston sports team had won a championship. The throngs of people were singing, shouting, even smoking victory cigars — only they were celebrating something very different: that an American bullet had killed bin Laden.
Source (http://www.wbur.org/2011/05/02/bin-laden-boston)

[MiamiE]

I hope these guys sat around somewhere on their base last night and smoked some Cohiba's! May God bless them and all other troops around the world.

[shark]

I personally would not like to see the SEALS who did it have their pictures and faces all over. It would be a threat to them and their families.

Let's just say they'll go to sleep at night with a clean conscience knowing they did the right thing and that we are forever in debt to them.:2

I'm sure they'll receive their accolades behind closed doors amongst themselves.

Exactly. SpecOps guys aren't known to be quiet professionals for nothing.

[Eleven]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227815_1663057299321_1323882237_31326710_8195428_n .jpg

Some of these internet memes about this are hilarious. I'll try to make sure they aren't *too* political...

:)

[GoatLocker]

I will not get tied up in the politics, conspiracy theories, right/wrong/whatever. In my heart I know today is a great day; and I will enjoy it as such.

:tpd:

A good day indeed. I just smoked a BRC and RASC to celebrate his demise. Good riddance to scum.

[GoatLocker]

I dont think osama was in command anymore, a ageing man in a bunker with no comms who relied on a paperboy who probably gave him up in the end.
Al-Qaeda is an idea, not a structured organisation so in operational terms I doubt his death will have much of an effect

He was only what, 54? And beyond what anyone may think of the impact on Al Queda, killing Bin Laden is justice served... :2

[loki]

He was only what, 54? And beyond what anyone may think of the impact on Al Queda, killing Bin Laden is justice served... :2

the impact this will have on terror attacks will be a negative for us, there will be more attacks now that we've killed him. Will al queda fold, no. will there be more recruits, yes. would this have been the case had we not killed him, more or less. does it feel good that this sum ***** is dead, you bet your ****ing ass it does.

I've had a few non-us citizens ask about why this is such a big deal...and it's a bit like rock and roll...if I have to explain it to you then you won't understand.

[maninblack]

It's a good day to be an American! Of course everyday is a blessing to live here!

[hotreds]

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/110503beelertoon_1_c20110502051913.jpg

[Blueface]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czzgOr4vlUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Subvet642]

The Navy has a lot more ammo.....

More and bigger, too!

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=460&pictureid=4344

[macpappy]

I know a couple of green beanies who are disappointed that Navy was chosen and they weren't invited to the party.


I keep telling them that they've been retired too long.

[dogface_313]

When they say "SEALs" the most likely mean a Task Force. There were probably CAG and JTACs there as well as CIA shooters. We will most likely not know the makeup of the team or the shooter for a long time.

[pektel]

Someone on another forum did post up a pic. Dunno if it's real though.

Should I post it here?

EDIT: actually, I believe it's a fake. I just did a google image search for "bin laden death" and looks like it's extremely easy to fabricate a photo like that. I will wait to see an official photo.

[jesseboston81]

Someone on another forum did post up a pic. Dunno if it's real though.

Should I post it here?

If it's the pic that's been making the rounds on the internet, it's a proven fake. As far as I know the real pics haven't been released yet due to concerns about how gory they are.

[acarr]

the impact this will have on terror attacks will be a negative for us, there will be more attacks now that we've killed him. Will al queda fold, no. will there be more recruits, yes. would this have been the case had we not killed him, more or less. does it feel good that this sum ***** is dead, you bet your ****ing ass it does.

I've had a few non-us citizens ask about why this is such a big deal...and it's a bit like rock and roll...if I have to explain it to you then you won't understand.

The good news also is that after the movie comes out. Every high school kid in the land is going to want to be a Navy SEAL!

[awsmith4]

The good news also is that after the movie comes out. Every high school kid in the land is going to want to be a Navy SEAL!

I wonder if Charlie Sheen will reprise his role...

[acarr]

I wonder if Charlie Sheen will reprise his role...

You didn't know that he was the one with tiger blood that killed him? That is why they canceled two and a half men for a couple months. So he could get debriefed on the situation and go in for the kill.

