I saw this included in a comment at Ace of Spades. Nothing to add, nothing to take away. Simply perfect.
I was praying the rug Down at a place called The Jug With a goat named Linda Lu When in walked a man With a gun in his hand And he was looking for you know who.
He said, "Hey there fellow, With the stain spreading yellow, Watcha tryin' to prove? 'Cause that's my country there And I'm a SEAL who cares And this might be all for you."
I was scared and fearing for my life. I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree. 'Cause he was lean, and mean, And big and bad, Lord, Pointin' that gun at me.
I said, "Wait a minute, mister, I didn't even kiss her. Don't want no trouble with you. And I know you don't owe me But I wish you'd let me Ask one favor from you."
[Chorus] "Won't you give me three steps, Gimme three steps mister, Gimme three steps towards the door? Gimme three steps Gimme three steps mister, And you'll never see me no more."
The guards got blown away And I began to pray As their blood pooled on the floor. And I'm telling you son, Well, it ain't no fun Staring straight down a forty-four.
Well he smiled then yelled Yippie Ki Yay That's the moment he'd been training for. And you could hear me screaming a mile away As my brains got splattered on the floor.
I swear, if I EVER see one more dollar of American aid go to Gaza, which means it goes to the ruling party there, Hamas, well...I'm gonna lose it, seriously. Even the piece of shit terror organization of the Muslim Brotherhood mildly applauded the death of bin Laden but for Hamas....hell no...they are denouncing his death.
The Hamas prime minister of the Gaza strip, Ismail Haniya, said: “We condemn the assassination of a Muslim and Arab warrior and we pray to God that his soul rests in peace.
“We regard this as the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs.”
The Hamas reaction put it immediately at odds with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, with which it is due to sign a unity deal today to join the Palestinian government.
Since I'm talking about Hamas and all of the pigs that live in Gaza, this is a good time to remind America of the celebration the Palestinians had in 2001 when bin Laden killed 3,000 of our brothers and sisters. Here's the video from that day the Palestinians celebrated the blood of thousands of Americans:
So, the next time you see the college kids in your town holding a pro-Palestinian rally....or you see a "Free Palestine" protest in front of your city hall, park your damn car and confront the little bastards and show them this video. Show them the fact that Hamas has condemned the justice America has deserved for 10 years.
As for Hamas, I say this is the last straw. This group has put the world in jeopardy for years...they are one of the most vile islamic terror groups in the world and my question is simple: Why are they allowed to exist?
It's high time that the U.S. teams with Israel to wipe Hamas out - from top leadership down to the peons that carry the water for 'em. Believe me, between the IDF and U.S. special ops, it would be over in less than a week. The world will be a better place.
Osama bin Laden dead: Hamas condemns killing of bin Laden
While many Middle East leaders welcomed America’s military action, the mixed reaction across the region cast a shadow over both the “Arab Spring” and the future of talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Many Arab leaders facing popular uprisings, including Col Gaddafi of Libya, have claimed the protests are backed by al-Qaeda. Those claims have largely been rejected by protest groups but many in the West are concerned at the possibility that greater freedom of expression will allow more room for Islamic militants to operate.
The Hamas prime minister of the Gaza strip, Ismail Haniya, said: “We condemn the assassination of a Muslim and Arab warrior and we pray to God that his soul rests in peace.
“We regard this as the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs.”
The Hamas reaction put it immediately at odds with Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, with which it is due to sign a unity deal today to join the Palestinian government.
The intransigent tone will confirm Israeli and American fears that the reconciliation between the two feuding Palestinian factions will make a peace deal impossible.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, which is linked to Hamas but has renounced violence at home, was more ambiguous but its response also suggested it opposed the action. It issued a statement saying it was “against violence in general, against assassinations and in favor of fair trials.”
“With bin Laden’s death, one of the reasons for which violence has been practised in the world has been removed,” Essam al-Erian, one of its spokesmen, said.
With both Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group by both Britain and the US, and the Brotherhood set to play a greater role - Hamas in the Occupied Territories and the Brotherhood in post-revolutionary Egypt - their words mark the latest clear step away from the automatic support for counter-terror operations the West has come to expect.
Although al-Qaeda was thought to have been beaten in most of the heartland nations of the Arab world, the threat jihadism still poses was reflected in government statements and in numerous expressions of sympathy on the street and radical websites.
Saudi Arabia, bin Laden’s homeland and the country whose royal family he had pledged to overthrow, issued an unqualified welcome. “Saudi Arabia hopes that the elimination of the leader of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organisation will be a step towards supporting international efforts aimed at combating terrorism,” a statement said.
Yemen, which is fighting its own branch of the organisation, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also welcomed the news. One AQAP member told a reporter for Agence France Presse that the news, which had been confirmed by fellow operatives in Pakistan, was a “catastrophe”.
One commentator well-known on jihadist websites by the pseudonym “Assad al-Jihad2” pledged revenge. “Woe to his enemies,” he wrote. “By God, we will avenge the killing of the sheikh of Islam. Those who wish that jihad has ended or weakened, I tell them: let us wait a little bit.”
