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Is Bin Laden really dead or was it a hoax?

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Foolish me for thinking this topic had hit bottom at my last post here. Deaders, Birthers, Muslim Commie Obama labelers will hold on to their heartfelt beliefs against ten times the evidence that would convince a sane person.
 
Foolish me for thinking this topic had hit bottom at my last post here. Deaders, Birthers, Muslim Commie Obama labelers will hold on to their heartfelt beliefs against ten times the evidence that would convince a sane person.


Then why did you assume the topic had hit bottom? Do you require ten times the evidence that would convince a sane person?
 
Don't be an ass. It's far easier to prove that you're alive in this world than it is to prove that any one person is dead. If OBL were alive he'd delight in proving it in order to embarrass the U.S.A. Ain't gonna happen. If you think otherwise you are a hoax. Muse out.
 
Don't be an ass. It's far easier to prove that you're alive in this world than it is to prove that any one person is dead. If OBL were alive he'd delight in proving it in order to embarrass the U.S.A. Ain't gonna happen. If you think otherwise you are a hoax. Muse out.

I'm sure Nemesis1 will be along shortly to tell us why its all a hoax as part of an elaborate conspiracy. 🙄
 
* Why did they kill him?

If Al Quada is/was such a big threat...wouldn't it make sense to capture him alive...the alleged "master mind" of AQ...last but not least to make an example of his capture also?

Killing him (who was allegedly UNARMED)....you want to tell me that the special forces had no means and ways to stun/capture someone ALIVE? BULL*S....

* Not only "killing" him right away, but performing a DNA analysis, confirming its him within SECONDS....and then dumping him into the water right away...makes "a lot" of sense...

I just read there IS NO SUCH islamic custom like dumping bodies into the ocean..EXCEPT in such cases if someone dies at sea and there is no way to bury them.

Islamic custom is to bury the dead facing mecca.

How convenient that all is...and how absurd some of the events, let alone the withholding of (well, let's call it "proof") pictures showing him dead.

The "most wanted terrorist" of all times...gets killed and then dumped in the ocean within minutes because of "respect for the islamic belief".

They do not show the alleged "gruesome" pictures (hey, go figure!!) out of "respect" or of fear from whoever is left from AQ.....but then *celebrate* his death and put down wreaths on the 9/11 site..... <-- does this make ANY sense?

In my personal opinion, "celebrating" his death shows way more dis-respect than releasing the pictures of his body. I was actually embarrassed to read that there is a "celebration" going on today (?) in NY because of his death.
 
It were a hoax, then the real Bin Laden would release a new tape making Obama look like a fool. Anyway, Osama has been irrelevant for a long time. His death is just symbolic, just to make sheeple happy.

Not really. His death will be the main reason to pull out from Afghanistan. Its FAR more than a "symbolic" thing.

Saying OBL was "irrelevant"..VERY NICE...seeing how real soldiers give their lives in Afghanistan....just...WOW....
 
"I stress that I have not carried out this act, which appears to have been carried out by individuals with their own motivation." ~Osama bin Laden 9/16/2001

Look at Osama bin Laden's quotes prior to the attacks as well. It's clear he was not behind the attacks. If anything, he was more representative of the Founding Principles than the vast majority of Presidents have been. Unlike the modern liberals/neocons, Thomas Jefferson would never give billions in aid to foreign savages.

One must understand that AQ (as to my knowledge!) never was a highly organized organization with OBL commanding as a central figure and terrorists acting out on his commands.

This is especially true after 9/11 where it was highly impossible that a central "leader" like OBL would be always in good communication with his supporters...

But this also means that he could very well say "i was not behind those attacks"...while the single, sprawled out terrorists would still "work" supporting the overall AQ cause...but everyone doing this with their own motivation, not having received specific commands.

The question here is whether this is actually RELEVANT. Killing their leader would give AQ a blow, regardless whether OBL gave the actual command for 9/11 or not.

Short: Terrorists can indeed work "in the name of Al Quaeda" following loosely their leader's doctrines....WITHOUT him in fact "personally" responsible for the attacks. He could indeed appear and claim "i didn't know about it"...it could be true but nevertheless also irrelevant
 
He is dead. How do I know ? Because can you imagine what would happen if suddenly Bin Laden released a video of himself alive and calling the USA a liar about his death ? The administration would not dare risk that happening. We would be in serious trouble as a country if that occurred and be ridiculed world wide.
 
He is dead. How do I know ? Because can you imagine what would happen if suddenly Bin Laden released a video of himself alive and calling the USA a liar about his death ? The administration would not dare risk that happening. We would be in serious trouble as a country if that occurred and be ridiculed world wide.

They didn't care what would happen if no WMDs were found in Iraq did they? I don't doubt that OBL is dead. What I doubt is that he was killed in this mission. The US needed to make sure he was dead so they could stage a drama so that the America public could get closure and they could call the so called war a victory. The Americans keep changing their accounts and the way they claim it happened sounds impossible.
 
