Sunday, May 1, 2011

Osama bin Laden is Dead!

12:02:  bin Laden was in a city, Abbottabad, half-way between Peshawar and Islamabad in an urban area that is a Pakistani government center.
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11:41:  Obama emphasizes this is not a war against Islam and that operation was coordinated with Pakistani officials and intelligence services.
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11:40:  Intelligence operation found bin Laden in compound within Pakistan.  Obama authorized special-ops operation against which killed bin Laden in firefight today.  No American's were injured.
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11:35:  Obama officially confirms bin Laden is dead.
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11:32:  CNN questioning if bin Laden's number two was killed in strikes as well.  Unclear if CIA or military special forces operation.
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11:31:  Cheering crowds building outside of White House and across country.
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11:28:  Analysts questioning implications for relations with Pakistan if reports that bin Laden was living in mansion in urban Islamabad (in central Pakistan) are true.
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11:27: Warnings being sent out to potential targets across the globe to watch for possible terrorist attacks.  Fears that there may be a number of reprisal attacks.
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News reports have confirmed that Osama bin Laden has been killed.  Most reports indicate that bin Laden was killed while living in a mansion outside of Islamabad, Pakistan a week ago.  Preliminary indications state that he was killed not by missile but by a CIA ground operation.  The United States apparently has his body and has confirmed his identity using DNA.  President Obama supposed to speak at the White House, around 11:15PM.

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2 comments:

  1. Nice Blog! I am glad that they caught Bin Laden. Bush, Obama and the military deserve to be applauded.
    Stephanie

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  2. Thanks Stephanie. You're quite right - a lot of deserving people should be applauded.

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