bin Laden is dead!!!!!
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How Osama bin Laden Was Found...
n this age of GPS signals, Foursquare check-ins, and iPhone tracking, how did America's most-wanted man, Osama Bin Laden, stay hidden for almost a decade? A better question would ask how he was found, for that is the reason the world is rejoicing today.
Despite hiding in plain sight of a police station and military headquarters in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Bin Laden's million-dollar mansion—eight times larger than the mansions surrounding it—was stormed in a raid last night. US officials had tracked one of Bin Laden's trusted right-hand men, a courier, after he was identified by detainees captured after 9/11, and discovered he lived with his brother in an "extraordinarily unique compound," which "harboured a high-value terrorist target," according to various senior administration officials.
It was the fact that this mysteriously large mansion lacked a phone line or internet connection that ultimately made officials believe something was amiss. With all the riches in the world, could they not afford a connection? Other details soon began causing suspicion too—trash was burned instead of put out for collectors, like their neighbors did. What was this three-story mansion hiding?
Whatever it was hiding, they were hiding it well: security measures included mammoth walls up to 5.5m in height, laced with barbed wire, along with internal walls that gave the compound a maze-like quality. There were few windows according to officials, which no doubt masked the third family living with the courier and his brother—Osama Bin Laden, and his youngest wife. After the US military entered the compound in a 40-minute long raid, five adults were killed in the firefight: Osama; his son; the courier and his brother, and a woman who may or may not be Bin Laden's wife. Details are still trickling out now about the raid, and how Bin Laden was discovered, but one thing's certain: this sadly won't be the last time terrorism rears its ugly head.
n this age of GPS signals, Foursquare check-ins, and iPhone tracking, how did America's most-wanted man, Osama Bin Laden, stay hidden for almost a decade? A better question would ask how he was found, for that is the reason the world is rejoicing today.
Despite hiding in plain sight of a police station and military headquarters in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Bin Laden's million-dollar mansion—eight times larger than the mansions surrounding it—was stormed in a raid last night. US officials had tracked one of Bin Laden's trusted right-hand men, a courier, after he was identified by detainees captured after 9/11, and discovered he lived with his brother in an "extraordinarily unique compound," which "harboured a high-value terrorist target," according to various senior administration officials.
It was the fact that this mysteriously large mansion lacked a phone line or internet connection that ultimately made officials believe something was amiss. With all the riches in the world, could they not afford a connection? Other details soon began causing suspicion too—trash was burned instead of put out for collectors, like their neighbors did. What was this three-story mansion hiding?
Whatever it was hiding, they were hiding it well: security measures included mammoth walls up to 5.5m in height, laced with barbed wire, along with internal walls that gave the compound a maze-like quality. There were few windows according to officials, which no doubt masked the third family living with the courier and his brother—Osama Bin Laden, and his youngest wife. After the US military entered the compound in a 40-minute long raid, five adults were killed in the firefight: Osama; his son; the courier and his brother, and a woman who may or may not be Bin Laden's wife. Details are still trickling out now about the raid, and how Bin Laden was discovered, but one thing's certain: this sadly won't be the last time terrorism rears its ugly head.
Meet ‘SEAL Team 6′, The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama bin Laden...
Meet 'SEAL Team 6', The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama bin LadenThe military team that killed Osama Bin Laden is an elite special forces group unofficially called SEAL Team 6.
Officially, the team's name is classified and not available to the public, technically there is no team 6. A Tier-One counter-terrorism force similar to the Army's elusive Delta group, Team 6's mission rarely make it to paper much less the newspaper.
It shows how important the publicity about Bin Laden's killing is to the U.S. that this morning, Team 6 is front page news.
The members of Team 6 are all "black" operatives. They exist outside military protocol, engage in operations that are at the highest level of classification and often outside the boundaries of international law. To maintain plausible deniability in case they are caught, records of black operations are rarely, if ever, kept.
The development of SEAL Team 6 was in direct response to the 1980 attempt to rescue the American hostages held in Iran. The mission was a terrific failure that fell apart at many points and illustrated the need for a dedicated counter-terrorist team capable of operating with the utmost secrecy.
