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Title: A note to selected readers: Osama bin Laden really is dead
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionl ... -bin-laden-really-is-dead.html
Published: May 6, 2011
Author: None
Post Date: 2011-05-06 20:45:34 by Skip Intro
Keywords: None
Views: 7850
Comments: 11

Osama Sunday's announcement by President Obama that a team of U.S. commandos had killed Osama bin Laden gave rise to a number of, umm, interesting comments on the blog and at the Opinion section's Facebook page declaring that the whole thing was faked. Like the moon landing, I suppose, or Elvis' death. Convinced that the burial at sea was a telltale sign of a cover-up, some argued that bin Laden wasn't really dead. Others said that he had been dead for years, but Obama staged an assault on a Pakistani compound in order to boost his popularity.

Sometimes the same people made both arguments.

So I wonder what the skeptics will make of the Associated Press' report Friday morning that Al Qaeda had confirmed its leader's passing at the hands of the Great Satan? According to the AP, the shadowy terrorist group posted an 11-paragraph statement online that said, in part:

The blood of the holy warrior sheik, Osama bin Laden, God bless him, is too precious to us and to all Muslims to go in vain. We will remain, God willing, a curse chasing the Americans and their agents, following them outside and inside their countries.

Of course, there's no proof that the statement actually came from Al Qaeda. Like the Mafia, the group doesn't have an official spokesman. The new statement, dated Tuesday, appeared Friday on the same jihad-friendly websites that had posted previous statements purportedly from the terrorist organization's upper echelon. So that may be too flimsy to convince hard-core skeptics.

Still, I thought I'd throw this out there so the naysayers would come forth again to explain how we're all being suckered into believing that U.S. troops pulled off a Mission: Impossible in the shadow of an elite Pakistani military installation. Granted, the ever-shifting versions of what actually happened inside the compound haven't helped the administration's credibility. But given the apparent confirmation from Bin Laden's comrades in improvised arms, why persist in the unbelief?

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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)

that Al Qaeda had confirmed

Who owns the domain?

What is the website name?

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-05-06   21:07:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)

Who owns the domain?

What is the website name?

Ask the AP.

"We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2001

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-05-06   21:16:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Skip Intro (#0)

The new statement, dated Tuesday, appeared Friday on the same jihad-friendly websites

The Huffington Post, and the Daily Koz aren't reliable sources.


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg...
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46

Hondo68  posted on  2011-05-06   21:17:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: hondo68 (#3)

The Huffington Post, and the Daily Koz aren't reliable sources.

I believe the site is Al Jazeera, not the two sites you mentioned.

"We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2001

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-05-06   21:22:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: hondo68 (#3)

But webemoonbats.org/tinfoilhats is...

America...My Kind Of Place...

"I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..."
--GW Bush

war  posted on  2011-05-06   21:57:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Skip Intro (#2)

Who owns the domain?

What is the website name?

Ask the AP.

lol. So you don't know. You'll just have to take it on faith.

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-05-07   8:40:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Skip Intro (#2)

Psst...Psst. Skip. Let me clue you in on something. Somebody saying something isn't proof. Just don't want you to look stupid again.

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-05-07   8:47:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: A K A Stone (#7)

Psst...Psst. Skip. Let me clue you in on something. Somebody saying something isn't proof. Just don't want you to look stupid again.

Rules for Libtards #20). Do not try to refute what I say, even though it’s total bullshit….

"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning (_*_)

CZ82  posted on  2011-05-07   14:14:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: A K A Stone (#7)

omebody saying something isn't proof. Just don't want you to look stupid again.

Thanks. There's some idiot on this site who keeps saying the world is 5000 years old based on nothing at all. Better keep a sharp eye on that moron.

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-05-07   17:53:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Skip Intro (#9)

How old do you wise one believe the earth to be? And why do you believe whatever it is you believe?

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-05-07   17:55:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: A K A Stone (#7)

omebody saying something isn't proof. Just don't want you to look stupid again.

Thanks for the great advice.

BTW, there's some idiot on this site who keeps saying the world is 5000 years old based on nothing at all. Better keep a sharp eye on that moron.

Skip Intro  posted on  2011-05-07   17:57:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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