Don't be an ass. It's far easier to prove that you're alive in this world than it is to prove that any one person is dead. If OBL were alive he'd delight in proving it in order to embarrass the U.S.A. Ain't gonna happen. If you think otherwise you are a hoax. Muse out.

He's dead, but he simply wasn't killed in this mission.
 
* Why did they kill him?

If Al Quada is/was such a big threat...wouldn't it make sense to capture him alive...the alleged "master mind" of AQ...last but not least to make an example of his capture also?

Killing him (who was allegedly UNARMED)....you want to tell me that the special forces had no means and ways to stun/capture someone ALIVE? BULL*S....

* Not only "killing" him right away, but performing a DNA analysis, confirming its him within SECONDS....and then dumping him into the water right away...makes "a lot" of sense...

I just read there IS NO SUCH islamic custom like dumping bodies into the ocean..EXCEPT in such cases if someone dies at sea and there is no way to bury them.

Islamic custom is to bury the dead facing mecca.

How convenient that all is...and how absurd some of the events, let alone the withholding of (well, let's call it "proof") pictures showing him dead.

The "most wanted terrorist" of all times...gets killed and then dumped in the ocean within minutes because of "respect for the islamic belief".

They do not show the alleged "gruesome" pictures (hey, go figure!!) out of "respect" or of fear from whoever is left from AQ.....but then *celebrate* his death and put down wreaths on the 9/11 site..... <-- does this make ANY sense?

In my personal opinion, "celebrating" his death shows way more dis-respect than releasing the pictures of his body. I was actually embarrassed to read that there is a "celebration" going on today (?) in NY because of his death.

To your point about burial at sea you are only partly correct. Islamic law also would permit burial at sea if there is risk of the body being exhumed. I think it's fair to argue there is some risk there given the party involved. Also permissible within traditions since no country seemed willing to receive the body. Who really wants THAT shrine in their back yard.

I honestly think Hayabuse Rider said it best in one of the other threads.

To his faithful Bin Laden is worse than dead right now. There is no body, there is no grave build a memorial to a martyr. Bin Laden is a wisp, a memory, with not a single thing with which to rally around.

So let's give them pictures and inspire them.

I am quite satisfied with the fact that he is a ghost at this point. Nothing more. He has quite literally just vanished from the face of the earth to never be seen again (until the photos are leaked).
 
But you chose to believe all this without witnessing it first hand that he had all these ailments. And now ironically you want us to just believe what we hear from you.

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They didn't care what would happen if no WMDs were found in Iraq did they? I don't doubt that OBL is dead. What I doubt is that he was killed in this mission. The US needed to make sure he was dead so they could stage a drama so that the America public could get closure and they could call the so called war a victory. The Americans keep changing their accounts and the way they claim it happened sounds impossible.


I guess it's easier to subscribe to a far fetched conspiracy theory than admit that Pakistan has been two faced back stabbing liars by hiding and protecting OBL for years while taking US $ support to supposedly fight terrorism. Sorry but your credibility is no better than that of your lying government.
 
* Why did they kill him?

<clipped nutter thinking...>

Do you understand what kind of fiasco would result from the US taking him alive? The amount of red tape it would take just to get him to our soil to prosecute? We probably didn't even have jurisdiction to assault the compound in the first place. Simple answer to your simple question.

* Not only "killing" him right away, but performing a DNA analysis, confirming its him within SECONDS....and then dumping him into the water right away...makes "a lot" of sense...

I just read there IS NO SUCH islamic custom like dumping bodies into the ocean..EXCEPT in such cases if someone dies at sea and there is no way to bury them.

Islamic custom is to bury the dead facing mecca.

No country wanted him buried on their soil. No country wanted a nutter shrine on their soil. Islamic custom is to bury the body within 24 hours. The best solution was to feed him to the sharks.

How convenient that all is...and how absurd some of the events, let alone the withholding of (well, let's call it "proof") pictures showing him dead.

The "most wanted terrorist" of all times...gets killed and then dumped in the ocean within minutes because of "respect for the islamic belief".

They do not show the alleged "gruesome" pictures (hey, go figure!!) out of "respect" or of fear from whoever is left from AQ.....but then *celebrate* his death and put down wreaths on the 9/11 site..... <-- does this make ANY sense?

In my personal opinion, "celebrating" his death shows way more dis-respect than releasing the pictures of his body. I was actually embarrassed to read that there is a "celebration" going on today (?) in NY because of his death.
If the pics were released, would you believe them? No, you even imply no (in red) yourself. Releasing pics proves nothing. There is zero upside to releasing the pics for them.

And as for your personal opinion, my personal opinion is that you are a disgrace to this country. Fuck that piece of shit and my only regret is that I can't piss on his grave. :thumbsdown:
 
(repost from http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2162447&page=3 )

Hoax, cover story, whatever you want to call it.