The Team was labeled 6 at the time to confuse Soviet intelligence about the number of SEAL teams in operation at the time. There were only two others.
Team 6 poached the top operatives from other SEAL units and trained them even more intensely from there. Even among proven SEAL's the attrition rate for Team 6 is reported to be nearly half.
There are no names available for current Team 6 members, but the CIA does recruit heavily from their numbers for their Special Operations Group, so it makes sense that they were chosen to work with the CIA on this mission.
Meet 'SEAL Team 6', The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama bin LadenTeam 6 is normally devoted to missions with maritime authority: ship rescues, oil rigs, naval bases or land bases accessible by water. There are no waterways near Bin Laden's compound.
When a former Navy SEAL was called for a comment about this article all he could say was: "You know I'd love to help you man, but I can't say a word about Team 6. There is no Team 6...
... these guys are savages...
Meet 'SEAL Team 6', The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama bin LadenThe military team that killed Osama Bin Laden is an elite special forces group unofficially called SEAL Team 6.
Officially, the team's name is classified and not available to the public, technically there is no team 6. A Tier-One counter-terrorism force similar to the Army's elusive Delta group, Team 6's mission rarely make it to paper much less the newspaper.
It shows how important the publicity about Bin Laden's killing is to the U.S. that this morning, Team 6 is front page news.
The members of Team 6 are all "black" operatives. They exist outside military protocol, engage in operations that are at the highest level of classification and often outside the boundaries of international law. To maintain plausible deniability in case they are caught, records of black operations are rarely, if ever, kept.
The development of SEAL Team 6 was in direct response to the 1980 attempt to rescue the American hostages held in Iran. The mission was a terrific failure that fell apart at many points and illustrated the need for a dedicated counter-terrorist team capable of operating with the utmost secrecy.
The Team was labeled 6 at the time to confuse Soviet intelligence about the number of SEAL teams in operation at the time. There were only two others.
Team 6 poached the top operatives from other SEAL units and trained them even more intensely from there. Even among proven SEAL's the attrition rate for Team 6 is reported to be nearly half.
There are no names available for current Team 6 members, but the CIA does recruit heavily from their numbers for their Special Operations Group, so it makes sense that they were chosen to work with the CIA on this mission.
Meet 'SEAL Team 6', The Bad-Asses Who Killed Osama bin LadenTeam 6 is normally devoted to missions with maritime authority: ship rescues, oil rigs, naval bases or land bases accessible by water. There are no waterways near Bin Laden's compound.
When a former Navy SEAL was called for a comment about this article all he could say was: "You know I'd love to help you man, but I can't say a word about Team 6. There is no Team 6...
... these guys are savages...
i dont understand what you're saying fam.
i mean i understand that bin laden being killed (whether real or not) is a joke. its fun to talk and laugh about and shit but whatever. people unite and wave their flags over deaths and thats how it goes.
american foreign policy that instigated the attacks is bullshit, the 9/11 attacks were bullshit, president bush is bullshit, bin laden and the rest of the muslim fundamentalist are bullshit
but what are you trying to say? you think he was respectful and not responsible for anything and didnt deserve to be killed?
i mean i understand that bin laden being killed (whether real or not) is a joke. its fun to talk and laugh about and shit but whatever. people unite and wave their flags over deaths and thats how it goes.
american foreign policy that instigated the attacks is bullshit, the 9/11 attacks were bullshit, president bush is bullshit, bin laden and the rest of the muslim fundamentalist are bullshit
but what are you trying to say? you think he was respectful and not responsible for anything and didnt deserve to be killed?
bin laden's a bitch but I been thinkin with all this terrorist shit and americans just jumpin on the bandwagon with out really checkin the facts, what that means for labeling domestic figures and orgs terrorist? a seal team, CIA, etc. could be fuckin you or someone you know up but it's good cuz yall was terrorist and the populace gonna be like you heard the news they were terrorist.
