Osama Bin Laden Is Dead
by Peter Bean on May 1, 2011 10:28 PM CDT
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News is breaking this evening that the United States has finally found and killed Osama Bin Laden.
Al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden is dead and the United States has his body, a person familiar with the developments says.
President Barack Obama is expected to make that announcement from the White House late Sunday night.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak ahead of the president.
This is not an invitation to discuss your politics. More like a good old fashioned chant: U-S-A! U-S-A!
Damn, this was a long time coming. A great, great day for the good guys.
After the jump, a recap of President Obama's announcement of the news.
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Comin' again
to save the mutherf&^%in day, yeah!
Two things will never change...Jesus loves us and UT is awesome.
hahaha
Can we green highlight a gif?
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Osama just ousted Hitler as the mayor of Hell on Foursquare.
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Burnt Orange Nation
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on May 1, 2011 10:44 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
i was 18 when it happened...
And went to my first ou game. I remember seeing 6 u.s. marshals around the stadium. That’s when 9/11 hit me so hard. USA!
You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later, you dance with the Grim Reaper.
by maverick76904 on May 1, 2011 10:45 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well...
I’ll be walking a lot taller and straighter in my military uniform tomorrow.
Wow.
by txtwstr7 on May 1, 2011 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
Thank you for your service!
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by Hopkins Horn on May 1, 2011 10:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
Thank you for service, its greatly appreciated!
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Unknown
Phillies fans broke out with “USA” chants during their game when the news broke. For once, I can respect Philly fans.
God bless our servicemen, and thank you to Presidents Bush and Obama for implementing and following through with policies to kill Bin Ladin.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 1, 2011 10:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well said.
It was a team effort through the last decade to get this coward. Presidential policy got it going and kept it priority … and the military canned his arse. That’s teamwork.
I'm not a very religious man, but damn I hope there is such a thing as hell right now.
And daily ass rapings with acid soaked cactus phalluses.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
by HookTech on May 1, 2011 10:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
too much?
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
by HookTech on May 1, 2011 10:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
acid-soaked cactus phalluses
…contemplating whether the English language has ever been better used. I like the way you think.
by BrooklynHorn on May 1, 2011 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Ditto
I’d start believing in hell if it meant he could go there. Awesome.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I have two sons on active duty
Here’s hoping that they, all in uniform, and really the whole world is a little safer tonight.
We're going to play like we're in a bad mood.
by JoeT63 on May 1, 2011 10:53 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I bet you're
one proud Man…………God Bless your sons. Thank them for their service.
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
I'll sleep a lot better tonight!
Burn in hell, #@^$!
God bless America
The Pakistanis have some questions to answer, but let’s celebrate this to the tilt.
by billfromlaketravis on May 1, 2011 10:58 PM CDT reply actions
as a pakistani, i would love to hear the answers too...
…but im guessing all the answers will be bullshit.
100% government had no clue about this, and 99% the army/ISI was responsible for sheltering him…
im glad that hes dead cause he hurt not one, but all nations and their peoples.
also, for the less faint hearted, there are pictures from a pakistani channel of his dead corpse circling around…a google search on images can guide you to them…
by vanterminatorhorn on May 2, 2011 3:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Great News !
However, Fox News is reporting that Donald Trump is demanding to see the longform Death Certificate !
If they outlaw Willie Nelson, only outlaws will be Willie Nelson
by MeatchickenHorn on May 1, 2011 11:00 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
You can say that again !
If they outlaw Willie Nelson, only outlaws will be Willie Nelson
by MeatchickenHorn on May 1, 2011 11:01 PM CDT reply actions
Sorry for being so ignorant
but did that really happen. I know I sound stupid for asking, but I really could see a politician acting like this to make himself more manly to an American people.
If not, that is hilarious. I just don’t like politicians taking credit for something men on the ground do. They make plenty of decisions that get nowhere and when one goes right they want all the pats on the back.
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I'm sorry
if I don’t seem excited. I’ve been on the phone for the past 45 minutes talking to my old military buddies. I just want to see credit given where credit is due, that’s all.
Don’t forget the pimp limp txtwstr7 :)
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He did, probably as much as as is possible given the secrecy surrounding these things.
The text/video recap should be available tomorrow.
The version Peter posted is a fairly acceptable truncation IMO.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on May 1, 2011 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Amen
Credit to everyone who’s played a part in this, and sacrificed to make it happen. And LH is right: in his announcement Obama gave everyone their proper due.
God bless this freaking country. What a night.
You ain't hurt...
Amen
Glad to hear it :) May God continue to bless our country!!!
