For example, he did not resist, did not use a woman as a human shield, his wife was not killed, he was captured and then was executed in front of family and daughter while he was in custody. He did not live luxuriously in a million-dollar palace, but in a barren home with spartan furnishings - home was worth $250k. There were no weapons found in the entire home during the search after the execution. There was therefore no firefight - no one in the home fired at the US Seals. It was a simple capture then execution of Bin Laden and his son.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/05/04/147782.html
And this event really has little to no relevance really to the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:
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>> So they were lying (as is routine) when they claimed to have had him in
>> their sights since last August?
>>
>> Shane Mage
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> They said they found a guy connected with him last August. That's not the
> same as having him in their sights.
>
>
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> My instant reaction to the first report: I'll believe it when I see the
>> body.
>>
>> I guess I'll never be able to believe it!
>>
>> Shane Mage
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> You would only have ever seen photos of the body. Would you have believed
> those?
>
> And some people say (as Poly Styrene used to say) he's been dead for years
> anyway:
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> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/my-take-bin-laden-died-long-ago/
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> I have been praying for Osama bin Laden for 10 years. I was not surprised
>> by news of his death. As I asked myself why, I suspect it is because, in my
>> eyes, bin Laden died long ago. He died to goodness; he died to mercy; he
>> died to peace. He died to the things that God cares most about. He was alive
>> until this week but he died to life a long time ago.
>>
>> I have wondered over the years what God tried to do to win him back to
>> love. I wonder about the confounding ability of human beings to resist the
>> love of God. I wonder about these things for Osama bin Laden and I wonder
>> about same things with respect to my own life. Today, as I have many days
>> before, I pray for my enemy I pray him into the hands of the God of
>> justice and of mercy.
>>
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