Osama bin Laden killed by US forces in Pakistan

[Idris2002]

But we should be cautious. There have been Arab Springs before, and each time they have been sabotaged by the Western powers. In 1953 Britain and the US, terrified that the Iranian prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddegh, was about to nationalise his country’s oil fields, engineered the military coup that installed the Shah, an intervention that led to the revolution of 1979. In 1991, we refused to accept the result of the Algerian elections, plunging the country into a decade of civil war.

And this is in the Telegraph? WTF?

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Apologies if this has been posted before, but Peter Oborne's latest piece on this issue is worth a read (though most of the comments below arent).

That's actually pretty sensible for the Telegraph ...

 

[teqniq]

I too am surprised by that Telegraph article, thanks agricola.

 

[agricola]

I too am surprised by that Telegraph article, thanks agricola.

No problem, though I should point out that quite a lot of Oborne's recent reporting on Pakistan has been good.

 

[Nylock]

Al-Q have confirmed Bin Laden's death to jihadist news website (BBC).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

...The conspiraloons are going to go apeshit over this...

 

[butchersapron]

Saw some US media claiming this shows the benefits of water-boarding.

 

[Idris2002]

If only they would follow Hitchens example (you may not want to click on this, even though it's work safe).

 

[stuff_it]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/us-binladen-qaeda-confirmation-idUSTRE74528A20110506

 

[dylans]

Saw some US media claiming this shows the benefits of water-boarding.

There is an ongoing narrative emerging here that claims the OB killing justifies the entire ten years of extra legal activity. The disregard for international law, disregard for geneva conventions, abuse of human rights, abuse of constitutional legality and the ignoring of judicial due process that has occurred on lots of levels. Torture is justified, detention without trial is justified, drone attacks leading to mass civilian casualties is justified, abuse of internal civil rights is justified, rendition is justified. And now of course, violation of national sovereignty and assassination by hit squad is justified. this is why questions should be raised about the circumstances of Bin Laden's killing because the blatant disregard for human rights the rule of law that has characterised the last ten years has seeped into the body politic of the US itself like a poisonous corrosive and such practices are set to become the norm.

 

[magneze]

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader, Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13313201

 

[claphamboy]

So, Al-Qaeda has confirmed the US statement that Bin Laden has been killed.

Where does this leave the Conspiracy Looney Bins?

Fucked, I would say.

 

[Idris2002]

So, Al-Qaeda has confirmed the US statement that Bin Laden has been killed.

Where does this leave the Conspiracy Looney Bins?

Fucked, I would say.

I imagine that the looney-tunes will no doubt argue that AlQ is a wholly owned subsidiary of CIA and that this statement is only to be expected. We're through the looking glass here people. They will say, also.

 

[Apathy]

I imagine that the looney-tunes will no doubt argue that AlQ is a wholly owned subsidiary of CIA and that this statement is only to be expected. We're through the looking glass here people. They will say, also.

yeh its business as usual im afraid

 

[Spymaster]

Aren't the loons already claiming he's been dead for ages, or somesuch shit.

 

[Deareg]

Aren't the loons already claiming he's been dead for ages, or somesuch shit.

Have to be honest, that crossed my mind.

 

[Pingu]

So many people are posting this on facebook right now, getting on my nerves...the whole thing I mean, not just the linkies http://www.prisonplanet.com/top-us-government-insider-bin-laden-died-in-2001-911-a-false-flag.html

prisonplanet you say?

well thats me convinced

*posts fb link*

 

[Idris2002]

yeh its business as usual im afraid

Wheels within wheels, my friend. Wheels within wheels.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

So, Al-Qaeda has confirmed the US statement that Bin Laden has been killed.

Where does this leave the Conspiracy Looney Bins?

Fucked, I would say.

Leaves em where they always been...

 

[Idris2002]

Leaves em where they always been...

On the grassy knoll, with Elvis and Shergar.

 

[claphamboy]

Aren't the loons already claiming he's been dead for ages, or somesuch shit.

Yep, they have been claiming that for fucking years, although some have switched position this week to claiming he's still alive.

Now Al-Qaeda is claiming he's just been killed rather pisses on both their parties somewhat.

Leaves em where they always been...

Aye, far out in the Jazzzosphere Twatosphere.

On the grassy knoll, with Elvis and Shergar.

 

[dlx1]

So, Al-Qaeda has confirmed the US statement that Bin Laden has been killed.

Where does this leave the Conspiracy Looney Bins?

Fucked, I would say.

Not so American government have paid a massive stack of money to Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden to stay hidden and not to make any more videos. Bin Laden will get freedom and will no longer be hunted.

 

[Casually Red]

theyll be calling Pakistan an ally in the war on terror next

actually war on terror is the looniest thing Ive heard in a long time

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Sky news showing new footage found in the compound now...

 

[Apathy]

Bin Laden home tapes, not quite You've Been Framed but probibly loads of fun

 

[Bernie Gunther]

We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic.

Chomsky - on the OBL hit

Well I dunno about anyone else, but ...

 

[Pickman's model]

Chomsky - on the OBL hit

Well I dunno about anyone else, but ...

too little too late

 

[Bernie Gunther]

too little too late

Is Blair still hiding out in Israel?

 

[lopsidedbunny]

Is Blair still hiding out in Israel?

No I don't think he has ever been there since being appointed they don't take any notice of him

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Videos: http://is.gd/rnLTYp

 

[laptop]

No I don't think he has ever been there since being appointed they don't take any notice of him

Last I heard, Blair had a floor booked at the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem, and two vehicles with drivers.

He has been there, but not recently.