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  • h20sue
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:22am

    Osama then Obama. The names are not too different are they? One letter from being the same. Doesn’t this look rather questionable, or is it just me. Muslim, vs. Muslim…..

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  • Realist
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:04am

    If we could have interrogated the beast than I would say it was a major blow to terrorism worldwide as well as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But I doubt Obama would have been that smart or had the fortitude to have made it a perfect OP. Bush would have preferred the beast alive for at least 1 day to extract intel out of him even if the story of his death was false after all you can dump the guy in the middle of the ocean anytime from a US Aircraft Carrier and none the wiser and I doubt the US gave the guy a proper muslim buriel thats Obamas addition to the speech always trying to appease the enemy that part of the statement will end up biting him in his presidential backside. If the beast was 100% KIA he was dumped out of the chopper way before landing back on the carrier because that decision would have been made prior to mission start why bring him all the way back to the Carrier or even worse a land base it just adds more eyewitnesses.

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  • Sinista MACE
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 9:35am

    Don‘t you mean it’s a significant blow to the CIA?

    Osama Bin Ladin was a CIA operative, and he has been dead for years.

    So, what’s next, Anwar Al Awlaki sets off a dirty bomb, and we start chasing him all over the world too, AFTER he already met with the CIA at their headquarters?

    Whackamole, anyone?

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    • en2deep
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:35am

      Now I get it. I thought some of your posts sounded a little odd. You’re a 9-11 truther aren’t you? That explains the Ron Paul fanaticism. Do you think the Jews are responsible for Americas troubles?

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:31pm

      Osama Bin Ladin, AKA Cia Asset “Tim Osman”, had been working for the government for years before 9-11.

      You equate 9-11 truth with Ron Paul “fanaticism”.

      That means you have taken an unhealthy gulp of corporate-owned mainstream media kool-aid.

      I’m not at all antisemitic.

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  • temple62
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 9:23am

    America propped up Bin Laden’s career and funded his operation until he turned on the U.S. His role as a leader of terrorism was a backlash against the double speak of the U.S. Even when suspicions were that he was hiding or being protected by other extreme muslim terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the American Congress and President KEPT sending foreign aid to these countries. Isn’t it time to 1.) stop the foreign aid to extreme muslim terrorist nations, 2.) quit trying to “prop” up our favorite dictators and thugs around the world and 3. start the prosecution of Obama, Holder, Napolitano and Clinton for doing the same in Mexico through the AFT’s Project Gunrunner!

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  • TheLeftMadeMeRight
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 9:06am

    I was flipping channels last night when the news was just being announced and just before Obama spoke. Fox had the guy from Capone’s vault talking about the history of 911 and NBC, CBS and ABC all were talking about the boost in ratings this would give to Obama. So very sad. The most exciting news in the last ten years and it took them 20 seconds to make it political. Obama didn’t get UBL, the UNITED STATES Armed Forces did.

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  • SingerGuy
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:41am

    I was getting really annoyed at NBC News. Within a three minute time I heard two separate propaganda-casters refer to President Bush and the “mission accomplished” banner and say that it only took eight more years for the mission to actually be accomplished. The Navy has repeatedly stated that the mission accomplished banner was created by the sailors on that ship and referred to the particular mission they were on, and was not the Bush White House saying that the entire war was over. Either the media are really bad at their jobs or they don’t care what the facts are and will keep stating a known lie as fact because it gives their side “points.”

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  • mcpbob
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:08am

    if true, the death of Osama Bin Laden is good news, but hardly a blow to al qaeda, they thrive from the hatred of the western world.

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  • mickrussom
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:48am

    This is a lie. This Obama the rat trying to look like he can do ANYTHING. He is a liar and a fraud and if this terrorist’s body doesnt show up for inspection here in the USA this is a LIE. Obama, the liar fraud and enemy of truth, freedom , liberty, constitution and the USA. This whole Osama bin Laden dead is this corrupt piece of trash Obama pulling a rabbit out of his hat due to his record breaking low level popularity ratings. o

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:35am

    I’m sorry, but I just don‘t see Bin Laden’s death as a game changer to anything but Obama’s approval ratings.

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  • staythecourse
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:04am

    Story not making sense. At 3:03 MSNBC just announced the body was identified thru “body” photographs…not DNA. They said DNA was taken and tests WILL be done. This is not sounding right. Something is very very wrong.

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:05am

      They are also using “familial DNA” NOT Bin Laden’s own DNA to identify him.

