Wednesday, May 18, 2011

CIA Drones Were Used For Months To Monitor Bin Laden

Illo: Wikimedia

CIA Flew Stealth Drones Into Pakistan To Monitor Bin Laden House -- Washington Post

The CIA employed sophisticated new stealth drone aircraft to fly dozens of secret missions deep into Pakistani airspace and monitor the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, current and former U.S. officials said.

Using unmanned planes designed to evade radar detection and operate at high altitudes, the agency conducted clandestine flights over the compound for months before the May 2 assault in an effort to capture high-resolution video that satellites could not provide.

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More News On CIA Drones Being Used To Monitor Bin Laden

Report: CIA Used New Stealth Drones to Monitor Bin Laden's Compound in Pakistan -- FOX News
Osama bin Laden dead: US used new Predator and Reaper drones to track al-Qaeda leader -- The Telegraph
CIA used stealth drones to monitor Bin Laden: report -- AFP
Secret Stealth Drone Spied on Osama, Dodged Pakistanis -- Danger Room
CIA flew stealth drones into Pakistan to monitor bin Laden's house -- Hindustan Times
Stealth drones used in bin Laden raid -- Seattle Times/Washington Post/AP
Secret Stealth Drones Spied on Bin Laden Months Before Kill Mission -- Gizmodo

My Comment:
Consider the harm and damage that bin Laden has done .... and his desire (and will) to use weapons of mass destruction .... I would not be surprised if his home was watched non-stop 24/7 by numerous eyes both on the ground and in the air.

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