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Pentagon: Wife Identified bin Laden by Name During Raid; Corpse Washed on USS Carl Vinson

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Osama bin Laden’s body was placed into the waters of the North Arabian Sea after adhering to traditional Islamic procedures — including washing the corpse — aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.

At a briefing for reporters at the Pentagon, a senior intelligence official said that before the burial the U.S. used multiple means to positively identify bin Laden. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said a woman believed to be bin Laden’s wife identified him by name during the U.S. raid that killed him in Pakistan.

The intelligence official also said that DNA analysis on Monday provided certainty that the body was that of bin Laden.

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  • ORSO
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:19pm

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  • dusko
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:10pm

    How about the poor soldier that had to wash this stinking pig.

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  • wise grandma
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:10pm

    It makes me ill to read on other web sites the liberals giving credit to Obammy. When was he ever a navy seal? When did he ever put his life on the line for any one? It is pretty obvious why now he gave them permission to make the raid instead of August when the found OBL. Could we look at his poll numbers? He is probably upset because he couldn’t wait until the day before the election. I can’t stand another of his I-me speeches.but then I have never watched any of them so I guess it wouldn’t bother me the new one he will make.

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    • Pydge
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:29pm

      Technically, Valerie Jarred, David Axelrod, old Deadfish Rahm Emanuel—well—they have indoctrinated Barry to believe that he HAS put his life on the line— like with a target on his head? since he is the POTUS and has a security team that costs over $60,000-a-mile-traveled. As well as his Mrs. and kids.

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  • jjthejetplane
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:10pm

    The last words heard as they were zipping up the baggie enclosing his corpse before dumping him into the sea: “Where is my bacon sandwich?”

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:08pm

    Sooo…the wife gave him away…..they should have kidnapped her and brought her back to the US….a lot of people would pay a lot of money to see a talking sheep.

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  • TheGreyPiper
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:08pm

    I don’t think we should have desecrated the corpse, as they like to do to us, but giving it all the headknocker rituals is just a$$kissing.

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  • fishlore
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:04pm

    I think Obama is a more dangerous terrorist to have around. He’s done infinitely more damage to this country than UBL ever did. Glad UBL is gone, but in the end it means practically nothing. Good job military heroes. At least I still have faith in one aspect of this nation.

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  • Sierra93
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:04pm

    Why would his wife lie?

    And how was a DNA test done so quickly?

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  • Hisemiester
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:58pm

    blulsihp

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:56pm

    If they washed his body they should have washed it in urine. It IS sterile, after all.

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  • Oilworker
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:54pm

    Why would we give him traditional Islamic procedures for his funeral. He deserved nothing. His body should have be burned and ashes thrown in a sewer

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:49pm

    Geez, no wonder muslims beat their wives.

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  • TheGreyPiper
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:49pm

    I believe what our military reported.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:48pm

    Why not post the SEALS names, along with their home addresses? Will the media & government please stop giving out details. It‘s insane to have given ANY info regarding this unless it’s for pure political gain.

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    • michael48
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:30pm

      patience…attorney Liberal Holder will bring charges agaist those …”baby killing, Gulag, Nazi…soldiers , just after he and Comrade Durban wrap thier fat arses in the Flag…typical Dem-Com CRAP !!!!!! did the ACLU and UN approve this???? or was it Bushes fault..????…dem-tards will probably have a National Flag burning day at Boxers request….

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:48pm

    They should have washed him in bacon juice.

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  • lazydaze
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:48pm

    What an insult to the sailors on the Carl Vinson.

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  • Freedom1984
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:47pm

    Something about this just does not sit well with me.

    BO is telling us what he thinks we want to hear…
    MEANWHILE…….what is he REALLY UP TOO????

    What doesn’t he want us to FOCUS ON…..because he so neatly has us focusing on weather we really did kill OBL or not…

    The dumping in the sea was just the icing on the cake as far as BO, and his cronies go…

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    • lynnissmart
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:51pm

      Yes you are right…..but I never heard of dumping a body at sea….I‘ll I’ve heard is that they bury the dead within 24 hours, wrap them in a cloth and put them in the ground or a wooden coffin…..?

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Let’s face it .. not a lot of water around most Muslim countries .. I have never heard of a sea burial as part of Islamic law .

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    • TMACK
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:38pm

      My husband is Muslim – from the middle east. He was in shock when he heard Obama say “in keeping with Islamic tradition he was buried at sea.” Islam teaches that just like Adam, man was born from dust and at the time of their death, they must return to dust. The AP had this story:

      (AP) – 1 hour ago
      CAIRO (AP) — MusIim clerics said Monday that Obl’s burial at sea was a violation of IsIamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.