[E.J.]

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/bin-ladens-compound-gets-a-bum-review-on-google-maps/

Sample......

Aside from the complimentary dialysis machine use, easy underground access to Pakistan’s beautiful vast cave system, and free toaster waffles, it’s a pretty big dump. The food wasn’t organic, the wifi was spotty at best, absolutely no cell coverage, (yelp reviews were so wrong on that one) and no one spoke English. To make it worse, the country’s best basketball player, some 6’7″ dude with a turban, gets shot our first night there. And the coffee was cold. We’re so not coming back.

[Sled Dog]

Holy cow..... Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, i'm all for free speech but this guy should not be allowed to breed.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6471433&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_6471433

[Blueface]

Holy cow..... Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, i'm all for free speech but this guy should not be allowed to breed.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6471433&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_6471433

Give a man enough rope and .......................

[OLS]

Money and a rope

[loki]

Holy cow..... Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, i'm all for free speech but this guy should not be allowed to breed.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6471433&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_6471433

between this and his modern day slavery comment I tweeted back telling him i hope he blows out his knee, and as a steeler fan i'll never buy anything with his name on it again

[Stephen]

between this and his modern day slavery comment I tweeted back telling him i hope he blows out his knee, and as a steeler fan i'll never buy anything with his name on it again
I've got nothing against Mendenhall. He all but made sure that the Packers won the Super Bowl back in February.:banger

[Bunker]

To quote the late great Old Dirty Bastard - "###### Please!"

[replicant_argent]

Holy cow..... Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall, i'm all for free speech but this guy should not be allowed to breed.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6471433&campaign=rss&source=twitter&ex_cid=Twitter_espn_6471433

Oh, just a side note, folks. Someone this stupid was allowed admission to a University.
http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mendenhall_rashard00.html
Ah yes, the state of and standards of modern education. Nuff said.

[RGD.]

Bin Laden Facebook status:

:ss

[hotreds]

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[hotreds]

The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), commonly known as DEVGRU and informally by its former name SEAL Team Six (ST6), is one of the United States' two secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units (SMUs); the other such group is 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force).
The vast majority of information surrounding DEVGRU is highly classified and details of its activities are not commented on by either the White House or the Department of Defense While DEVGRU is administratively supported by the Naval Special Warfare Command like the other SEAL Teams, it is operationally commanded by the Joint Special Operations Command.
History

The origins of ST6 can be traced to the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed 1980 attempt to rescue American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran. During the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979, Richard Marcinko was one of two Navy representatives for a Joint Chiefs of Staff task force known as the TAT (Terrorist Action Team). The purpose of the TAT was to develop a plan to free the American hostages held in Iran, which culminated in Operation Eagle Claw. In the wake of the operation's disaster at Desert One, the U.S. Navy saw the need for a full-time dedicated Counter-Terrorist Team and tasked Marcinko with its design and development.

Marcinko was the first commanding officer of this new unit that he named SEAL Team Six. At the time, the US Navy had only two SEAL teams. Marcinko purportedly named the unit Team Six in order to confuse the Soviet intelligence as to the number of SEAL Teams in operation. It became officially operational in 1981. The men in the unit were handpicked by Marcinko himself from across the U.S. Navy's Special Operations personnel. SEAL Team Six would be known as the U.S. Navy's premier counter-terrorist unit. It has also been compared to the US Army's Delta Force. Marcinko held the command of SEAL Team Six for three years from 1980–1983 instead of what was typically a two-year command in the Navy at the time. SEAL Team Six was formally created in October 1980, and an intense, progressive work-up training program made the unit mission-ready six months later. Prior to this, the existing SEAL teams had already begun counter-terrorism training, including 12 platoons in SEAL Team One on the West Coast. On the West Coast, elements of the SEAL Team One had taken the issue one step further. They formed a dedicated two-platoon group known as "MOB Six" (Mobility Six) in anticipation of a maritime scenario requiring a counter-terrorism response and had begun training to that end.




Richard Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team Six, and its first C.O.