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by run Bevo run on May 2, 2011 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Too rarely can you justifiably say, "the world is a better, safer place today than it was yesterday." Today is just such a day.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to listen to that song from Team America about a dozen times.
proud to swim home
Say the name of the song, learned. Say it.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 1, 2011 11:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
At this rate, I'll be lucky not to be quietly singing it during a Tax CLE tomorrow.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on May 1, 2011 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo
by run Bevo run on May 2, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Just got to Austin and drove through West Campus
and the frats boys are shooting off fireworks…awesomeness
ps where did they get these fireworks?
Indeed a great opportunity for closure and unity for our Country
Credit goes to Presidents, Troops and Intelligence Agencies Past and Present
Nice!
Saw my Google & Facebook feed explode 30 minutes ago.
I just hope they figure out how he ended up in Islamabad!
by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on May 1, 2011 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
Hell to the Yeah!!!
God bless America!!
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Unknown
I’m currently staring out my window at the Statue of Liberty and the sky where the towers should be. I’m not sure yet what today means in the big picture, but right now it feels tremendous.
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by billyzane on May 2, 2011 12:22 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Ha
Sorry, but whatever your politics, hopefully you appreciate the awesomeness of this:
You ain't hurt...
by Peter Bean on May 2, 2011 12:29 AM CDT reply actions 16 recs
Thanks to the men and women who had a part in this operation.
Thank you to our leaders for staying the coarse, and seeing this thing through.
I think this sums it up nicely.
Speechless
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by run Bevo run on May 2, 2011 12:32 AM CDT reply actions 10 recs
Nevermind to my above request.....
While it is funny, this is much, much better :)
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Austin is awesome tonight
Fireworks going off, Cain and Abels constantly erupting into chants of “USA”.
Poor night/week to have 3 exams.
by Longhorn11 on May 2, 2011 1:31 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Twitter play-by-play of take down
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani provided live Twitter updates on the raid that killed Usama bin Laden, without realizing it.
IT consultant Sohaib Athar took to Twitter in the early hours of Monday local time when he heard helicopters in the night sky above his home close to the compound where bin Laden was cornered and killed by U.S. forces.
Posting as @ReallyVirtual, Athar wrote, “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).”
Minutes later he reported, “A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty.”
Athar went on to describe gunfire, explosions and the sound of a helicopter crashing as the raid continued. He estimated he was around two miles away from the firefight.
It was only hours after the raid took place that the he eventually connected the explosions to an announcement by President Barack Obama that a U.S. military team killed bin Laden in strike at a mansion in Abbottabad.
“There goes the neighborhood,” Athar tweeted. “Uh oh, now I’m the guy who live-blogged the Osama raid without knowing it.”
After his unknowing reportage, Athar was being followed by more than 17,000 Twitter users as he tried to play down his role, “I am JUST a tweeter, awake at the time of the crash. Not many twitter users in Abbottabad, these guys are more into facebook. That’s all.”
In the US, the news of bin Laden’s death was broken reportedly not by the established news media but by the chief of staff for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Keith Urbahn.
Shortly before President Obama announced the news to the world late Sunday, Urbahn tweeted, “So I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.” News organizations began reporting the rumor shortly afterwards. Urbahn quickly picked up more than 3,000 new followers.
San Francisco-based Twitter said more than 4,000 tweets per second were being sent at the beginning and end of the President’s speech.
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Call me skeptical...
…but this quote:
At 7:01 p.m., [President Obama] was informed that those on the ground believed there was a “high probability” bin Laden was dead.
…together with the statement that “the body has already been buried at sea…” (from USA Today’s video summary of the operation) are making my Spidey-sense tingle. I’m not 100% sure this passes the smell test.
As a former Marine, though, I sure as hell hope what we’ve been told is the truth.
If the world was a school, we'd be homecoming king...
by adt2 on May 2, 2011 7:21 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Islamic law requires a body to be buried extremely quickly.
That’s the reason it happened so fast.
Besides, you have that Pakistani guy’s real time twitter reporting of the raid (that he didn’t know was the Osama raid) that TXStampede recounted above.
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It's my hope that we didn't bow to Islamic law on this one.
I’ve read that the burial at sea had more to do with preventing his burial place from becoming a shrine. Burying him on a pig farm would have eliminated that possibility.
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by OnMySignal on May 2, 2011 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I agree
I’m hoping we disposed of the body according to our standard military procedures without
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 8:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
(smart phone mistake)
…bowing to the tenants of a religion in whose supposed name he murdered thousands of Americans.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 9:01 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Take the High Road
Military procedures would include religious preferences, though I’ve read we’re testing some DNA. Additionally, we’re a civilized country and not a bunch of Somali warlords or Vlad the Impaler. The man’s dead. No use beating a dead Bin Laden.
Silly.
We’re not at war with the religion. No better way to show our morality than to not behave like him.
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by billyzane on May 2, 2011 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Silly.
I never said we’re at war with the religion. Not sure why you want to put those words in my mouth.
If, as Eskimo said, standard military procedure means taking religious preference into consideration and we disposed of Bin Ladin’s body in no different manner than we would have treated the body of any other enemy combatant, I’m satisfied.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 10:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Cool. Sorry if I sounded gruff.
