Bin laden dead

I think that whilst there will be people wanting to replace Bin Laden, I HOPE none will be able to build such a worldwide influence as he did, and in that respect the world should be a safer place.
 
joescrivens said:
people overeacting that somehow his death will cause more terrorism. it wont, more terrorism is inevitable, it would continue regardless of his death. one less terrorist is never a bad thing.
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:agree:

Might send shockwaves in the short term, but the reign of terror would carry on regardless, either way!

I'm glad hes dead, just wish they had the chance to take a few thousand more out with him!
 
it makes me laugh, for the last 10 years or so all our military and governments have sworn to get him and take him down, now they have done it the news are saying

"don't go out in public, don't go in crowds or join demonstrations, everywhere is now dangerous, as reprise attacks are expected to be iminent."
a lot of scare mongering going on and looks to be worse than when he was alive

and on other journalism fails, it seems all the papers were quick to publish the picture of a dead osama bin laden, before confirming the authenticity of the image. Apparently its been floating about since 2009 and its a photoshop
http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/
 
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Im glad they found him, I lost one of my first girlfriends to his bomb attack at the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998. Its a long time ago, still makes me angry somethings are hard to let go. To be honest it doesnt bring closure, maybe if he stood trial? :shrug:
 
33L said:
Im glad they found him, I lost one of my first girlfriends to his bomb attack at the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998. Its a long time ago, still makes me angry somethings are hard to let go. To be honest it doesnt bring closure, maybe if he stood trial? :shrug:
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No matter what they did with him will never bring closure to all mate.
 
hsuffyan said:
I'm finding the sea burial very peculiar and makes me wander that this story will be shrouded in some mystery and many conspiracy theories for a long time
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Prevents shrines being made of any burial site.
 
Ive seen that picture before.
He may well be dead, but that aint the real picture.
 
Just Dave said:
... At last justice has been done
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Has it? I thought justice was dealt out by the judicial system and if that's not the case then why do we (and every other civilisaed country on this planet) have a judiciary?

Whilst I'm pleased that he has finally been dealt with, killing him in this way is little more than an act of vigilante revenge.

I'm sure that the troops on the ground were told to capture him if they could but not to put their own lives at undue risk in the process - and that is quite correct - and that killing him was unavoidable. I also feel sure that he will be elevated to martyr status and we should expect revenge attacks as a consequence of this action.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's dead but I am uneasy about the way in which this has been achieved and the assertion by Obama, Cameron, et al that justice has been served.

PS: Not taking issue with you, Dave, in particular. Yours just happened to be the first post I read that mentioned justice in this way. No offence meant :wave:
 
He's dead, I'm glad. Will it make a difference? Probably not, probably make things worse. There will be a queue of fanatics as long as one of the UK's dole lines waiting to take his place!

Plus it's a great excuse for the yanks to pull out of Afghan, they've got they're revenge for 9/11 I suppose.
 
meh. i think like me most people assumed he was dead a looooong time ago.

dont think it'll change a thing personally.

Jimmy_Lemon said:
I just found Lord Lucan....but dont worry I have killed him, removed his body and burnt it well away from anyone (just in case).
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:clap:

funny how the US dont appear to have taken any photos etc to prove it was him before dumping him in the ocean..

cue the release of videos from al queada (or however you spell it) showing him alive and well (at some point).
 
Bristolian said:
Has it? I thought justice was dealt out by the judicial system and if that's not the case then why do we (and every other civilisaed country on this planet) have a judiciary?

Whilst I'm pleased that he has finally been dealt with, killing him in this way is little more than an act of vigilante revenge.

I'm sure that the troops on the ground were told to capture him if they could but not to put their own lives at undue risk in the process - and that is quite correct - and that killing him was unavoidable. I also feel sure that he will be elevated to martyr status and we should expect revenge attacks as a consequence of this action.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's dead but I am uneasy about the way in which this has been achieved and the assertion by Obama, Cameron, et al that justice has been served.

PS: Not taking issue with you, Dave, in particular. Yours just happened to be the first post I read that mentioned justice in this way. No offence meant :wave:
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sorry but the risks for keeping him alive are far too dangerous. His people would take hostages and retaliate by suicide bombing protests, and even the americans may even plan some sort of mob revenge. Unfortunatly with extremely high priority targets like this, a bullet is probably the best and easy solution. forget the high courts and legal proceedings, he died in a war of his own creation, in a gunfight he was involved in. Not time to slap on the cuffs and put him in a holding cell.
 
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archamedes said:
it makes me laugh, for the last 10 years or so all our military and governments have sworn to get him and take him down, now they have done it the news are saying

"don't go out in public, don't go in crowds or join demonstrations, everywhere is now dangerous, as reprise attacks are expected to be iminent."
a lot of scare mongering going on and looks to be worse than when he was alive

and on other journalism fails, it seems all the papers were quick to publish the picture of a dead osama bin laden, before confirming the authenticity of the image. Apparently its been floating about since 2009 and its a photoshop
http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/
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Spot on.

In my honest opinion, THE biggest weapon a government (a communist or so-called democratically elected one) can have is to instil the power of fear in its people.

That way, they will believe that whatever the government does in its (read people) best interest.
 
