Details of raid on bin Laden compound unfold

As expected, more details are coming out from the raid that ended Osama bin Laden's reign of terror. CNN: Details of raid on bin Laden compound unfold  (and by the way, gotta love that URL..  bin.laden.dead  - ed)

A few comments on some of the excerpts..

In all, said the U.S. official who sought anonymity, five of the approximately two dozen people in the compound were killed -- the two couriers, the woman, bin Laden and his son.

... But the Taliban have questioned the assertion. "Obama has not got any strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of the Sheikh Osama bin Laden," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed said. "And secondly, the closest sources for Sheikh Osama bin Laden have not confirmed" the death, he added.

Well, seeing that the closest sources for Sheikh Osama bin Laden happen to be the two couriers who were killed along with bin Laden, that isn't very surprising.  Deal with it.  It was the will of Allah that made the sheikh fish food. And this...

In a Washington Post column, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed satisfaction "that the source of the greatest evil of the new millennium has been silenced, and his victims given justice" and defended his country's actions.

"Some in the U.S. press have suggested that Pakistan lacked vitality in its pursuit of terrorism, or worse yet that we were disingenuous and actually protected the terrorists we claimed to be pursuing. Such baseless speculation may make exciting cable news, but it doesn't reflect fact," Zardari wrote.

Well, he can try to explain his Nation's duplicity all he likes but the fact is that while the US Miltary has been targeting Al Qeada and Taliban cells in rural Pakistan villages with drone attacks, the Pakistani government in some capacity has been shielding the Shiekh.  All the alleged innocent civilians who were killed in the crossfire in the in the hunt for OBL are on the Pakistani government's hands.  They watched those attacks go on knowing that the target OBL was tucked away safe and sound far away.  President Zardari has been exposed to his band of hyenas just like Uncle Scar at the end of The Lion King.  

The senior Pakistani intelligence official who spoke Tuesday to CNN said, "Yes, we did fail to locate him. Yes, we are embarrassed. But that does not mean we are incompetent and straddling the fence."

No I think it means that there is no actual legitimate chain of command in Pakistan.  And that's a worse embarrassment for a Nation that longs to be considered modern and civilized than mere incompetency.  That it took a secret raid by US Navy SEAL commandos to pluck off a well known target is all the proof the world needs to know that Pakistan was straddling the fence.  But that fence just fell over and I'm not sure to which side they fell.

Osama bin Laden allegedly killed by US forces in Pakistan. Update: W00t!

It appears the gig is finally up for Osama bin Laden. Its all over the news that President Obama will be announcing to the country tonight that OBL, the world's most wanted terrorist is dead after the result of recent US military action in Pakistan and apparently we have the body to prove it, so there! Boom done, game over, hope it was a slow end for him.    

If this pans out, this is great news for the USA and the civilized world in general. Congratulations to the fine men and women in the US Military for completing this key objective in the mission that started September 11, 2001. 

First he releases his Birth Certificate, now he's got the body of Osama bin Laden. Dang, President Obama is making things tough on the conspiracy theory crowd lately.

Brand new conspiracy theories about the killing of bin Laden launching in 4..3...2...1....

Update: 02MY2011..
The reports were accurate and Osama bin Laden is now residing at the bottom of the Arabian Sea with a few extra holes in his skull. I think this was the only option for disposing if his body without creating some kind of permanent jihadi shrine. Besides, its not like the world is unaccustomed to the idea of dumping trash in the ocean. BP, Fukushima, and now this. How much can our oceans take?  And yes, predictably the conspiracies have already sprouted.  My own made up theory is that Osama's body is actually now in deep freeze at Area 51 next to the aliens.  geesh.

 A few thought on this historic event.  This story points out that even though the USA may have a chaotic, fractured political divide, when it comes to facing outside threats our National priorities transcend internal squabbling. This manhunt spanned 10 years of political upheaval in DC, yet the mission kept progressing until it was finally completed.

It also points out we can't really trust anyone in the Pakistani government. There may be some Pakistani officials who were not aware of bin Laden's sekrit hideout, but its clear Islamabad can't rely on the official heirarchy for law enforcement. Or perhaps all cooperation with the USA is a complete sham. It will be interesting to observe the internal fallout if any over the insubordination within the regime in the coming days and weeks.

And a message to any sworn enemies of the the USA hiding out in the shadows or in plain sight. You shouldn't feel safe anywhere, ever. If the Commander in Chief wants you dead or incarcerated badly enough its just a matter of time till your mug is in the cross hairs and your safe house is reduced to rubble. Terrorize the terrorsists, its all they understand.

It was telling that the world's most revered jihadi was such a complete coward that he used one of his wives as a human shield in the shootout.  She was shot in the raid.  A true coward in every sense of the word.  And one might have thought OBL would have wired the place to blow up in case of a raid, but he was definitely not into the notion of being a martyr himself.  He saved that role for the dupes he attracted.

Congrats to the US Miltary for the amazing accomplishments in this long and bloody war against Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and terrorism of all sorts. The sacrifices were not made in vain.  History will look back at this era when civilization faced down and defeated the barbarians of entropy and ushered in a century of peace.  We can hope anyway.

Cudos to Presidents Bush and Obama for staying the course in a critical mission that was forgotten in the headlines long after its political shelf life had expired.  This is a great day for NYC, DC, the USA and for all civilization.