In 1987, a new unit was formed, given the official title of "Naval Special Warfare Development Group" (abbreviated to NAVSPECWARDEVGRU, or DEVGRU) after SEAL Team Six was dissolved. Reasons for the disbanding are varied. But the name SEAL Team Six is often used in reference to DEVGRU because of their similarities as a maritime counter-terrorism unit.

Recent renaming

In a recent article, Marc Ambinder wrote that DEVGRU's designation had been changed by the Defense Department to a new name. However, the new name is currently classified. This has also been the case for Delta Force, which was originally designated 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, and is now known as Army Compartmented Elements," or "ACE."

Recruitment, selection, and training

In the early stages of creating SEAL Team Six, Marcinko had been given only six months to get ST6 up and running. This meant that there was a timing issue and Marcinko had little time to create a proper selection course, similar to that of Delta Force, and as a result hand-picked the first plankowners of the unit himself after assessing their Navy records and personally interviewing each man. It has been said that Marcinko regretted not having enough time to set up a proper selection process/course. All applicants came from the UDTs and East and West Coast SEAL teams. Marcinko's criteria for recruiting applicants was combat experience due to the fact that he would know they could perform under fire; language skills were vital, as the unit would have a worldwide mandate to be able to communicate with the local population if needed; union skills, in order to be able to blend in as civilians during an operation; and finally SEAL skills. Each member of SEAL Team Six was selected in part because of the different specialty skills each man brought with him to the unit.

The training schedule was intense. The claim had been made by one former Team member that in one year SEAL Team Six fired more rounds of ammunition than the entire U.S. Marine Corps. The emphasis was on shooting skills, range firing, close-quarters battle (CQB), and stress shooting in a variety of conditions.

As with most aspects of the unit being highly classified, information regarding the process of recruitment and selection for the NSWDG ("DEVGRU") is also scarce, but what is speculated and is known is that the selection and training for the unit hasn't changed dramatically since its creation. All applicants come from the "regular" SEAL teams and the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal units, unless applying for support positions (in which there have been open advertisements on the web for support personnel).

It can be inferred from the quality of their pool of applicants that those considered are in peak physical condition, maintain an excellent reputation as an operator within the Naval Special Warfare community, and have done operational deployments with a SEAL Team where an operator will have picked up invaluable experience. As a result, the candidate will usually be in his 30s. As ST6 was recruiting the best and brightest SEALs/UDTs from the regular teams, this created animosity between the unit and the "regular" teams that their best SEALs were being poached for the unit.

Those who pass the stringent recruitment and selection process will be selected to attend a six- to seven-month Operators Training Course. Candidates will join the unit's training wing known as "Green Team." The training course attrition rate is extremely high; at least half the class will fail the course. During one selection course, out of the original 20 candidates, only 12 completed the course. All candidates are watched closely by DEVGRU instructors and evaluated on whether they were suitable to join the individual squadrons.

Like all Special Operations Forces units that have an extremely intensive and high-risk training schedule, serious injuries or death among operators can result. SEAL Team Six/DEVGRU has lost several operators during training, including parachute accidents and close-quarters battle training accidents. It is presumed that the unit's assessment process for potential new recruits is different from what a SEAL operator experienced in his previous career, and much of the training tests the candidate's mental capacity rather than his physical condition, as he will have already completed Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL training.

Candidates will be put through a variety of advanced training courses that can include courses led by civilian and/or military instructors. These can include free-climbing, advanced unarmed combat techniques, defensive and offensive driving, advanced diving, and "survival, evasion, resistance, and escape" (SERE) training. All candidates must perform at the top level during selection, and the unit instructors evaluate the candidate during the training process. Any candidate not performing to the highest level will be returned to his previous unit.

Once a candidate has been selected, he will be assigned to one of the Tactical Development and Evaluation Squadrons.