      Good job Obama.

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 12:40pm

      A sea burial ensures that there’s no final resting place for his followers to visit and turn into a shrine. It also ensures that nobody can come along later and dig him up to make sure we got the right guy.

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:45pm

    Didi they embalm him with bacon fat?

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  • and to the republic
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    I want pictures and I want video…..not asking for much….

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  • D0ntTread0nMe
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    Too me it’s a bit fast… I wanted to throw shoes at him in the public square, but as long as they took photos and dna matching was done… whatever, I’m just hoping that this can be a great reason to leave Afghanistan.
    http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com

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    • spirited
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Grateful people are leaving flowers outside of President George W Bush’s home.

      >There should be a large pile of shoes at OBL’s compound by now!

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    • spirited
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:15pm

      There‘s probably quite a few shoes piling up at the ’ole compound.

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  • Arminianism
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    Pictures please!

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  • Whatsizface
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    “… adhering to traditional Islamic procedures … “? How PC of them.

    Because they follow “traditional Christian procedures for burial” when slaughtering Christians, right?

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    • RedPillPatriot
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:59pm

      Amen, we can’t even kill Bin Laden without PCing it all up. PATHETIC! I say wash him with urine then feed him to the pigs!!

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:00pm

      Christians and Jews are better than that. We follow a God who loves, yes, loves even unbelievers. God calls us to love Him back and follow His ways. Surely, the Lord would have preferred that bin Laden repented, but bin Laden made his choice and died, living his choice.

      Before you quote “Thou shalt not kill,” know that it actually says, “You shall not murder.” This was no more than a state execution of a criminal murderer. This man is now w/others of his kind: Haman, Saddam, Hitler, and all the rest of the devil-filled murderers.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:01pm

      My thoughts EXACTLY … and why in the h would we make certain to give him a Muslim burial .. when we have been told time and again he was NOT representative of Muslims?

      Maybe douse him in pig blood and throw him to the sharks .. that I would love to see a VIDEO of!

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    • spirited
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Washed…, in his own blood bath?

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    • cece959
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:43pm

      Thank You!!! Did Bin Laden‘s followers give our citizens a ’proper Christian burial’ when they slaughtered them on 9/11? Check out the overseas papers on the internet…the muslims are calling for a nuclear holocaust on America because we killed him. That’s how much they think of him and how little they think of us.

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    • GulfPeg
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:55pm

      We had to give Osama a proper Ismlamic burial otherwise he will not get his 72 virgins! That is very important to these sicko’s!

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  • spirited
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    …And, the wife’s name is ______?

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  • temple62
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:43pm

    No DNA, no picture, it’s all a “convenient rumor” at this point! This “unconfirmed killing” comes at a time when American are calling for treason charges upon Holder, Clinton, Napolitano and Obama for complicity in selling guns to Mexican drug traffickers while each claiming in separate news conferences that “90% of drug cartels weapons are from American arms dealers”.

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    • code green
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Four out of five isn’t bad

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    • lynnissmart
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:49pm

      Something isn’t right..

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    • Pydge
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:40pm

      You are very wise, Master! (BTW, Arizona LEOs rock!)
      No one talks about the 10 people per day killed in Juarez, or the threats to Phoenix’ people with the highest number of kidnappings anywhere!
      In all top level removals there is a body photographed and autopsied—at least, for us to look at —- UBL’s wife would say yes to any corpse to save her husband. Right? That does not impress me at all.
      The Prez is a publicity whore and is so sickeningly PC here. So much so, he will have started a conspiracy theory with him at the center—getting rid of a body does two things: what I just described and keeping the body from enshrinement and sacred martyr reliquary. The latter was always the plan—to keep the body hidden, right?

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    • Sevens
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Exactly Temple and what timing.. just shortly after the release of yet another “PHONEY” BC and just before the upcoming book by Jermome Corsi giving unrefutable proof that Obama is not , was not eligable to be President.
      Dont get me wrong and excuse my cynisim but I cannot trust anything our govt or those controlled by this govt say and do. .. I am not satisfied with the explanation since all the lies coming from the White house… btw.. today is may 1st “illuminati” day…. mmmm makes you tink.. why a kill order and not a capture ..? or even a capture first if cannot without serious injury or loss to our great seals then kill? Very suspicious !!!!!!