Tellingly, staunch western allies such as the United Arab Emirates kept silent. Analysts said they feared provoking retaliatory attacks, despite the high levels of security in the region.
Even in Dubai, some ordinary residents expressed regret at bin Laden’s death.
Ironically, the death of bin Laden may prompt Al-Qaeda cells throughout the region to take a more active role in Arab Spring uprisings as a way of proving their strength, said Theodore Karasik, of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis.
“Because of bin Laden’s death they are going to be working more in tandem with each other,” he said.
I've seen one report that Osama bin Laden's body was offered to Saudi Arabia for burial but that it was refused but haven't been able to confirm that anywhere else but this story from The Guardian details how the body of Osama bin Laden has already been buried...at sea.
From the report:
The dilemma of what to do with Osama bin Laden's body appears to have been quickly resolved if reports that he has been buried at sea prove correct.
Burying him on land could have led to his grave becoming a centre of contention as well as raising questions about where he should be buried.
"Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult," a US official said, adding: "So the US decided to bury him at sea."
Fears about Bin Laden's burial place turning into a shrine for Islamists were probably unfounded, since the Wahhabi/Salafi tradition rejects such things. Even Saudi kings are buried in unmarked graves.
Senior US officials initially told news agencies that his body would be disposed of in accordance with Islamic tradition, which involves ritual washing, shrouding and burial within 24 hours.
Although the swift burial complies with Islamic custom and should therefore avoid causing any offence in Muslim countries, the apparent haste could lead to claims that the person killed was not really Bin Laden – though the US authorities have taken DNA samples and appear to have no doubts.
So, here we have a man who led a war against the United States of America....not only did he kill nearly 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01 but he also approved attacks on the U.S.S. Cole and our embassies in Africa. The death toll of Americans due to Osama bin Laden is staggering...yet even in his death, American officials go out of their way to not offend Islam. Give me a break.
All over our world today, we will see hundreds more people killed by the islamists. Some will be at the hands of al Qaeda, some at the hands of dozens of other islamic terror groups. I think it's a little too late too be worried about offending Islam. Islam doesn't need an offense to strike out - they have been doing it since the very days of Mohammed in 650 A.D.
What would have happened if America had decided to bring bin Laden's body back to America? Al Qaeda would have gotten upset and announced "Death to America"?!
I didn't see the burial rights and traditions of Daniel Pearl or Nick Berg honored by the islamists did you? The New York imam wants to build a mosque ON TOP of body parts of Americans in New York City! I'm sorry, but this fake "religion" has done everything in its power to degrade humanity over the years - it has called for the end of Christianity and Judaism - it has devoured the flesh of free men for centuries and we find it necessary not to piss them off regarding the disposal of Osama bin Laden's body.
I'm guessing that my readers here at laden ladenfam have some better ideas as to how Osama bin Laden should have been laid to "rest."
Bin Laden's body buried at sea
The dilemma of what to do with Osama bin Laden's body appears to have been quickly resolved if reports that he has been buried at sea prove correct.
Burying him on land could have led to his grave becoming a centre of contention as well as raising questions about where he should be buried.
"Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult," a US official said, adding: "So the US decided to bury him at sea."
Fears about Bin Laden's burial place turning into a shrine for Islamists were probably unfounded, since the Wahhabi/Salafi tradition rejects such things. Even Saudi kings are buried in unmarked graves.
Senior US officials initially told news agencies that his body would be disposed of in accordance with Islamic tradition, which involves ritual washing, shrouding and burial within 24 hours.
Although the swift burial complies with Islamic custom and should therefore avoid causing any offence in Muslim countries, the apparent haste could lead to claims that the person killed was not really Bin Laden – though the US authorities have taken DNA samples and appear to have no doubts.
The 24-hour rule has not always been applied by the US in the past. For example, the bodies of Uday and Qusay Hussein – sons of the Iraqi dictator – were held for 11 days before being released for burial.
Burial at sea is rare in Islam, though several Muslim websites say it is permitted in certain circumstances.
One is on a long voyage where the body may decay before the ship reaches land. The other is if there is a risk of enemies digging up a land grave and exhuming or mutilating the body – a rule that could plausibly be applied in Bin Laden's case.
For sea burial, according to alislam.org, the body should be lowered into the water "in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet". The website adds: "As far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators."
There is going to be an overload of information today and this upcoming week about just how America followed through and killed al Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden but this story from The Long War Journal has most of the highlights of the operation.
I cannot be more proud of this team of 20-25 Navy SEALS who mobilized in by helicopter in the wee hours of May 1st:
According to CNN, "senior US officials" have stated that the operation was conducted by US Navy SEALs inserted by multiple helicopters, one of which crashed due to mechanical failure. The Associated Press reported that four US helicopters took off from an airbase in northwestern Pakistan, and one took fire during the operation. That helicopter was later destroyed by US troops. ABC News reported that an estimated 20 to 25 SEALs backed by CIA personnel carried out the raid on the $1 million compound.
