Thursday, May 5, 2011

The 'Intense' Fire Fight To get Bin Laden Was Not Intense At All


How "Intense" Was Fight To Get Bin Laden? -- CBS

The U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 6 is easily one of the best-trained, best-equipped combat teams on the planet todayhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif. When at least 20 of them helicoptered into the fortified concrete compound in Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden, they were unsure of exactly who or what they'd encounter.

With the elite commandos now back on U.S. soil, and their commander giving his account, those details are now coming into greater and greater focus -- and the picture emerging differs significantly from the initial version to come from the White House.

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More New On The Firefight To Get Osama Bin Laden

No resistance in "cold-blooded" U.S. raid: Pakistan officials -- Reuters
Account Tells of One-Sided Battle in Bin Laden Raid -- New York Times
Bin Laden's Protectors Got Off Relatively Few Shots, 'Times' Reports -- NPR
Bin Laden 'firefight': Only one man was armed -- MSNBC
Source: Only 1 killed in bin Laden raid was armed -- AP
Killing an unarmed Osama Bin Laden was justified, U.S. officials say -- New York Daily News
Narrative on Bin Laden Raid Collapses -- FDL
Osama Bin Laden Killing Was 'Cold-Blooded,' 'One-Sided' in New Versions of Raid Story -- Village Voice
US Account Of Bin Laden Assassination Frays Around Edges – OpEd -- Eurasia Review

My Comment: I guess to not be shot in this raid, Bin laden (or any other male) would have had to meet the following conditions ..... 'If he's not naked, shoot him': Navy Seals warned Al Qaeda chief could be wearing suicide vest under clothes.

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