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Bin Laden was unarmed when killed, White House says

Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces entered the compound he was in, then killed him, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.

Providing new details of the events that transpired early Monday in Pakistan, Carney said U.S. Navy SEALs went floor-to-floor clearing the three-story compound where bin Laden's family lived along with others.

Three people were killed on the first floor, including a woman, Carney said.


U.S. forces then moved upstairs where they found bin Laden in a room with a woman believed to be his wife -- both unarmed, Carney said. She rushed the U.S. forces and was shot in the leg but not killed. Bin Laden resisted and was shot and killed, Carney said.

On Monday, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, said bin Laden was resisting and had a weapon, though he added that it was unclear whether bin Laden had fired a shot.

Bin Laden was unarmed when killed

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

There were weapons there, he just didn`t get to his in time.


Yawn........

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Frankly, Jlf, I don't care. They could have put him on knees, and popped one into the back of his head for all I care. Osama bin Laden chose to make war upon the United States. You fuck with the bull, you get the horn, as an old coot I know likes to say.

I'd have said the same thing if Bush II had been in office when this happened. It's sort of nice it was Obama, though. I won't get nearly as many insults, or attacks upon my character.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Frankly, Jlf, I don't care. They could have put him on knees, and popped one into the back of his head for all I care. Osama bin Laden chose to make war upon the United States. You fuck with the bull, you get the horn, as an old coot I know likes to say.

I'd have said the same thing if Bush II had been in office when this happened. It's sort of nice it was Obama, though. I won't get nearly as many insults, or attacks upon my character.

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Frankly, Jlf, I don't care. They could have put him on knees, and popped one into the back of his head for all I care. Osama bin Laden chose to make war upon the United States. You fuck with the bull, you get the horn, as an old coot I know likes to say.

I'd have said the same thing if Bush II had been in office when this happened. It's sort of nice it was Obama, though. I won't get nearly as many insults, or attacks upon my character.

what court convened to hear the case?  you know a court?  Courts usually determine if people are guilty of things n stuff like that?

I would like to review the case or do we, well YOU continue to make judgments based on superstition hearsay and innuendo?

The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (Pub.L. 107-40, 115 Stat. 224, enacted September 18, 2001), one of two resolutions commonly known as "AUMF" (the other being "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002"), was a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress on September 14, 2001, authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. The authorization granted the President the authority to use all "necessary and appropriate force" against those whom he determined "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the September 11th attacks, or who harbored said persons or groups. The AUMF was signed by President George W. Bush on September 18, 2001.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

So that trumps the Constitution?


I thought it was the Constitution that we were fighting for.

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ORIGINAL: Aylee

I suppose that we can just wait for the release of the dead body pictures and see whether he still had his arms or not.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

So that trumps the Constitution?

I thought it was the Constitution that we were fighting for.