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:48pm

      Good lord, grow up. Or try reading a book without pop-ups for a change.

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    • Clive
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:17pm

      ^agreed. keep going with the conspiracy theories… its really helping the tea party out. makes the movement seem really legit.

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    • techengineer11
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Not to mention that his birth certificate has been proven to be a phony. America is in distress. This entire administration is corrupt, un-American, and evil.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Think they ALL know more terror attacks are coming. We have heard snipits of this from HLS Janet Napolitano over the last few months. Remember the Islamic term of “HUDNA” (temporary truce, armistice, calm or quiet until they are not so weak in numbers) is limited to 10 years. If Obama had done nothing and we receive more attacks, Obama would be a 1 term President for sure. By killing bin Laden, if we get more attacks, he can say they are retaliation because we killed bin Laden. Might even have the American people so afraid (if the attacks are bad enough) that they would readily re-elect him because they were afraid to elect a new president who would have a learning curve to get up to speed!! We live in a world of smoke, mirrors and deceit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 1:04am

      Why is it that anytime there is a so-called conspiracy theory these days, it’s automatically derived from the Tea Party??

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:42pm

    “America can do whatever we set our mind to” doesn’t give permission to raise the debt limit.

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:45pm

      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 steal 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 !!!
      The “Speech Giver” since taking office and winning the Peace Award has made the world a MORE dangerous place and America weaker economically. I assume we will be attacked in the next two days!! Martyring this “PIG” was NOT a good thing!!! and was ALL about POLITICS and Poll numbers!!!

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:57pm

      American Forces dealing with traditional Islamic procedures to washing the corpse includes “Waterboarding”.

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    • JoeBtfsplk
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 12:58pm

      I have direct connections to Missouri – SHOW ME!

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:01pm

      @ 79USMC83………………………………………………………………….. You sir are one of few that does have it figured out! I applaud you. The stench will just get stronger in the political arena, until they wipe out a few more thousand of our people, but we must be PC, right?

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:12pm

      79USMC83

      THANK you!

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:22pm

      I didn’t now goats could speak Arabic.

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    • RedPillPatriot
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:29pm

      His wife identified him by name she said: baaaaa Biiiiinnn laaaadddeeeeeeenn baaaaaa, The animal was taken along with Bin Ladens body and since the Army would have nothing to do with the animal after it was touched by Bin Laden (in that way) it was given to the Navy and since the Navy rarely shows concern for that type of behaviour especially since the don‘t ask don’t tell policy was revoked. The animal was also taken onboard the USS Carl Vinson and is now being served in the officers mess.

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    • mill
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:34pm

      I totally totally do NOT understand giving OBL a ritual funeral…washing him??? What the hell are we up to?
      Next we’ll be sending money to his ultra wealthy family Saudi Arabia..as compensation for killing heir child.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:48pm

      We gave him a burial because we’re better than savages. Some of us are, anyway.

      also, our actual smart leaders don’t believe in his religion any more than yours. he won’t be getting any virgins, you won‘t be sitting by Jesus’s side playing a harp.

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:51pm

      Who was OBL
      ideologyofislam@cox.​net
      ideologyofislam
      show details 9:05 AM (1 hour ago)

      Here is a reader‘s comment from the Wall Street Journal on Obama’s speech about Bin Laden. I thought it was worth passing along to you.

      Notice how narrowly Obama framed the conflict: only a war against al Qaeda, and nothing more. Not a mention of the Islamic ideology which motivated bin Laden and his millions of supporters throughout the Moslem world. Obama lied when he said that “Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader.” Just recently, a reputable poll of attitudes in the Muslim world indicated that more than 130 MILLION Moslems viewed Bin Laden favorably! Not a leader? Today’s WSJ reports that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood condemned our assassination of Bin Laden. This is the same Muslim Brotherhood which Obama has been supporting, and about which Obama and his henchman, Clapper, said is a largely secular organization, and which is about to exercise power in Egypt in order to promote its goals of a sharia state.

