>>>>>>>But why do all that ?? Since they knew where he was, why they did not simply arrested him more quietly and alive ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Because the man was the mastermind behind the plot that killed thousands of innocent American citizens.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I just won a bet with myself - that you'd be the one saying something like this. People rarely change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Conversely, you did not surprise me at all by writing this. Will not comment on this any further.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The U.S. served notice to the world today - kill our innocent citizens and we will hunt you down like an animal, no matter how long ago it was. Remember that in 1983, we had a very good idea of who killed our boys at the Marine barracks in Beirut - and Ronald Reagan did NOTHING, for fear of retribution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What about if they have sent 200-300 commandoes in civilian clothes who stormed the building during the night
>>>>>>and capturing more or less everybody there alive. Then take them into military custody, interrogate, convict etc.
>>>>>>World would receive much much better message.
>>>>>
>>>>>Message?? 300 commandos in Pakistan in civilian clothes??
>>>>>
>>>>>You really are out of your depth on this. I kind of think the people with the skill to pull off what is probably one of the greatest operations of this type in history understand a little more about what the options and realities of the situation were.
>>>>
>>>>You want to tell me that CIA cannot put together unit of operatives who look pretty much like Pakistanis, dress them in civilian clothes
>>>>transport them to the town some days ahead of operation, and then do all this much more efficiently ? Why is this so far fetched ??
>>>>CIA is not Mosad, but why do you underestimate them that much {g}
>>>
>>>Are pages 2 and 3 of the story below the same story you are being given by the media?
>>>http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13512344&page=1
>>>
>>>The only piece that is questionable to me is the sea burial...the rest is a typical surgical operation...it may or may not be what actually occurred, it may or may not be all of the information or story (you can pretty much guarantee it's not), but it's a realistic (and not that different from previous similar actions) standard surgical operation...
>>
>>I am not being given any story by media, rather skim across all stories trying to see what make sense.
>>This is one cute story by AP writer(s). There is some intriguing uvertira (tracking down THE messanger...), then some elements of spy thriller and finally Top-Gun / Rambo finale. This will sure sit very well with almost 90% of targeted audience.
>>Essentially it is loads of c***p, one of the sleaziest real time propaganda stories I have came across on a subject, but hey this is what they are paid to do. {g}
>>So if Osama used pidgeons as messangers he would be still alive&kicking today?
>>If they ever lose that AP propaganda gig, they can easily find job in Holywood B/C movies production. If taken by some talented Holywood director, above mentioned screenplay could be even turned into a block-buster. 'Black Hawk Down - Return with Vengeance' {g} (With apologies to original 'Black Hawk Down' which is not bad movie at all ! )
>>
>>>> (he's probably in a brig on a ship right now or he is dead and they have the body :o)
>>
>>It is sure end of OsamaBL as world scene character, what really happened past couple of days we will most probably never know.
>>I do expect whole tsunami of dumb articles by main-sewerage media and bad movies comming out of Holywood, but hey we are used to it :))
>
>I find it interesting that you are perfectly willing to believe a large group of CIA operatives who look like Pakistanis could pull it off, but not a Seal team... :o) Or did I miss sarcasm in that part? Not sure...
>
>Questioning everything makes sense (see my sig). The official story from the white house is already changing:
>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54162.html
>
>Pakistani official reports as well:
>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/pakistan-vital-defeating-al-qaeda-white-house-183812625.html;_ylt=AisgkeIssliE_U.vidSDqliYn8h_;_ylu=X3oDMTNhNjhlcHMyBHBrZwMxZmM1NWJiNi0xNmQ1LTM1MDYtOTllYi04Y2VmNzI3YjFlNmEEcG9zAzgEc2VjA01lZGlhU3RvcnlMaXN0BHZlcgNmYzA4YmE5MC03NTBkLTExZT
>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/pakistan-faces-tough-questions-over-bin-laden-000738203.html
>
>(Those same reports are available from other news sources as well)
>
>Why previous attempts failed -- and probably why Pakistan and other nations were left out of the intel this time -- wikileaks has one theory from leaked documents:
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8488236/WikiLeaks-Osama-bin-Laden-protected-by-Pakistani-security.html
>
>And the 27 million reward:
>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/03/135929518/who-gets-the-27-million-reward-offered-for-bin-ladens-capture
>
>Snippet:
>Intelligence officials say that key tips on the bin Laden courier network came from detainees, some of whom were exposed to enhanced interrogation tactics. Not exactly the people U.S. investigators would choose to get a huge payday.

That phrase makes me chuckle every time. (Actually it's enhanced interrogation techniques, isn't it?) What was the operation on Sunday, an enhanced rest technique? ;-)