      KILLROY LIVES.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:13am

    YES– Get rid of Whore-alldough.
    That guy has a nasty bias and thinks way too much of himself. He acted like a cheer leader ans was reporting more on himself reporting on the event than reportting or analyzing the real repercussions of the event.
    The story is — HOW do the radicals handle this. What can we expect beside the serpent growing 45 more heads?

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  • chinqua
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:56am

    Thank you Lord! Now, maybe, FOX will stop re-running “that” wedding. How many more days were they gonna re-play that!!!! Enough is enough.

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  • glenng2
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:54am

    Obummer said we have had the lead for seven months and he waited untill his poll numbers tanked to take action.

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  • olddog
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:45am

    Benny dies of lead poisoning…

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  • roughneck.seay
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:28am

    It would have been over a long time ago if they had give some of them good ol’ mountain boys some cool toys to play with, and told them it was open season, no bag limit….lol.

    I want pictures though! Don‘t care if there’s nothin’ left but a leg, a hand, and that ratty a$$ beard… I wanna see em’!

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    • Mstrrlm
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:52am

      Pic is on blog side of blaze passed around military for week

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:16am

    I thank George Bush for getting bin Laden at long last.

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:13am

    Another puff piece for the half-white in chief.

    Killing obama…errr…OSAMA doesn’t change a thing.

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    • Ghandi was a Republican
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:07am

      Beg to differ – it sets off a power struggle and will spawn 6 new heads. (1 for each muslim brotherhood coupe).

      Any coincidence that Patreaus and Panetta just swapped jobs? What’s up with a do nothing Longtime Prog CIA administrator Taking Gates DEFENSE SECRETARY Job and moving Patreaus out of the theater to a CIA desk? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????

      Seriously – just wrap your head around that for a second!

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    • TheLeftMadeMeRight
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 9:11am

      Geraldo anounced we had “killed Obama” on Fox last night right before the potus speach. He quickly corrected himself.

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  • Miomia
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:03am

    Before the announcement this evening it crossed my mind an attack on ISRAEL…thankfully I was wrong.
    Good the news was about Bin Laden’s death.
    Yes they have been diminished but we still have to be vigliant against terrorism. Yes our men and women of the military are super brave. AMERICA is GREAT. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

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  • Windwalker
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:58am

    Don’t get too overconfident people. Bin Laden is just one large spoke in the muslim wheel…..we are still going to be feeling the influence and wrath of the likes of Anwar al-awlaki…..America’s own home grown terrorist.

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    • memphisbelle
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:53pm

      Absolutely right. While his death is a momentous achievement by our military and an event to be relished for now, we would do well to remember that al Qaida is a “Medusa” with the heads of many poisonous snakes that remained to be killed. Remember, we in the west tend to think of events in short spans of time. Al Qaida thinks and plans long term. While they may have been surprised by this operation, it doesn’t mean that they were not prepared. Rest assured that the playbook for ongoing operations was written a long time ago, and already passed to whoever succeeds bin Laden. Zawahiri and al Awlaki are still out there, and fully capable of carrying out the game plan over the next decade or longer. Many are upset that we didn’t get to interrogate him. He always said he would never taken alive. No jihadist of bin Laden’s stature would ever sit still for being questioned or judged by a mortal enemy. At any rate, it is a red-letter day for the best military in the world. God knows, that with everything this country has been through in the past two years under Obama, we surely needed a win to make us feel like Americans again. Short lived though it may be.

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  • Gruug
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:55am

    Bin Laden’s death is a mere blip. It will be a pyschological tactical victory but it will not last. Bin Laden has underling that have done the actaul work for years. They will not stop just because of this. They may some drop in support OR they may use it to motivate those that were already on the edge and needed a push. Don’t get me wrong, this was a good thing. But, it should not be considered a great thing as in total victory.

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  • ridd9454
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43am

    I don’t think we should be as worried about immediate retaliation from Al Qaeda, but long term instead. The Middle Eastern people think in terms of years, not days like us when considering retaliation. Be vigilant and watchful.

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  • Miomia
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:34am

    Kudos to our military for hunting down Bin Laden. USA is great. The world is a better place now.

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  • redneck
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:08am

    God uses sinners and evil to accomplish his deeds. His power is beyond our comprehension.

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    • roughneck.seay
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:31am

      Right on brother! That he does…. We know what Osama did, now let God be his judge….

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 10:47am

      I always thought GOD was just as bad as the humans he “demand’s” worship from…………..or else.

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  • SacredHonor1776
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:07am

    Osama is now a powerful martyr….