So, just to clarify the Americans have killed the most wanted man in the world and then quickly disposed of his body by means of a burial at sea and conveniently for Obama at the point in time when his popularity rating with the US public was at an all time low and in the same week that the race for votes in the 2012 Presidential election start.

That'll just be a coincidence though......:lol:
 
Buried at sea so that the faithful don't have a spot to worship him.

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Byker28i said:
Nah - they got his location from his PS3 details. The CIA hacked Sony.

Apparently living in a $1m mansion less than a mile from the main Pakastani military base.
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Well, if that were true, I suppose his last words would have been something like, "Man... this FPS is killer..."
 
whats the bet that within the next 3 years the americans will be spilling out a load of blockbuster "America! fcuk Yeah!" type action war films of how they single handidly fought this war all on their own.
 
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Maybe time for a great TV reality show " Search for the new Bin Laden" with hopefuls from all over being judged and voted on by you the public.
 
Bristolian said:
Has it? I thought justice was dealt out by the judicial system and if that's not the case then why do we (and every other civilisaed country on this planet) have a judiciary?

Whilst I'm pleased that he has finally been dealt with, killing him in this way is little more than an act of vigilante revenge.

I'm sure that the troops on the ground were told to capture him if they could but not to put their own lives at undue risk in the process - and that is quite correct - and that killing him was unavoidable. I also feel sure that he will be elevated to martyr status and we should expect revenge attacks as a consequence of this action.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's dead but I am uneasy about the way in which this has been achieved and the assertion by Obama, Cameron, et al that justice has been served.

PS: Not taking issue with you, Dave, in particular. Yours just happened to be the first post I read that mentioned justice in this way. No offence meant :wave:
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If they caught him alive there would have been disagreements as to whether to apply the death penalty or not.
 
Personally I don't really give two hoots over the whole thing, life is short enough as it is without worrying about what will happen now.

What I do find weird though is the USA's response to the announcement of his death - jumping up and down, celebrating and waving the stars and stripes flags everywhere.
Now maybe it's just me but is that not like sticking two fingers up to Al Qaeda and basically antagonising them!? :shrug:

Like I say i'm not fussed either way I just don't think it is a cause for mass celebration.
 
There are still more to capture.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group, is expected to replace Osama Bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaeda.

Abu Yahya al-Libi

Abu Yahya al-Libi, also known as Hasan Qayid and Yunis al-Sahrawi, is thought to have been a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) before he allied himself to Osama Bin Laden.

Adam Gadahn

Adam Gadahn, a US citizen who grew up in California, has emerged as a high-profile propagandist for al-Qaeda, appearing in a string of videos.

And many more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11489337
 
Flash In The Pan said:
So, just to clarify the Americans have killed the most wanted man in the world and then quickly disposed of his body by means of a burial at sea and conveniently for Obama at the point in time when his popularity rating with the US public was at an all time low and in the same week that the race for votes in the 2012 Presidential election start.

That'll just be a coincidence though......:lol:
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lol I was thinking that too. Maybe I'm getting old and cynical :D

Regardless, there'll be others who will take his place :(
Bit of a double whammy this week with the raid on Gadaffi's son and grandchildren and this.
 
Good riddance.

The thing that comes from it in my eyes is the complicity of Pakistan.

AQ is running out of money, although AQ isn't the same thing as for example the PIRA.

AQ has always been a loose alliance of like minded people. Bin laden was the rich boy who they followed because he could make things happen.

Personally any person who could arrange the death of so many innocent people is an animal, which has rightly been put down.
 
poacher said:
There are still more to capture.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group, is expected to replace Osama Bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaeda.

Abu Yahya al-Libi

Abu Yahya al-Libi, also known as Hasan Qayid and Yunis al-Sahrawi, is thought to have been a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) before he allied himself to Osama Bin Laden.

Adam Gadahn

Adam Gadahn, a US citizen who grew up in California, has emerged as a high-profile propagandist for al-Qaeda, appearing in a string of videos.

And many more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11489337
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and the list will go on and on.......:(
 
poacher said:
There are still more to capture.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group, is expected to replace Osama Bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaeda.

Abu Yahya al-Libi

Abu Yahya al-Libi, also known as Hasan Qayid and Yunis al-Sahrawi, is thought to have been a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) before he allied himself to Osama Bin Laden.

Adam Gadahn

Adam Gadahn, a US citizen who grew up in California, has emerged as a high-profile propagandist for al-Qaeda, appearing in a string of videos.

And many more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11489337
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I wouldn't like to be any of them to be honest, they are living on borrowed time and will be hunted down.
 
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You can bet your bottom dollar that the comings and goings from that compound in Pakistan have been very well documented and the information gained will be put to very good use.......
 
Wheels said:
Just watching sky news it's been announced that Osama Bin Laden has been killed and his body is in US custody.
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They said on the news that he's been "buried at sea." Is it just me who hopes the yanks captured him alive and threw him out of a helicopter into the sea?
 
All the muslim terrorists said they would follow him anywhere,nows their chance, a bullet to their heads and they can be with him forever.

Agree with the comments about burial at sea and not being able to turn one spot into a shrine but what country is going to welcome him for burial on their soil.
 
Just goes to show you can take your Bin out on a Bank Holiday Monday
 
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