“Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday [May 2, 2011]. ‘The disposal of–the burial of bin Laden’s remains was […]
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5/2/2011
In the hunt for bin Laden, “A new lead emerged when post-9/11 detainees gave investigators a glimpse into the al Qaeda chief’s inner circle, the [senior Obama Administration] official said. During questioning, detainees repeatedly mentioned the nickname of a man they said was one of the few couriers bin Laden trusted. …Investigators knew the courier–a […]
5/2/2011
“As intelligence officials disclosed the trail of evidence that led to the compound in Pakistan where Bin Laden was hiding, a chorus of Bush administration officials claimed vindication for their policy of ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ like waterboarding. Among them was John Yoo, a former Justice Department official who wrote secret legal memorandums justifying brutal interrogations. […]
5/1/2011
In Pakistan, “US special forces launched a helicopter-borne assault on a closely guarded compound in Abbottabad, 30 miles north-east of Islamabad, on Sunday night [May 1, 2001], [President Barack] Obama and US officials said. Bin Laden resisted the attackers and was killed along with three other men in a firefight. The operation lasted 40 minutes. […]
5/1/2011
President Barack Obama spoke from the White House on the evening of May 1, 2011. ” ‘Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands […]
5/1/2011
On May 1, 2011, “President Obama was watching on a TV screen as a commando gunned down Osama bin Laden. Via a video camera fixed to the helmet of a U.S. Navy Seal, the leader of the free world saw the terror chief shot in the left eye. The Seal then carried out what is […]
5/1/2011
“In his televised statement [on May 1, 2011, President] Mr [Barack] Obama said that Bin Laden was killed in a helicopter raid by a small group of Navy Seals who stormed his mansion in an affluent area 80 miles from Islamabad [Pakistan]. They were working on a tip which first surfaced last August after ‘years […]
4/29/2011
“To discuss that intelligence and develop a plan [to hunt bin Laden], [President Barack] Obama chaired five National Security Council meetings from mid-March until late April, with the last two on April 19 and April 28–last Thursday. The next day [April 29, 2011], Obama gave the order for the mission, officials said.” – “How U.S. […]
4/27/2011
“More than 200 individuals who were on the federal terrorism watch list passed background checks and were allowed to buy guns in 2010, according to a new government review. [As reported on April 27, 2011] A review by the Government Accountability Office [GAO] determined that 247 people on the watch list bought guns last year, […]
4/25/2011
Regarding the Taliban: “Their most stunning achievement occurred in April [25] 2011, when they tunneled under Kandahar’s Sarposa prison [Afghanistan] and freed almost five hundred fellow insurgents, several of whom were hard-core fighters, under the feet of unsuspecting U.S. soldiers stationed on the prison grounds.” – Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Little America, Page 294 […]