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    • Don
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:18am

      But he is dead, thats good.

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    • Hobo Boondocks
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:01am

      I’ve asked this before and I’ll ask it again: Where are these 72 virgins for each Muslim dude coming from? If just one third of the more than a billion Muslims in the world are males, 72 x 333 million = 23,976,000,000. Inquiring minds would like to know. And that’s just the ones living at present, what about all those who have kicked the bucket over the past fourteen hundred years since Islam came around?

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    • Guerrino_P
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 7:35am

      @ SACREDHONOR1776
      I hope he doesn’t rise from the dead.

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  • AzCowboy
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:05am

    fox , fire geraldo. Obama claims victory, Disn.t say Bushes fault

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    • Revere1
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:08am

      Al Qaeda is fighting a propaganda war in part, and having Bin Laden brought to justice is indeed a major blow to them. But I don’t know how this will impact the war in Afghanistan… http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/will-bin-ladens-death-affect-2012.html

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:12am

      Add to that, the teleprompter was loaded wrong. Barry “miss-spoke” and said usama was shot yesterday.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:14am

      Was called the Afghanistan war, it’s always been against Pakistan. Observe where troops have been positioned, along the Pakistan border. Now that the evidence has been picked up in Pakistan, diner get any of our money back from Pakistan?

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    • Ditto Head
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:14am

      Team Obama is pure genius. They’ve won the election a year and a half before it has even occured. I predict that the economy will get very good in the next year and a half, and prices will magically start going down. Then, after “Immaculation II: The Transfiguration”, down comes the hammer (and sickle).

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    • V-Forge
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:15am

      Personally i hope the guy that shot him kept the shell casing to sell on e-bay. Hey, perhaps the slug could be saved. i’d bid.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:48am

      One thing on this story I would love to know of:

      Did Bin Lauden beg for mercy or cry and plead for his life just before being sent to the judgment of God…the Christian God, not the one Bin Lauden expected to be before.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:59am

      Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Good point.
      And i hope that Marine or Soldier was eating a “Ham loaf” MRE when Bin Laden died….added insult to injury.
      As anyone in the old school military will attest, ham loaf was the most gawd-aweful thin you could get in an MRE…..aside from scrambled eggs.

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    • olddog
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:32am

      Thank you for your vote. I write Fox every week and ask them to fire the little twit…He’s a better fit for msnbc…

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    • nptden
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:34am

      That was the Head of the Snake. Let’s the parts that are here in the USA. Like the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR. This is just smoke screen to take the heat off them. Obama had to emphasize we are not at war against Islam. Hell if we are not. I don’t trust Obama. Bin Ladin had served his role and was expendable.

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    • Don
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:17am

      We should all be glad our military got osama ben laden, I know I am. Furthermore, I don’t give a hoot who gets the credit, I know who got him and it sure wasn’t Obama. I’ll be saving my celebrating until November 2012 when Obama is voted out. That is when our national troubles will begin to be solved, not until.

      Osama ben laden is responsible for bringing down the twin towers, Obama is bringing down the whole country, which is the biggest threat?

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    • restorehope
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:52am

      @welcome black carter

      Interesting you said that Obama misspoke by saying ‘he was killed yesterday’. My first thought was that this recording was prepared over a week ago (the day after Bin Laden was killed), and for some reason (political?) they waited until tonight to air it. How do you misspeak a teleprompted speech that you are reading verbatim right in front of your nose?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:46am

      @MySacredHonor:

      Gramp’s used to tell me of the infamous C-rations; where the eggs were green and tasted like a cross between a tire and old socks. His words, considering he seldom ate eggs without a grimace on his face unless Rosita or Estelle were cooking them, there must be a lot of truth to it.

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:49am

      For some reason I am NOT feeling the JOY the rest of the country is about ONE man’s death .The Jihad is NOT about one man it is about Islam. Oh that is right we just Martyr the top Jihadists now instead of capturing them for Intelligence!!! Same ole story, the freaking POLITICIANS jump out and still the press from the real HEROS!!! The CIA and Spec-ops who want NO sound bites !!! I am sure we knew where Bin Laden was when Bush was President or had good leads!! Oh that is right lets talk about this in the news and how GREAT the Nobel Peace Prize ,freaking, “Speech Giver” is while our country is being raped by his policies !!!!! The Taliban in Afghanistan hated Bin Laden !!!! Oh and lets give the Pig a respectfull burial at sea with in 24 hours so we are POLITCALLY CORRECT Muslim ass kissers !!!

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