Osama Jokes

"The news of bin Laden's death interrupted this week's episode of 'Celebrity Apprentice.' Which begs the question, how do we kill bin Laden again next Sunday?" —Conan O'Brien

"The Republicans are so happy about bin Laden they've granted President Obama full citizenship." —David Letterman

"Osama bin Laden's death has been in the news all day. Leftish stations are going, 'President Obama saves the world.' Stations on the right are going, 'Obama kills fellow Muslim.'" —Craig Ferguson

"Apparently, members of Al Qaeda are online slamming the U.S. I don't understand why the terrorists are so mad about Osama bin Laden's death. Everybody in Al Qaeda just got a promotion." —Craig Ferguson

"How about those Navy Seals. We're getting our money's worth there. They broke into Osama bin Laden's compound with 12-foot walls topped by barbed wire, and fired a warning shot into his head." —David Letterman

"Last night the Dalai Lama implied that the killing of Osama bin Laden was justified. I think his exact quote was, "I love all living things, but that guy was a dick." —Conan O'Brien

The Final Exam!

TODAY WAS AMAZING! I just want to say to everyone that participated! You are all amazing! Just an outstanding job. I am so glad we are extending it until tommorrow. This will give everyone the chance to speak, present information, and give opinions and ideas. Tommorrow I will be focusing more on ideas. I will start with the presentation of facts on the topic. But will further go into detail about ideas. I want to know what people think would make a difference! I know that we can change the world! great job everybody.

China urges world to back Pakistan in terror fight

BEIJING: China reaffirmed its support on Thursday for efforts by its ally Pakistan to combat terrorism after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces, and urged the world to help Islamabad.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/05/china-urges-world-to-back-pakistan-in-terror-fight.html

Key US senators say wait for facts on Pakistan

Key US senators appealed Thursday for a calm reaction after Osama bin Laden was found in Pakistan, saying it was vital to preserve cooperation with the country.


http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/05/key-us-senators-say-wait-for-facts-on-pakistan.html

Pakistan military admits-shortcomings on bin Laden intel

The acknowledgement came after army chief of staff General Ashfaq Kayani convened a meeting of corps commanders after US commandos tracked down and killed bin Laden in Abbottabad.


http://www.dawn.com/

Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden

Alarmed by lawmakers' demands to cut off billions of dollars of U.S. aid after bin Laden was found living in a Pakistani safe house for six years, President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered a full-court press to quell mounting accusations that it helped the al Qaeda leader avoid capture.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-binladen-pakistan-lobbying-idUSTRE7445GK20110505?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Al-Qaida head Osama bin Laden is killed

Almost a decade after the U.S. was rocked by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that the mastermind behind the massacre had been killed. Osama bin Laden's death after years on the run marks the end of an era in the global fight against terrorism.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20110502/us_yblog_newsroom/al-qaida-head-osama-bin-laden-is-killed

Source: Only 1 killed in bin Laden raid was armed

WASHINGTON – Only one of the five people killed in the raid that got Osama bin Laden was armed and fired any shots, a senior defense official said Thursday, acknowledging the new account differs greatly from original administration portrayals of a chaotic, intense and prolonged firefight.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden

SEALs Used Secret Stealth Helicopter

Navy SEALs forced to destroy damaged helicopter on Osama bin Laden mission.


http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/seals-used-secret-stealth-helicopter-25132130

Senate Indian panel to discuss racial concerns

Geronimo: The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee didn't know when it scheduled a hearing on racial stereotypes that members would have such an emotionally charged name to discuss. But the use of the Apache leader's moniker as a code name for Osama bin Laden has appalled many Native Americans and drawn calls for an apology.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden_geronimo

Obama pays respects at ground zero

NEW YORK – Marking Osama bin Laden's death where the terrorist inflicted his greatest damage, President Barack Obama soberly laid a wreath Thursday at New York's ground zero and declared, "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110505/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_ground_zero

No Need to 'Spike the Football,' Obama Says of bin Laden Photo Decision

(NewsCore) - Putting to rest days of speculation over whether the White House would release graphic images of Usama bin Laden's corpse, President Barack Obama told CBS Wednesday that the images would not be made public, because there was no need to "spike the football."


http://www.myfoxla.com/dpps/news/osama-bin-laden-photos-white-house-dpgapx-20110504-fc_13052522

Obama Will Not Release Bin Laden Death Photos

Obama announced his decision to CBS, which planned to air comments on Wednesday's evening news and during Sunday's 60 Minutes broadcast.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-white-house-watches-live-video-of-bin-laden-raid,0,123266.story

Many in Congress happy bin Laden photos won't be released

Most Democrats and many Republicans on Capitol Hill seemed satisfied with President Obama's decision not to release graphic photos that show Osama bin Laden with fatal gunshot wounds to his face.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059800-503544.html

Release Osama bin Laden photo

Sarah Palin on Wednesday called on President Obama to stop "pussy-footing around" and release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden.



Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos



In a Tweet posted shortly after the president announced he would not be releasing the images, Palin chided him for his decision: "Show photo as warning to others seeking America's destruction. No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama;it's part of the mission," she wrote.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059801-503544.html

Bin Laden, Geronimo link angers Native Americans

Geronimo was an Apache warrior leader who fought for tribal lands against U.S. and Mexican forces in the 19th century and who, like bin Laden, evaded capture for many years. He was held as a U.S. prisoner of war from the time he was captured in 1886 until his death in 1909.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/us-binladen-geronimo-idUSTRE74378U20110504?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Commentary: Our children rejoice for the U.S. over death of Osama bin Laden

A decade ago they were toddlers, sitting in their crying mothers’ laps. Or elementary-school students, watching in fear as worry filled their teachers’ faces.

They might not have understood what happened on that horrible fall day in 2001. But they do now.

Our children were so young when the towers collapsed, the Pentagon burned and an airplane fell from the sky. They knew we were heartbroken, but didn’t fully comprehend why. They saw the startling images on the news, but couldn’t grasp the entirety of the horror.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/05/commentary_our_children_rejoic.html

Arab Americans, Muslims rejoice at death of Bin Laden

"The world is definitely a better place without the patron of all terrorists," said Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich., the largest mosque in a city with the highest concentration of Arab-Americans in the country. Qazwini called bin Laden "the world's most infamous thug."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-02-bin-laden-americans_n.htm

Dont Believe everything you see

There has been speculation that of a photograph of Osama Bin Laden's face after the shot. This is an edited photo and is not real at all. Here is what people are believing to be true.

http://goodlawd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Osama-Bin-Laden-Dead-Picture-Photo.jpg

The situation

This is a photograph taken in the situation room during the live feed of the firefight and killing of Osama Bin Laden.

http://hypervocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Sit-Room-2.jpg

Applauding Navy Seal Team 6 kill shot of Osama bin Laden

Navy Seal Team 6 in wee hours of Sunday shot and killed Osama bin Laden in a fortress-like compound.  The compound was around one kilometer (half a mile) away from the Kakul Military Academy, an army-run institution for top officers and one of several military installations.  It was built in 2005 at the end of a narrow dirt road with “extraordinary” security measures. The compound had 12 to 18-feet walls topped with barbed wire with two security gates and no telephone or Internet service connected to it. It raises questions over whether Pakistani security forces knew the whereabouts of the world’s most wanted man.

Now is the TIME for questioning. . .

The reports started coming in more than a month ago: Osama bin Laden was on the move, and the U.S. had its eye on him. Stressed by the turmoil sweeping his part of the world – tumult he had no roll in sparking – bin Laden was trying to bolster al Qaeda's credibility as young people Tweeted and Facebooked about a future that didn't involve him, or al Qaeda.


Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/05/02/bin-laden-how-they-got-him-and-what-happens-to-al-qaeda-now/#ixzz1LDcAPnbs

And then, their records came out. . .

An intelligence source told CBS News that the intelligence community is exploring information obtained during the raid on bin Laden's compound in an attempt to learn al Qaeda intentions and the identity and whereabouts of al Qaeda key players.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20058885-503543.html

History of a Scare

The Brief history of Al Queda









http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/archive/oldnews3/alqaeda.htm

Story of Terror

(born 1957, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) mastermind of numerous terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western powers, including the 1993 bombing of New York City's World Trade Center, the 2000 suicide bombing of the U.S. warship Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden, and the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon near Washington, D.C. ( September 11 attacks).

http://www.biography.com/articles/Osama-bin-Laden-37172

Those Good ol' Seals

The Navy SEAL team of military operatives who killed Osama bin Laden in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday night was made up of some of the best-trained troops in the world. SEAL Team Six, the "Naval Special Warfare Development Group," was the main force involved in Sunday's firefight.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/osama-bin-laden-dead-navy-seal-team-responsible/story?id=13509739