      Bin Laden always justified his violence by quoting from the sacred Islamic texts of the Koran and the sayings of Muhammad. That is why al Qaeda and numerous similar non-al Qaeda Moslem organizations have been so enormously popular throughout the Moslem world. Remember all the TV images of Moslems dancing when they heard about 9/11!? The ideology of world jihad against the non-Moslem world was not concocted by Bin Laden. It has been part and parcel of the sacred doctrines of Islam ever since the time of Muhammad nearly 1400 years ago. And, it is not going away with the death of Bin Laden. Obama assures us that we are not and never will be at war with Islam. Well, HELLO! Islam, in the Koran, declared war on all non-Moslems. Allah, in the Koran, says that non-Moslems are subhuman enemies and that Muslims must make war against them. So, whether we like it or not, whether we want it or not, we are their enemies because their holy texts say that we are. When will Obama and the rest of our leaders start telling the truth about the enemy we are facing?
      Abdul Ameer

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    • Ailene Wright
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:58pm

      His body should have been shown no respect whatsoever. The families that lost loved ones on 9/11 were not able to bury their dead. Christians killed in Afghanistan and Iraq were beheaded and put on display. They certainly were not treated with respect.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:09pm

      We are better than that. You are not but REAL AMERICANS are. that’s why you Tea Party CLOWNS will never have any real influence.

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    • Ailene Wright
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:29pm

      BIBLE QUOTEN‘ SCIENCE FEARIN’ That wasn’t a very PC comment to make. You think that you are BETTER than them? How hypocritical.Typical of you liberals though.

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    • desertspeaks
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:44pm

      Greetings, Wag the dog is in top gear, no mention of the orly taitz v obama trial that is going on right now over Obama’s fraudulent SS#. Good job media following your marching orders to completely black out any mention of the trial!

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 2:47pm

      -79USMC83-

      You honestly think Osama would have let himself be caught then talk about Al Queda plans? LOL!

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    • tarbush
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:03pm

      @79usmc

      Look at it this way, when the islamofascists retaliate, the comrade in chief will have the excuse he needs to declare martial law. No elections will be held either.

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    • Clive
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:14pm

      raise the debt ceiling like bush did. you can‘t fix all of bush’s damage immediately, it takes time.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 3:59pm

      when I say “them” i mean those that would defile the corpse, drag it through the street, burn it, etc.

      when you HEAR “them” you think all muslims. get a mirror, hippy-crite.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

      @mill
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 1:34pm
      “I totally totally do NOT understand giving OBL a ritual funeral…washing him??? What the hell are we up ”
      _
      I’m assuming the washed him with pigs blood using a bacon sponge.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:14pm

      The earth is a better place today.

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:25pm

      Yeah… But the sea sure is rancid as of late…

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    • Evileye
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:31pm

      I not civilized
      I would have got a pen full of pigs and starved them for a week then tossed him in. then taped it sent tape to
      El- jeck or what ever they call there net work.
      Water board the guy in Guantanamo some more before they got the same treatment.
      Then look around and see who would like to be next to visit Allah.

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    • restorehope
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 4:34pm

      Obama was just bowing down again to his Muslim buddies when he had the body buried so respectfully. If Obama really believed that Bin Laden was not a leader of Islam, then why demand that he be buried so carefully according to their faith? It would have been easier to just toss him overboard with the rest of the ship’s garbage. But it really doesn’t matter how the guy was buried because dead is dead, and he is now facing the wrath of God.

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    • AMERICAN FOREVER FOREVER AMERICAN
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Get a job. StupidO.

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    • calamitykate
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 6:02pm

      If they confirmed it was Osama by DNA, wouldnt they need a previous sample to compare it to? (Makes me happy to know that there wasnt enough of his face left to identify his remains by appearance though.)

      Also, according to Islamic traditions, shouldnt Osama have been washed by a family member or member of the community? http://islam.about.com/cs/elderly/a/funerals.htm

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    • KewlBigDan
      Posted on May 2, 2011 at 8:12pm

      Tolerating Intolerance is a sure way to suicide. Tolerance of people who are totally Intolerant of everything you believe is not a sign of Moral Superiority or Coexistence, it is a sign of Cowardliness. Giving up everything at everyturn to people that give up nothing and who respond to decency and charity by increasing their outrageous demands is not Tolerance or Moral Superiority. Its not the highest ideals of the American character, it just plain Cowardliness. Our pampered, self proclaimed morally superior Elites have reached a point of self loathing and self delusion against everything for which America stands. They believe that because America is such a great nation, that we must be tolerant of those that hate us, while being totally incensed at their perceived view of our own beliefs.
      America should have said “THIS IS YOUR THEOCRACY AND THIS IS YOUR THEOCRACY ON BULLETS”

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    • Question with BOLDness
      Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:09pm

      “a woman believed to be bin Laden’s wife identified him by name” What the heck is that? Believed to be his wife? That is nothing concrete!

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