You only need a cover story when you are faking something or hiding something or both. Special effects used to fool a family into thinking someone had been executed would take at least a few minutes to prepare, and they had to brief OBL on what to expect, if he wanted his family to leave there alive. That was the bargaining chip they had and used on him to get him to cooperate. They didn't want to release the pics of OBL because they looked fake and wouldn't hold up to detailed scrutiny, since the special effects were rushed, not because they were so gruesome. Of course, the real pics of the others killed were gruesome enough anyhow to try to convince other doubters just how gruesome they might be. Those other pics were released on purpose, as part of the cover story. That was no accident the beloved patriot's sold them to the press.

If you think there is any way they planned for months to take him alive, then executed him when they got him unarmed, then I really have nothing else to say about it to you. Your on your own in politically correct fantasy land.

And another thing, all this "he was reaching for his gun BS" is just that, because he had plenty of time to arm himself when he heard the copters flying into the compound and they were crashing on the way in, ect. Trust me, he would have been already armed and ready to defend himself, not just reaching for his gun when they FINALLY got into the upstairs room, where he was locked inside. Honestly, what a BS cover story.

Their orders were explicit. Take OBL ALIVE and fake the death, otherwise they would have bombed the hell out of the compound when they discovered he was in it months ago and not given him 7 months or more to escape.
 
(repost from http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2162447&page=3 )

Hoax, cover story, whatever you want to call it.

You only need a cover story when you are faking something or hiding something or both. Special effects used to fool a family into thinking someone had been executed would take at least a few minutes to prepare, and they had to brief OBL on what to expect, if he wanted his family to leave there alive. That was the bargaining chip they had and used on him to get him to cooperate. They didn't want to release the pics of OBL because they looked fake and wouldn't hold up to detailed scrutiny, since the special effects were rushed, not because they were so gruesome. Of course, the real pics of the others killed were gruesome enough anyhow to try to convince other doubters just how gruesome they might be. Those other pics were released on purpose, as part of the cover story. That was no accident the beloved patriot's sold them to the press.

If you think there is any way they planned for months to take him alive, then executed him when they got him unarmed, then I really have nothing else to say about it to you. Your on your own in politically correct fantasy land.

And another thing, all this "he was reaching for his gun BS" is just that, because he had plenty of time to arm himself when he heard the copters flying into the compound and they were crashing on the way in, ect. Trust me, he would have been already armed and ready to defend himself, not just reaching for his gun when they FINALLY got into the upstairs room, where he was locked inside. Honestly, what a BS cover story.

Their orders were explicit. Take OBL ALIVE and fake the death, otherwise they would have bombed the hell out of the compound when they discovered he was in it months ago and not given him 7 months or more to escape.
BHO and OBL were playing poker at OBL's pad like they do every sunday night. BHO caught OBL dealing from the bottom of the deck, and since BHO don't take no shit, he capped OBL right in the face. Once the red faded, he realized what he had done, so he called in Seal Team Six to clean the scene and everything else was concocted to cover for the president. Amidoinitrite, SlickSnake? Prove me wrong!
 
BHO and OBL were playing poker at OBL's pad like they do every sunday night. BHO caught OBL dealing from the bottom of the deck, and since BHO don't take no shit, he capped OBL right in the face. Once the red faded, he realized what he had done, so he called in Seal Team Six to clean the scene and everything else was concocted to cover for the president. Amidoinitrite, SlickSnake? Prove me wrong!

Shhh, you weren't supposed to leak that disinfo yet. I guess you didn't get the secret memo, check your email spam filter.
 
One thing is for sure, the US lied about facing resistance at the compound. Pakistani interrogators have found that nobody in the compound was armed and OBL was killed in cold blood. Bloody lying American pigs.
 
One thing is for sure, the US lied about facing resistance at the compound. Pakistani interrogators have found that nobody in the compound was armed and OBL was killed in cold blood. Bloody lying American pigs.

Not true. I can clearly see a green water pistol in one picture. Bloody terrorists.
 
One thing is for sure, the US lied about facing resistance at the compound. Pakistani interrogators have found that nobody in the compound was armed and OBL was killed in cold blood. Bloody lying American pigs.

Oh the poor innocent victim, how tragic.

Keep whining. It just keeps getting better.
 
  • Body dumped into the ocean
  • People have been saying he's dead since 2002
  • Violation of article 32 of the laws of the internet which states that you must have pictures to support your argument. Hence, pics or it didn't happen.


I don't watch much TV, but the stuff I've seen is that they're questioning the official story and whether he was armed or not.. etc.

Joe Rogan via Twitter





If I killed Bigfoot I would dump him in the ocean too. "No need to keep this smelly old thing around when you've got a bulletproof story"

3 May

Most of me wants to believe the story. But I think it's way too strange that they decide to dump the guys body into the ocean regardless of the reason they want to claim.
 
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Most of me wants to believe the story. But I think it's way too strange that they decide to dump the guys body into the ocean regardless of the reason they want to claim.
You are the first person to post this on this forum.
 
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