Just In: Osama is dead

[Legbreaker]

I'm with Mo on this. Yes it's good he's been found and ended, but he was just one small and almost insignificant cog in an relatively massive machine. Some sources state that he wasn't even involved in AQ in a significant role since the 9th of September 2001.
Basically he was a figurehead, one head of the hydra which will soon be replaced.

There's very little here to celebrate in my opinion, nothing until the region is stable, and anyone willing to kill without fear of the consequences of an effective law and order system is brought low.

The death of OBL is little more than a morale boost for the west and a probable martyr and rallying point for the insurgents and terrorists. There WILL be organised reprisals against the Americans and allies. May not happen today, but it will happen within the next 12-24 months.

[Cdnwolf]

I totally agree with Moh....

But how about this scenario.... if the world thinks you are dead... and you are held hidden in some safehouse... imagine the techniques they will employ to get you to talk... and then just dump your body afterwards...

[Mahatatain]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I'm with Mo on this. Yes it's good he's been found and ended, but he was just one small and almost insignificant cog in an relatively massive machine. Some sources state that he wasn't even involved in AQ in a significant role since the 9th of September 2001.
Basically he was a figurehead, one head of the hydra which will soon be replaced.

While I agree with you that OBL has been uninvolved in AQs operations for quite a number of years (and it's more of an ideology than a structured movement anyway) there are suggestions that with his death (and with the death of Sheikh Sa'id about a year ago) that AQ will find it significantly more difficult to raise funds. Therefore his loss is significant to AQ, though not as much as certain elements of the western media would have you believe!

Have a look at the following article:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/d...war-on-terror/

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by jannypan

Just hope its not one of his doubles...

That gives me an idea for a really bad film base on several classically bad films:

"They Saved Hitler's Brain and Grafted It onto Bin Laden's Body" or, "The Thing with 1 1/2 Heads", with guest appearances by Rosie Greer and Ray Milland.

We can premier it in Allahabad. It'll be a smash hit, don'tcha think?

[Legbreaker]

Oooooo, quoting a spammer.....

Still, I can see it coming out as a B movie in the near future.

[Cdnwolf]

Starring Leonardo and Angeline...

[Sanjuro]

When I heard he was unarmed, I immediately thought of Unforgiven;
Hackman: "You just shot an unarmed man!"
Eastwood: "Well he should have armed himself."

[Matt Wiser]

That's a very good line....and since there were AKs in the room, maybe UBL was trying to go for one when he got double-tapped.

Btw, some sites are saying that the weapon used to eliminate UBL was the HK-416.

Free steak and doggie treats for life for the German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois that accompanied the raiders, I say.

[Legbreaker]

I heard a few days ago that UBL was actually going for a weapon when he was killed. How true that is given the previous statement that he was cowering behind his wife.....
My guess is that he simply looked at a disposable plastic picnic knife that just happened to be in the room, which was just enough justification to warrant a bullet to the forehead. Given his reputation, etc I doubt it would have taken much more than that for the trigger to have been pulled.