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[quote]In this Dec. 24, 1998, file photo, Muslim militant and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Rahimullah Yousafzai/AP)
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[quote]U.S. President Barack Obama pauses after making a televised statement at the White House on May 1. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via Bloomberg) #
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[quote]The compound, within which Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed, burns after it was attacked in Abbottabad, Pakistan in this still image taken from mobile phone video May 2. (Stringer/Reuters) #
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[quote]Pakistani soldiers walk past the bin Laden compound, surrounded in red fabric, where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province May 2. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters) #
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[quote]This video frame grab, obtained from ABC News on May 2, shows the interior bedroom in the mansion where Osama Bin Laden was killed May 1. (ABC News/Handout/Reuters) #
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[quote]A crashed military helicopter is seen near the hideout of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after an operation by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) #
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[quote]People celebrate in Times Square in New York City after the death of Osama bin Laden was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama May 2. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #
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[quote]A large, jubilant crowd reacts to the news of Osama bin Laden's death at the corner of Church and Vesey Streets, adjacent to ground zero, during the early morning hours of May 2, in New York City. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) #
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[quote]Servicemen hang off a lamp post cheering in celebration as thousands of people celebrate in the streets at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center, waving American flags and honking horns to celebrate the death of Al Qaeda founder and leader Osama bin Laden on May 1, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) #
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[quote]A small group sits with candles as they react to the news of Osama bin Laden's death on Vesey Street, near ground zero, during the early morning hours of May 2 in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP) #
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[quote]Dionne Layne (right) hugs Mary Power as they react to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden May 2 in New York City. At left is the rising tower, 1 World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. (Mark Lennihan/AP) #
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[quote]Photographs of firefighters killed on 9/11 are seen outside the World Trade Center site after the death of Osama bin Laden was announced May 2 in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #
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[quote]Armed Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers stand guard in New York's Grand Central Station on May 2. Security was heightened as a result of the announcement of the killing of Osama bin Laden. (Stephen Chernin/AP) #
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[quote]David Huber and Nicole Lozare pay their respect to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the early morning of May 2 at the Pentagon Memorial outside the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia after President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) #
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[quote]A pair of women honor their aunt, Cecelia E. Richard, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon, by carrying her picture amongst revelers near the White House in the early morning hours in Washington, May 2. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) #
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[quote]Revelers wrap themselves in U.S. flags near the White House after President Barack Obama announced that U.S. authorities have recovered the dead body of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in the early morning hours in Washington, May 2. (Jonathan Ernst/AP) #
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[quote]People gathered around the gazebo on Boston Common after President Barack Obama announced that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden and taken custody of his body May 2. (Cecille Avila for The Boston Globe) #
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[quote]U.S. Marines of Regiment Combat Team 1 watch as President Barack Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden, at Camp Dwyer in Helman Province, Afghanistan on May 2. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images) #
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[quote]Afghan men working at a TV shop hug each other while watching the news of the death of Osama bin Laden May 2 in Kabul. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) #
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[quote]People burn a photograph of Osama bin Laden as they celebrate his death in Ahmedabad, India May 2. (Stringer/Reuters) #
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[quote]A survivor pays homage at the memorial wall with the engraved names of 248 people killed in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi May 2. The Cooperative Bank building, which was also damaged in the August 7, 1998 truck bomb attack, is reflected on the memorial wall. (Thomas Mukoya/Reuters) #
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[quote]Images of Osama bin Laden are displayed for sale at a market in Quetta May 2. (Naseer Ahmed/Reuters) #
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[quote]People read newspapers that carry headlines "Osama bin Laden killed" at a newsstand in Hyderabad, Pakistan on May 2. (Pervez Masih/AP) #
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[quote]People visit the Ground Zero Monument, a memorial to the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings in Kuta, Bali on May 2. (Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images) #
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[quote]A man watches a TV broadcast on the death of Osama bin Laden at Seoul train station in Seoul May 2. (Lee Jin-man/AP) #
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[quote]People read the extra edition of a Japanese newspaper in Tokyo May 2, reporting Osama bin Laden was killed in an operation by U.S. forces. (Shizuo Kambayashi/AP) #
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[quote]A vendor walks past a sand sculpture of Osama bin Laden created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri, India May 2. (Stringer/Reuters) #
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Last pic made me laugh. It's certainly made waves.
