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Agorism
05-03-2011, 05:40 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110502/wl_nm/us_binladen_usa_wife_2


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman killed during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan was not his wife and was not used as a human shield by the al Qaeda leader before his death, a U.S. official said on Monday, correcting an earlier description.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counter- terrorism adviser, told reporters earlier that the slain woman had been one of bin Laden's wives and had been used -- perhaps voluntarily -- as a shield during the firefight.
However, a different White House official said that account had turned out not to be the case. Bin Laden's wife was injured but not killed in the assault.
U.S. officials have said a small U.S. strike team, dropped by helicopter to bin Laden's hide-out near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad under cover of night, shot the al Qaeda leader dead with bullets to the chest and head. He did not return fire.

Bruno
05-03-2011, 05:46 AM
The first of many details about this event that will likely be proven false.

tropicangela
05-03-2011, 07:45 AM
His wife was injured but survived, and there were other surviving witnesses - men, women, and children including Bin Laden's daughter. (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?290466-22-people-killed-in-raid.-Who-were-they&p=3245372&viewfull=1#post3245372)

Sola_Fide
05-03-2011, 07:48 AM
Let me guess...

One of our men walked up to Osama and said "This is courtesy of Barack Obama", and then blew his head off?

Is this gonna be the next story?

Warrior_of_Freedom
05-03-2011, 08:29 AM
The WHOLE story was incorrect. They couldn't take a picture of his dead body? Would that be asking too much? I guess the president is cutting the budget on batteries.:rolleyes:

jmdrake
05-03-2011, 08:35 AM
The whole "He was armed to the teeth and ready to fight to the death.....but hiding behind a woman" story never made any sense.

vita3
05-03-2011, 08:41 AM
Whomever writes the script for the AP to release & all the media to parrot.. must laugh & laugh & laugh @ all of us.

pcosmar
05-03-2011, 09:59 AM
Details will come out, eventually. They will come out of Pakistan, and likely will not be covered by the MSM.

I also suspect that this is very bad for US/Pakistan relations.

What a great recruiting tool for Anti-US interests.
:(

Freedom 4 all
05-03-2011, 10:08 AM
In the context of the US military, the term "human shield" is code for "was in the vicinity of some brown people."

doodle
05-03-2011, 10:10 AM
Neither did he have a gun. Experts questioning DNA veri too. Many Drudge headlines today are exact revrse of headlines there yesterday.

This story will probably keep changing.

JohnGalt1225
05-03-2011, 10:15 AM
Hmm so it starts.

pcosmar
05-03-2011, 10:20 AM
Nope,
It started with the White House announcement and Media circus.
It all goes to shit from there.

Bruno
05-03-2011, 10:22 AM
Anderson Cooper last night basically said 38 minutes was enough to do DNA testing. That seems off by days or weeks

Brian4Liberty
05-03-2011, 01:04 PM
The first of many details about this event that will likely be proven false.

Absolutely. Initial details are always wrong. Always.

But that didn't stop a bunch of douches on Hannity's show last night from making a big deal about Osama hiding behind a woman. Why do the neo-conservatives tend to have the maturity of 13 year olds?

jmdrake
05-03-2011, 01:34 PM
Hmm so it starts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtF3SI-td4

FreedomProsperityPeace
05-03-2011, 02:17 PM
Anderson Cooper last night basically said 38 minutes was enough to do DNA testing. That seems off by days or weeksYeah, the exact day of this raid was pretty squishy when the news first broke. When the story solidified and it was said to be on Sunday, I wondered about the DNA confirmation.