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For instance, White House spokesperson Jay Carney said Tuesday that--contrary to earlier officials' descriptions of a firefight between the Al Qaeda mastermind and U.S. forces--bin Laden didn't have a weapon during the Sunday raid. Bin Laden "was not armed," Carney said at the White House press briefing Tuesday. He was shot and killed after his wife "rushed the U.S. assaulter." You can watch Carney's exchange with the White House press corps in the video above.
Earlier, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, in a press conference Monday, said that bin Laden's wife had been killed after she was positioned as a human shield to protect bin Laden in the confrontation. Officials are now saying, however, that bin Laden's wife was injured (shot in the leg) but not killed, and that it was a separate woman who was killed by cross-fire during the forty-minute operation.
"Bin Laden died; the two al Qaeda facilitators--the brothers, who were--the courier and his brother in the compound; bin Laden's son Hamza; and the woman, presumed to be his wife, who was shielding bin Laden," Brennan said.
Asked by a reporter if bin Laden's wife was used as a shield for bin Laden, Brennan hesitated:
"I wasn't there so I hesitate to say," he said.
Originally posted by deltaboy
news.yahoo.com...
For instance, White House spokesperson Jay Carney said Tuesday that--contrary to earlier officials' descriptions of a firefight between the Al Qaeda mastermind and U.S. forces--bin Laden didn't have a weapon during the Sunday raid. Bin Laden "was not armed," Carney said at the White House press briefing Tuesday. He was shot and killed after his wife "rushed the U.S. assaulter." You can watch Carney's exchange with the White House press corps in the video above.
Earlier, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, in a press conference Monday, said that bin Laden's wife had been killed after she was positioned as a human shield to protect bin Laden in the confrontation. Officials are now saying, however, that bin Laden's wife was injured (shot in the leg) but not killed, and that it was a separate woman who was killed by cross-fire during the forty-minute operation.
"Bin Laden died; the two al Qaeda facilitators--the brothers, who were--the courier and his brother in the compound; bin Laden's son Hamza; and the woman, presumed to be his wife, who was shielding bin Laden," Brennan said.
Asked by a reporter if bin Laden's wife was used as a shield for bin Laden, Brennan hesitated:
"I wasn't there so I hesitate to say," he said.
So they just murdered him in cold blood. Did Obama told the SEALs to kill him and not have him come back alive cause he could reveals things that the U.S. govt. didn't want people to know. Put him in court and he would spill the beans on tv?
Originally posted by Wetpaint72
A thought just occurred to me. What if they do have him. What if he agreed to spill everything if they faked his death...his plea bargain. He would have enough info to warrant such a cover. And he is former c.I.a so I am sure he knows how to play the system. Maybe it was his idea for the " burial at sea", so his own followers would not come looking for the body. All the while he is a shaking in his turbin and a little chatty Cathy. Just like most bullies, when really confronted they turn tail like cowards they really are....possible?
Originally posted by miniatus
Originally posted by deltaboy
news.yahoo.com...
For instance, White House spokesperson Jay Carney said Tuesday that--contrary to earlier officials' descriptions of a firefight between the Al Qaeda mastermind and U.S. forces--bin Laden didn't have a weapon during the Sunday raid. Bin Laden "was not armed," Carney said at the White House press briefing Tuesday. He was shot and killed after his wife "rushed the U.S. assaulter." You can watch Carney's exchange with the White House press corps in the video above.
Earlier, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, in a press conference Monday, said that bin Laden's wife had been killed after she was positioned as a human shield to protect bin Laden in the confrontation. Officials are now saying, however, that bin Laden's wife was injured (shot in the leg) but not killed, and that it was a separate woman who was killed by cross-fire during the forty-minute operation.
"Bin Laden died; the two al Qaeda facilitators--the brothers, who were--the courier and his brother in the compound; bin Laden's son Hamza; and the woman, presumed to be his wife, who was shielding bin Laden," Brennan said.
Asked by a reporter if bin Laden's wife was used as a shield for bin Laden, Brennan hesitated:
"I wasn't there so I hesitate to say," he said.
So they just murdered him in cold blood. Did Obama told the SEALs to kill him and not have him come back alive cause he could reveals things that the U.S. govt. didn't want people to know. Put him in court and he would spill the beans on tv?
Can you imagine the circus it would have been had he been captured and brought back to the US? .. I'd say we'd be at much higher risk of terrorist attack with him on our soil in a federal prison than him being dead and us just moving on .. I've been hearing the same sentiment on tv by officials and reporters .. I generally think it's for the best that he just be dead and done with .. While part of me would have loved to see him answer to this in the legal arena, it would have been a huge fiasco
Originally posted by lestweforget
You cant kill a man twice, he was already dead!
Wait till the truth of what occurred in that supposed compound starts to come out, and it will all be reported by US media as unconfirmed and or unreliable witness accounts.
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by lestweforget
You cant kill a man twice, he was already dead!
Wait till the truth of what occurred in that supposed compound starts to come out, and it will all be reported by US media as unconfirmed and or unreliable witness accounts.
If he was already dead, then why didn't the US claim they had killed him then? Even if he had died of disease, do you think that the 'victory' of having killed him would require anymore than the say so of officials?
I don't go for it. It's a weak concept.
"The authorities we have on Bin Laden are to kill him. And that was made clear. But it was also, as part of their rules of engagement, if he suddenly put up his hands and offered to be captured, then-- they would have the opportunity, obviously, to capture him. But that opportunity never developed," CIA director Leon Panetta told NBC News.
Originally posted by badw0lf
Originally posted by lestweforget
You cant kill a man twice, he was already dead!
Wait till the truth of what occurred in that supposed compound starts to come out, and it will all be reported by US media as unconfirmed and or unreliable witness accounts.
If he was already dead, then why didn't the US claim they had killed him then? Even if he had died of disease, do you think that the 'victory' of having killed him would require anymore than the say so of officials?
I don't go for it. It's a weak concept.
Originally posted by HomerinNC
He died a cowards death: used a human shield
politico.com
...At a Pentagon briefing earlier Monday, a senior defense official said bin Laden used a woman as a human shield so he could fire shots. “He was firing behind her,” the official said.
In another background briefing early Monday morning, a senior administration official also said bin Laden put up a fight. “He did resist the assault force. And he was killed in a firefight,” the official said.
However, during a background, off-camera briefing for television reporters later Monday, a senior White House official said bin Laden was not armed when he was killed, apparently by the U.S. raid team.
Another White House official familiar with the TV briefing confirmed the change to POLITICO on Monday night, adding, “I’m not aware of him having a weapon.”
“The bottom line is the team that entered that room was met with resistance and took appropriate action,” said a third American official...
Originally posted by HomerinNC
reply to post by Ahmose
prove it or SU yourselfedit on 5/3/2011 by HomerinNC because: (no reason given)