Commanding Officers

Commander Richard Marcinko – Nov 1980 to July 1983
Captain Robert A. Gormly – 1983 to 1986
Captain Thomas E. Murphy – 1986 to 1987
Captain Richard T.P. Woolard – 1987 to 1990
Captain Ronald E. Yeaw – 1990 to 1992
Captain Thomas G. Moser – 1992 to 1994
Admiral Eric T. Olson – 1994 to 1997
Vice Admiral Albert M. Calland III – June 1997 to June 1999
Vice Admiral Joseph D. Kernan – 1999 to 2002
Rear Admiral Edward G. Winters, III – 2002 to 2004
Captain Eric Prescott
Rear Admiral Brian L. Losey
Rear Admiral Scott P. Moore
Roles and responsibilities

When SEAL Team Six was first created it was devoted exclusively to counter-terrorism with a worldwide maritime responsibility; its objectives typically included targets such as ships, oil rigs, naval bases, or other civilian or military bases that were accessible from the sea or inland waterways.

SEAL Team Six was originally also tasked with covertly infiltrating international hot spots in order to carry out reconnaissance or security assessments of U.S. military bases and U.S. Embassies.

Although the unit was created as a maritime counter-terrorism unit, it has become a multi-functional Special Operations unit with multiple roles that include high-risk personnel/hostage extractions. Such operations include the failed rescue of Linda Norgrove, the successful rescue of an American businessman, and in 1991 the successful recovery of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family during a coup that deposed him.

After SEAL Team Six was disbanded and renamed, the official mission of the currently operating NSWDG is to test, evaluate, and develop technology and maritime, ground, and airborne tactics applicable to Naval Special Warfare forces such as Navy SEALs; however, this is presumed this is only a small part of the group's work assignment.

DEVGRU's full mission is classified but is thought to include preemptive, pro-active counterterrorist operations, counter-proliferation (efforts to prevent the spread of both conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction), as well as assassination or recovery of high-value targets (HVTs) from unfriendly nations. DEVGRU is one of only a handful of U.S. special mission units authorized to use preemptive actions against terrorists and their facilities.[14]

DEVGRU and the Army's Delta Force train together and deploy together on counter-terrorist missions usually as part of a joint special operations task force (JSOTF).

The CIA's highly secretive Special Activities Division (SAD) and more specifically its elite Special Operations Group (SOG) recruits operators from SEAL Team Six. Joint Navy SEALs and CIA operations go back to the famed MACV-SOG group during the Vietnam War. This cooperation still exists today and is seen in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[hotreds]

Operational deployments

The majority of the operations assigned to the NSWDG are classified and may never be known to the public. However, there are some operations in which the unit has been involved where certain details have been made public.