Probably should have responded to OnMySignal’s comment rather than yours. Similar sentiment, but yours was far more nuanced.
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The burial at sea did, yes. The rapidness of it was in line with Islamic custom.
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That's exactly why
It also prevented a big deal of a burial someplace with all sorts of security issues. That was the most politically charged corpse probably since Hitler’s. It’s called get rid of the hot potato.
Like the pig farm better than my idea, just outside of Norman.
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by SpiritOfTheFedora on May 2, 2011 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
The repercussions for faking something like this are far worse than hypothetically faking something like the say, the moon landing
The last thing such a man would do is stay underground to help the United States. Politics 101 tells you the man is dead, whether or not you choose to believe the president and the armed forces.
You also have to keep in mind that his grave would be a rally point for those who still follow his twisted belief system. We didn’t want that grave, and no one else did either.
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by learned hand on May 2, 2011 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Big thanks to our men and women in uniform
and all those involved in bringing this murderer to justice. This is all we will be talking about today in my history class.
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-Walter Payton
Fuck yeah!!!!!
Closure for the country. We now have regained credibility and our citizens can finally heal from the Sept. 11 tragedy. Great news!!!!
I'm glad they finally got that bastard Emmanuel Goldstein.
Fuck yeah!!
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Does this mean we are still at war with Eastasia?
or Eurasia?
Just as long as we can prove were better killers Fuck Yeah!
by Xerxes on May 2, 2011 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love your moral equivalency.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 2:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He's a Sooner, but Toby Keith's still making many an appearance on my play list today.
“We’ll put a boot in your ass cuz it’s the American Way.”
Love it.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
That song us trashy.
If that’s the American way, I want no part in it.
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Ditto
I don’t agree with you much, but good grief, I hate jingoism—especially impetuous, hollow, commercialized jingoism.
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by burntorangehorn on May 2, 2011 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fortunately
Toby Keith does not formulate foreign policy outside of Oklahoma.
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by SpiritOfTheFedora on May 2, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm going with 54b on this one
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 1:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Was moved to the playlist at 1015pm last night.
Might not come off for a bit.
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Remember the Battle of Queenston Heights!
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 1:39 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I do it was the height of the Canadian/British military lol
Ever since we crushed you Americans its kind of been downhill from there, although we were pretty good in the world wars.
Prince Edward Island will be ours!
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 1:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
How bout we go for Vancouver as well.
That’d be a good double play to get.
They can keep Newfoundland. And Saskatchewan.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 1:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
So did you really know that battle name off the top of your head?
I’m amused if so, since I had to go wiki this since I was only vaguely aware we had a war with “Canada” once. Funny what’s emphasized on either side of the border. Like when I was giving a Canadian friend a tour of DC and had to explain who the “Washington” of the Washington Monument was.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 2:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm a history/ political science major so yes I knew the name off the top of my head
your spot on with the emphasis part- most people in Ontario know the war of 1812 while everybody outside of the province whether that be in America or other provinces is totally clueless or has a vague knowledge of it. We Canadians tend to blow our military achievements overboard because we have so few of them. Like in WWI every Canadian is so proud of Vimy Ridge while you probably have never heard of the battle. Also i wonder if people in America realize their is a Canadian election being held today lol. I know everybody in Canada knows when the American ones are. It’s kinda sad that we don’t know each others history better, I know in Canada there isn’t an American history class untill senior year of highschool and its not mandatory.
I tend to think that the OBL issue itself is politics
No?
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How is it not?
OBL is very much a political figure, and his politics have impacted American politics greatly—and vice-versa.
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by burntorangehorn on May 2, 2011 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Donald Trump is politics.
Bin Laden is dead. And we did it. That’s not politics. That’s kickin ass. Huge difference. My opinion so it doesn’t have to be right or have a citation.
There is not a situation or individual that cannot be improved by the addition of chocolate.
Donald Trump is less political than bin Laden by a mile
Trump is a sideshow act who is opening his mouth for yet another publicity stunt. OBL led a major political movement that has impacted worldwide politics. Again, this isn’t necessarily a partisan issue, but it is most certainly a political issue. Politics is about more than just democrats vs. republicans, conservatives vs. neoconservatives vs. liberals vs. everyone else, or any other primarily internal US political horserace.
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by burntorangehorn on May 2, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then feel free not to participate in this thread if you feel like it’s an inappropriate topic for us to be discussing. Many other posting options on BON right now.
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by Hopkins Horn on May 2, 2011 1:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Who said it wasn't appropriate?
I just said it’s politics.
I think one can make an accurate argument that this is not a partisan issue, but it is without question a political issue.
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by burntorangehorn on May 2, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
It is certainly outside the realm of Longhorn sports. Unless he was a Sooner.
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