>>>Now there is a phrase that leaves me undernourished. This story is unfolding. How did that part happen?
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>>They said they respected Islamic tradition - i.e. buried the same day. No grave, no shrine. ( and the ability to have the body in a freezer in Langley someplace with nobody able to prove it, but available for tours for key unbelievers - i.e. heads of critical foreign intelligence agencies.)
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>>Be assured he's dead. Be assured they are sure. Be assured they have pictures, videos etc. There may even be a head in a box someplace. There is certainly DNA proof.
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>>Just because you don't see things on the evening news that doesn't mean they don't exist.
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>>And remember there was probably a "take" of computers etc in that compound that they aren't talking about at all.
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>>Let the "Arab street" spin this however they like. But this is a message the right people understand. Of course the nonsense about our friends in Pakistan is for superficial public consumption. But Pakistan gets the message. ISI gets the message.
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>>This is the way the war should be fought. And this is how it will be won.
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>>My heartfelt thanks to the watchers on the wall.
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>And nice timing. Just after the Royal Wedding. I wonder if Obama and the Palace synchronised diaries :-)

My understanding is the operation was delayed as Kate was part of the team and would not be available until Sunday.

The alternate theory is that the operation was only green-lit when the first choice - the "sting" operation involving inviting Osama to the wedding so he could be snatched there - failed when he could not decide among his wives on the "plus one "

BTW - this was definitely an example of "the pointy end". Confusing that with something lardy and bloated like Donald Rumsfeld's idea of fun in Iraq would be - well .. to miss the point.

Chalk and cheese.