Operation Urgent Fury
Main article: Operation Urgent Fury

On October 13, 1983, the Grenadian Army, controlled by former Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard, overthrew the government of Grenada in a bloody coup d'état, creating a Communist regime. The severity of the violence, coupled with Coard's hard-line Marxism, caused deep concern among neighboring Caribbean nations, as well as in Washington, D.C. Adding to the US's concern was the presence of nearly 1,000 American medical students in Grenada.
The new leader of the Grenadian government, Maurice Bishop, aligned Grenada with Cubans, Soviets, and communist organizations. The Reagan administration reviled the leftist government for being too closely allied to Cuba and the Soviet Union. On October 25, Reagan decided to act and United States invaded the small island of Grenada.
SEAL Team Six's Assault Group Three was to conduct a static line drop with boats a few miles away from the Grenadian coast. One of two C-130 cargo planes transporting the SEALs to their drop point veered far off course. A rain squall accompanied by high winds broke out just before the SEALs conducted the drop. Four out of the eight SEALs that made the drop drowned and were never seen again. After the disastrous insertion, Assault Group Three was told to stand-by and began preparing for the next mission. The next mission was to go to the governor's mansion and secure Governor-General Paul Scoon, protect him and his family and move them out of the combat area. A second mission was to capture and secure Grenada's only radio station so that it couldn't be used by the local military to incite the population or coordinate military actions.[23] There was almost no intelligence for either of these operations.
Governor-General's mansion
To reach the governor-general's mansion, the SEALs were flown in on Blackhawk helicopters that morning, and fast-roped to the ground while under fire. As they approached from the back of the mansion, the team found Scoon hiding. The SEALs then continued to clear the rest of the house and began to set up a perimeter to ensure security. Soon the mansion started to take fire from men armed with AK-47s and RPGs. As the incoming fire started to increase, Governor-General Scoon and his family were moved to a safer location in the house. After the incoming fire had decreased, three men wearing Cuban uniforms approached the mansion, all of them carrying AK-47s. The SEALs shouted for the three men to stop where they were. When the three men heard the yells, they raised their weapons. The SEALs opened fire on the Cubans and killed them almost instantly.
Soon afterward, two BTR-60PBs rolled up to the mansion's gates. One of the BTRs at the mansion's front gate opened fire. Just as the SEALs were about to fire a LAW anti-tank rocket, the BTR backed off and left with the other BTR. When the SEALs had inserted on to the compound, they left behind their long-range SATCOM radio on a helicopter. The only communications the team had were through MX-360 radios. The team used the radios to communicate with a SEAL command post on the island to call in air strikes. As the radios started to die, communications with the SEAL command post became weak. Once all the radios had finally died and the SEALs urgently needed air support, the SEALs used a regular house phone to call JSOC. JSOC was able to get an AC-130 Spectre gunship to hold station over the SEALs' position to provide air support.
When morning came, a group of Force Recon Marines arrived to extract the SEALs, Governor-General Scoon, and his family to a helicopter extraction point. As the team left the compound, they noticed splattered blood and discarded weapons all around. The helicopter finally arrived and extracted everyone to safety.
Assault Group Three and another squad from SEAL Team Six flew to the radio station on a Blackhawk helicopter. The helicopter took small-arms fire on the insertion. Once the team unloaded it overran the radio station compound. The SEALs were told to hold the station until Governor Scoon and a broadcast team could be brought in. After the team took control of the compound, it was not able to make radio contact with the SEAL command post. The SEALs set up a perimeter while they continued to try to make radio contact. As this was happening, a BTR-60 rolled up to the compound and 20 Grenadian soldiers disguised as station workers piled out.[24] The soldiers carried weapons even in disguise. The SEALs ordered the soldiers to drop the weapons. The soldiers opened fire but were shot down almost instantly. Afterward the SEALs continued laboring to make radio contact when another BTR and three trucks were spotted coming towards the station.
The trucks carried a dozen soldiers each. The SEALs quickly conducted a defensive maneuver as the soldiers flanked the building. The BTR covered the front entrance with its 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine gun. The incoming fire on the SEALs position was becoming devastatingly heavy and the SEALs were running out of ammunition. The SEAL team knew that their only option was to change their original plan of holding the radio station and instead destroy the radio transmitter, and head to the water following their pre-planned escape route out behind the station across a broad meadow that led to a path that cut between cliffs and a beach. The meadow was terribly exposed to Grenadian fire. The team leapfrogged across the exposed ground and took heavy fire. The team finally reached the end of the field, cut through a chain-link fence and ran into dense brush. The SEALs quickly followed the path to the beach. One SEAL had been wounded in the arm. The Grenadians were still in pursuit, so the SEALs waded into the water and began swimming parallel to the shore until they found cliff ledges to conceal themselves. The SEALs remained hidden until long after the Grenadians had given up the search. Once the SEALs were convinced that the Grenadians had given up, the team jumped back into the water and swam out to sea. The SEALs were in the water close to six hours before a rescue plane spotted them and vectored a Navy ship to pick them up.
Operation Restore Hope
During Operation Restore Hope and Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia, DEVGRU was a part of Task Force Ranger. TF Ranger was made up of operators from Delta Force, the 75th Ranger Regiment, the 160th SOAR, the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and unknown number of SEALs from DEVGRU. Eric T. Olson, John Gay, Howard Wasdin, Homer Nearpass, and Richard Kaiser were the five SEALs that fought in the Battle of the Black Sea during the last mission of Operation Gothic Serpent to capture the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.[16]
Hunting war criminals, Bosnia
The NSWDG operated alongside other members of NATO's Implementation Force, such as its Army counterpart Delta Force and the British SAS. These units were tasked by The Hague with finding and apprehending persons indicted for war crimes (PIFWC) and returning them to The Hague to stand trial. Some of DEVGRU's PIFWC operations included apprehending Goran Jelisić, Simo Zaric, Milan Simic and Miroslav Tadic.
Operation Enduring Freedom
In Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) U.S. Special Operations forces have led the fighting. During the crucial Battle of Takur Ghar part of Operation Anaconda small teams of DEVGRU Tier One operators assigned to an Advanced Force Operations task force were tasked with establishing observation positions (OPs) on the high ground above the proposed landing zones of US conventional forces. It was one of the most violent battles of Operation Anaconda. Late at night on March 2, 2002 a MH-47 Chinook helicopter piloted by the 160th SOAR was carrying a team of Navy SEALs from DEVGRU. The original plan was that the SEALs would be inserted at a point 1300 meters east of the peak, but circumstances led the SEALs to choose the summit of Takur Ghar itself as the insertion point. As the helicopter was nearing its landing zone both the pilots and the men in the back observed fresh tracks in the snow, goatskins, and other signs of recent human activity. Immediately, the pilots and team discussed a mission abort, but it was too late. An RPG struck the side of the aircraft, wounding one crewman, while machine gun bullets ripped through the fuselage, cutting hydraulic and oil lines. Fluid spewed about the ramp area of the helicopter. The pilot struggled to get the helicopter off the landing zone and away from the enemy fire. Neil C. Roberts, a SEAL operator, was poised to exit the ramp when the aircraft was hit and he slipped on the oil as the helicopter took off. He was thrown from the helicopter dropping about 5 to 10 feet (1.5 to 3.0 m) to the snowy ground below. Roberts immediately engaged Al-Qaeda forces with the weapons he carried including his M249 light machine gun, SIG Sauer 9mm pistol and grenades. He survived at least 30 minutes before he was shot and killed at close range.
Operation Geronimo: Death of Osama bin Laden
Main article: Death of Osama bin Laden

