Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – April 2011) was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the jihadist organization al-Qaeda, most widely recognized for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. As a result of his dealings in and advocacy of violent extremist jihad, Osama bin Laden lost his Saudi citizenship and was disowned by his billionaire family. On Sunday, May 1st 2011, U.S. officials announced that bin Laden was dead. -wikipedia
He was in a mansion in Abbottabad, 90 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan instead of hiding in a cave as commonly thought. CNN reports it was not a drone strike, but a manned team, and that some family members may also have been killed. The Pakistani Intelligence Service was NOT also involved in this operation as initially reported. His location in a mansion brings up the spectre that there might have been a certain degree of collusion with some powerful elements within Pakistan to keep him hidden and safe, although that is speculative at this point. The second in command of Al Qaeda, Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri was not at the mansion.
So,.. Who gets the $25,000,000? .... Not the Navy Seals, I'll bet.
We'll probably need the money to finance our divorce from Pakistan. Not that we're getting a divorce, but it is getting a little tenuous to keep calling them allies, when we keep finding high ranking Al Qaeda leaders living in high end neighborhoods.
Hey! I'm just saying.....
Alternet has an excellent article that expands on peripheral aspects of this story, titled "Inside His Mansion, Inside the Mission, Inside the Media Reaction."
While researching this story I discovered that there are already pictures of him dead out there in all their graphic splendor. No need to thank me for not posting one.
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