In addition to bin Laden, four other people, including one of bin Laden's sons and two couriers, were also reported killed in the firefight. A woman was also killed during the raid.
Foreign governments, including Pakistan, where the raid took place, were sidelined, according to The Washington Post. A US intelligence official with knowledge of the raid told The Long War Journal that Pakistan, specifically its Inter-Services Intelligence agency, "could not be trusted" with operational details of the raid.
Thank goodness the U.S. excluded everyone else in this operation - the Pakistanis are notorious for blowing operations like this and then later throwing their hands up and saying "he got away!" What I found interesting is the intelligence that led to us finding bin Laden and how long he has been under surveillance:
The US zeroed in on bin Laden's location after receiving intelligence in August 2010 that he was "hiding in a compound deep inside Pakistan," Obama said. US intelligence was "staring at the compound for months trying to figure out for sure whether we had enough to go with," a US Intelligence official told The Washington Post.
A key link to bin Laden was a courier who was a protege of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of al Qaeda's attacks on the US on Sept. 11, 2001. The courier, who was not named, was identified four years ago and tracked back to Pakistan two years ago, according to The Washington Post.
Abbottabad is far from Pakistan's tribal areas, where most analysts have speculated he was hiding. Abbottabad, a settled district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, is located 30 miles north of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, and about 125 miles east of the Afghan border. The city of Abbottabad, where bin Laden was killed, has more than 100,000 residents and hots a Pakistani Army division headquarters and a military academy, a hospital, and an airport.
Over the years, one of my frustrations with finding bin Laden has been the use of couriers - I have always said that, during the heyday of countless videos coming from al Qaeda, that our number one best lead would be the couriers used to bring in the communications from bin Laden and al Zawahiri. Well, it sounds like one of these couriers was what ended up being the achilles heel of al Qaeda #1.
This operation by U.S. Navy SEALs is further testament to the sheer perfection of execution (pardon the pun) by our special forces. From all accounts, bin Laden had no idea what was upon him. For 25 SEALs to get into that larger city, get to that specific compound and get bin Laden and get out with his body in that short of order is simply astounding.
I thank this SEAL team from the bottom of my heart. Today is a very, very good day.
Al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden confirmed killed by US forces in Pakistan
US officials have confirmed that Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda's top leader, was killed during an early morning raid by US forces in Pakistan today.
President Barack Obama said Osama bin Laden was killed by "a small team of Americans" during a raid on a fortified mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body," Obama said. Bin Laden's body is currently in Afghanistan. No US personnel were killed during the operation.
According to CNN, "senior US officials" have stated that the operation was conducted by US Navy SEALs inserted by multiple helicopters, one of which crashed due to mechanical failure. The Associated Press reported that four US helicopters took off from an airbase in northwestern Pakistan, and one took fire during the operation. That helicopter was later destroyed by US troops. ABC News reported that an estimated 20 to 25 SEALs backed by CIA personnel carried out the raid on the $1 million compound.
In addition to bin Laden, four other people, including one of bin Laden's sons and two couriers, were also reported killed in the firefight. A woman was also killed during the raid.
Foreign governments, including Pakistan, where the raid took place, were sidelined, according to The Washington Post. A US intelligence official with knowledge of the raid told The Long War Journal that Pakistan, specifically its Inter-Services Intelligence agency, "could not be trusted" with operational details of the raid.
The US zeroed in on bin Laden's location after receiving intelligence in August 2010 that he was "hiding in a compound deep inside Pakistan," Obama said. US intelligence was "staring at the compound for months trying to figure out for sure whether we had enough to go with," a US Intelligence official told The Washington Post.
A key link to bin Laden was a courier who was a protege of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of al Qaeda's attacks on the US on Sept. 11, 2001. The courier, who was not named, was identified four years ago and tracked back to Pakistan two years ago, according to The Washington Post.
Abbottabad is far from Pakistan's tribal areas, where most analysts have speculated he was hiding. Abbottabad, a settled district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, is located 30 miles north of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, and about 125 miles east of the Afghan border. The city of Abbottabad, where bin Laden was killed, has more than 100,000 residents and hots a Pakistani Army division headquarters and a military academy, a hospital, and an airport.
Bin Laden's death is a major blow to al Qaeda. In addition to serving as the terror group's spiritual leader, he played an active role in al Qaeda's operations as well as in its fundraising. Bin Laden was revered not only by al Qaeda's core cadre, but by jihadist groups worldwide.
It is unclear who will take over control of al Qaeda. Ayman al Zawahiri, bin Laden's deputy, has been the public face of al Qaeda for the past several years. Osama's son Sa'ad is also considered to be a possible successor as the emir of al Qaeda; however, it is not yet known if he was killed along with his father in the raid on the compound.
It's called an American made hellfire up your ass, sideways.
UPDATE: Or....was it U.S. Special Ops on the ground that got him? Perhaps the President can drag himself out of his golf lesson to give us the final word.
2nd UPDATE: It's offical - Osama bin Laden was taken out by a U.S. Special Ops operation deep inside Pakistan. This operation took place in Abbottabad, in the Khyber agency. It was Navy SEALS.
