Bin Laden is dead, official

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Guess we now see if the threats of a nuke weapon somewhere in Europe were true.

Well, you don't think terrorists would be holding back if they had it, do you? Osama alive or dead.

Edit: Randomizer makes my point better than me.

And I think the GWOT is doing a pretty good job of rendering them null and void.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, you don't think terrorists would be holding back if they had it, do you? Osama alive or dead.

That'd be a good point.

[Gerald]

Threats and terror reaches all corners of the world, regardless of whether Osama now sleeps with fishes

[Onkel Neal]

True, but I am sure a lot happier that he is sleeping with the fishes.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Threats and terror reaches all corners of the world, regardless of whether Osama now sleeps with fishes

True, but the team players are missing their coach and motivator. Perhaps they now realize they will be hunted down relentlessly. Sheds a different light on their endeavours.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

True, but the team players are missing their coach and motivator. Perhaps they now realize they will be hunted down relentlessly. Sheds a different light on their endeavours.

Quite right, what you say is relevant, and give clear signals to all the network of so-called terrorist cells, and it is in this mode is extremely important to eliminate all potent "leaders" of global operations, so that they may be individually,that this was not a "one-night" stand operation,so that the knowledge held by them, the battle will always remain.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Threats and terror reaches all corners of the world, regardless of whether Osama now sleeps with fishes

I don't suppose it's lost on anyone why they shucked his carcass overboard. For one, they can make up any story they want (True or not) about treating it according to muslim tradition. But two, it ends that messy scenario of "what to do with the body?" when on dry land. Anywhere he gets buried is going to be venerated by muslim jihadits. Best to just chuck the animal overboard and be done with it. Not that, that gives the satisfaction that could have been had, if we had buried him the way I originally described.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I don't suppose it's lost on anyone why they shucked his carcass overboard. For one, they can make up any story they want (True or not) about treating it according to muslim tradition. But two, it ends that messy scenario of "what to do with the body?" when on dry land. Anywhere he gets buried is going to be venerated by muslim jihadits. Best to just chuck the animal overboard and be done with it. Not that, that gives the satisfaction that could have been had, if we had buried him the way I originally described.

It makes it a bit difficult to pay homage to a grave that is not there.

[August]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I don't suppose it's lost on anyone why they shucked his carcass overboard. For one, they can make up any story they want (True or not) about treating it according to muslim tradition. But two, it ends that messy scenario of "what to do with the body?" when on dry land. Anywhere he gets buried is going to be venerated by muslim jihadits. Best to just chuck the animal overboard and be done with it. Not that, that gives the satisfaction that could have been had, if we had buried him the way I originally described.

I don't doubt that they followed Muslim tradition. Look at the burial ceremony they held for the Soviet crewmen they found in that sub the Glomar Explorer raised back in 1975.

On the other hand good point about not giving the Jihadis a burial site to revere.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by August

On the other hand good point about not giving the Jihadis a burial site to revere.

exactly.

every year there would be some pilgrimage to some massive shrine containing his martyred body.

for days on end these people would flock to the site and worship this criminal.

they were right to bury him at sea.

and they should have slaughtered two pigs and covered him in their blood.

those two pigs of course being Rosie O'donnell and Michael Moore

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

those two pigs of course being Rosie O'donnell and Michael Moore

Classy.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Classy.

LOL

to quote the great Rilder

Originally Posted by Rilder

Oh Relax we just killed a mass murderer, have some fun.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by August

I don't doubt that they followed Muslim tradition. Look at the burial ceremony they held for the Soviet crewmen they found in that sub the Glomar Explorer raised back in 1975.

On the other hand good point about not giving the Jihadis a burial site to revere.

Those spooks and sailors aboard the Glomar Explorer no doubt respected those Soviet submariners and fellow servicemen albeit from the other side. I doubt any of the servicemen involved in OBL's burial at sea felt anything like that.

Terrorists are nothing more than common criminal thugs and should be treated as such, they deserve no respect from proper servicemen. I wish they brought him back to stand trial in NY (including an all expense paid stay with Riker's Island genpop) followed by a lifetime in whatever deep dark hole the Federal Prison system has for such people.

Death in battle is far too good for such a man...

[Stealhead]

I think they are much more likely to attempt several much smaller scale attacks in reaction to Osmas death our troops in Afghanistan will see some serious attacks in the next few weeks from the fanatics.

Long term who knows it is going to have a huge effect on AQ and the like Bin Laden was more or less a living god to them this is the beginning of the end for AQ pretty much I doubt anyone else in their ranks can fill his leadership role they will still be a threat for some time though for sure.

I am sure some highly valuable intel was gathered during the raid so who knows what they will discover while analyzing it.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Long term who knows it is going to have a huge effect on AQ and the like Bin Laden was more or less a living god to them this is the beginning of the end for AQ pretty much I doubt anyone else in their ranks can fill his leadership role they will still be a threat for some time though for sure.

It is my understanding that Osama hadn't been in any kind of leading role in AQ in years. More like a poster-boy.

Loss surely, but don't think it's nearly as big as everyone makes it look like.