On May 1/2 2011, DEVGRU was involved in the operation, codename Geronimo, that killed Osama bin Laden at his compound in the affluent suburb of Abottabad, Pakistan. In the 40-minute mission, there were no injuries or casualties to the team. The team practiced the mission "on both American coasts" as well as in a segregated section of Camp Alpha at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in early April, 2011, using a one-acre replica of bin Laden's compound. Modified MH-60 helicopters from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, carried Navy SEALs and were supported by other personnel with tactical signals, intelligence collectors, and navigators using highly classified hyperspectral imagers from Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan. It has been speculated that these helicopters may have spoofed transponder codes and been painted to resemble Pakistan Air Force equipment by other JSOC units, the Technical Application Programs Office and the Aviation Technology Evaluation Group. The raid involved close collaboration with the CIA. A May 1 memo from CIA Director Leon Panetta thanked the National Security Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, whose mapping and pattern recognition software was likely used to determine that Bin Laden lived in the compound with "high probability". Members of these agencies were paired with JSOC units in forward-deployed fusion cells to "exploit and analyze" battlefield data instantly using biometrics, facial recognition, voice print databases, and predictive models of insurgent behavior based on surveillance and computer-based pattern analysis.

[jjirons69]

Bin Laden Facebook status:

:ss

Jamie like this :tu

[jjirons69]

The one thing I keep reflecting on, more now that this has happened and more since the initial bewilderment 10 years ago (time has a way of easing certain things, at least taming them) - the bravery of the common man on flight 93. Granted we had lots of firefighters, emergency personnel, and common citizens helping at ground zero and the Pentagon who lost their lives. They knew helping would be dangerous but there was always hope that the fires could be battled and trapped lives saved. Collapse might have been in their mind, but not a given. Are we going to die trying to help? - maybe, maybe not. The average folks (like any of us) on flight 93 knew they were headed into certain death. They knew it. I guess they took a moment and prayed and set about getting the high jackers out of control. Could I have done it? I hope so - it's hard to say not being in that spot. Until I leave this world, when someone mentions bravery, I automatically think of flight 93 passengers.

[shilala]

Amen, Jamie.

[replicant_argent]

The one thing I keep reflecting on, more now that this has happened and more since the initial bewilderment 10 years ago (time has a way of easing certain things, at least taming them) - the bravery of the common man on flight 93. Granted we had lots of firefighters, emergency personnel, and common citizens helping at ground zero and the Pentagon who lost their lives. They knew helping would be dangerous but there was always hope that the fires could be battled and trapped lives saved. Collapse might have been in their mind, but not a given. Are we going to die trying to help? - maybe, maybe not. The average folks (like any of us) on flight 93 knew they were headed into certain death. They knew it. I guess they took a moment and prayed and set about getting the high jackers out of control. Could I have done it? I hope so - it's hard to say not being in that spot. Until I leave this world, when someone mentions bravery, I automatically think of flight 93 passengers.

Amen, Jamie.

It is better to be a Sheepdog, in principle and in practice, and hope you can do the best for others that may not have the ability, fortitude, or opportunity.

:2

[NCRadioMan]

It's official: No photos will be released.

[shilala]

It's official: No photos will be released.
Very odd.
May the conspiracy theorists strap on the headgear and step up to the starting line. It'll be coming by the truckloads.

[kaisersozei]

It's official: No photos will be released.

At least not "officially" released. These days, most things manage to find a way out into the open.

[LasciviousXXX]

Except for the unaltered Zapruder film.......

Dum dum duh duh DAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!


;)

[BC-Axeman]

They had no problem with Abu Gharab.
Oh well, there goes my next avatar.

[Kreth]

Heard on TMZ tonight:
"I got a new drink called the Osama bin Laden: two shots and a splash of water."
Posted via Mobile Device

[Jason]

RE survivors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-daughter-held

WARNING graphic dead folks
http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/05/04/photos-show-three-dead-men-at-bin-laden-raid-house

[macpappy]

Heard on TMZ tonight:
"I got a new drink called the Osama bin Laden: two shots and a splash of water."
Posted via Mobile Device

It's called a "Double Tap"

[Stephen]

RE survivors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-daughter-held

WARNING graphic dead folks
http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/05/04/photos-show-three-dead-men-at-bin-laden-raid-house
Our tax dollars at work.:tu

[LasciviousXXX]

WARNING graphic dead folks
http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/05/04/photos-show-three-dead-men-at-bin-laden-raid-house

Was one of OBL's men armed w/ a water gun? I swear that's a water gun under one of the men.

Classy :tu

[OLS]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-06/osama-bin-laden-he-died-a-fool-and-has-no-legacy-says-dana-vachon/

This is a great article you should read if you want to be inspired. WAY TOO HEAVY on fancy talk,
but point after point hit the perfect spot and make perfect sense. Just a great read.

[Bunker]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/rashard-mendenhall-champion-deal-tweets_n_858438.html

That should make him think twice - or in his case maybe once

[Stephen]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/rashard-mendenhall-champion-deal-tweets_n_858438.html

That should make him think twice - or in his case maybe once
They should donate what endorsement money due him to various charities set up for families of individuals who lost their lives due to the attacks on 9/11. Then he can tweet about how he lost out on his Champion endorsement deal, "demolition style."

[Gophernut]

They should donate what endorsement money due him to various charities set up for families of individuals who lost their lives due to the attacks on 9/11. Then he can tweet about how he lost out on his Champion endorsement deal, "demolition style."

That is an awesome idea! This guy is just an attention whore who needs to think before he tweets. Even his apology rang insincere.

[Bunker]

That is an awesome idea! This guy is just an attention whore who needs to think before he tweets. Even his apology rang insincere.

+1 and Rooney should match whatever amount that is if he is going to keep him on the roster.

[hotreds]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/231052_10150292480008238_703508237_9662686_7717772 _n.jpg

[shilala]

That is an awesome idea! This guy is just an attention whore who needs to think before he tweets. Even his apology rang insincere.
I was a big fan of Rashard, and I've been literally sick over his comments.
The only explanation I have is that he's a 23 year old bubble kid. He has no idea about anything, let alone the levity of his comments.
If the kid can liken the NFL to slavery (comments I somehow missed completely), that's gloriously obvious. Hopefully the men around him will teach him not only to shut his mouth, but they'll knock some sense into his primadonna ass.