Goodnight sweet prince, you changed the world.
So, what happens now?
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;29612807]So, what happens now?[/QUOTE]
Life goes on.
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;29612807]So, what happens now?[/QUOTE]
Why would anything happen?
[QUOTE=Chickens!;29612722]Goodnight sweet prince, you changed the world.[/QUOTE]
You better be joking.
[QUOTE=Imperfect;29612891]You better be joking.[/QUOTE]
He did change the world. He raised racism and xenophobia in the USA by about 1000%, for one thing.
[QUOTE=Imperfect;29612891]You better be joking.[/QUOTE]
How can you even take that seriously?
Although in a way he did change the world by giving us TSA.
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;29612807]So, what happens now?[/QUOTE]
Empire state building gets bombed by Al Qaeda, we invade an Arab country, spend 10 years looking for new Al Qaeda leader, find him and kill him rinse and repeat.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;29612654]
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Anyone else notice the extra arm?
[QUOTE=IAreLegend;29612807]So, what happens now?[/QUOTE]
We keep fighting the un-winnable "war on terror"
Bin Laden was one man, his death means nothing at the end of the day. Think about the amount of soldiers and civilians that had to die in the past 10 years just to find him.
[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;29612986]Anyone else notice the extra arm?[/QUOTE]
:monocle:
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I don't know why, but I like seeing these guys around NYC. When I went on vacation there and was walked to Applebee's for breakfast, there was a big truck with these guys around it. I guess it makes me feel safe.
Images from the scene. [b]Warning! Includes real(!) pictures of the men that were killed, which are rather bloody. No Osama tough.[/b]
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d3b_1304540048[/url]
I was expected Osama's dead body, but I was not dissapointed.
Awesome pictures in the OP. Really inspiring and patriotic. I was just losing faith in the American people because I never saw such patriotism as what was displayed.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;29617952]After all those threads about the celebration that went on about his death, this is how it should be "celebrated":
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And this kind of thing is just... wrong, I don't know. Sad.
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No cheering and rejoicing! You have to stand solemnly with your girlfriend in the middle of a park, alone, or its not celebration, its wrong!
In some ways it is okay to celebrate like that. It is the death of an evil man who killed thousands of innocent people in cold blood not to mention thousands suffering because of al queda today.
If it were me I would be "celebrating" because it marks that the US got what we wanted to do and put a wrench into al quedas plans. However it is far from over and people should be more cautious than ever.
I am like near the only one on this planet not giving a fuck.
Okay he is killed but does it changes anything? Since he is killed there are only higher chances of terrorist attacks.
By the way.
They could better get this man down since he planned lots of attacks
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I don't see the reason to celebrate this
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Look I understand patriotism but I think this is pushing it a bit.
Guess he couldn't hide forever.
The pictures of people celebrating make me feel sick - what sheep!
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;29619331]The pictures of people celebrating make me feel sick - what sheep![/QUOTE]
He killed millions of people. They Millions of people celebrated the Death of them. Now we kill 1 man and we celebrate his death.
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr
[QUOTE=Coro;29619693]"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr[/QUOTE]
Falsely attributed quote, never actually said by MLK.
[url]http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/anatomy-of-a-fake-quotation/238257/[/url]
I find the fact people were celebrating in the streets really dumb.
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And Osama dying will literally change nothing. If anything things will get worse.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;29618298]I am like near the only one on this planet not giving a fuck.
Okay he is killed but does it changes anything? Since he is killed there are only higher chances of terrorist attacks.
By the way.
They could better get this man down since he planned lots of attacks
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I don't see the reason to celebrate this[/QUOTE]
Despite the Al Qaeda being decentralized, Osama Bin Laden stood as a symbol for much of the world as 'Enemy Number 1'. It should also be noted that he was seen as a hero and even a great leader in eyes of many other insurgents. Having him killed was one of the biggest boosts of morale and would help convince a disillusioned public that they [i]can[/i] get shit done.
Sure it was just one head cut off from a multi-headed snake, but it is certainly a blow. You forgot to mention the huge treasure trove of data and computer materials that they have managed to salvage from the mansion the ST6 raided. Their leaders may continue his operations, but now light has been shed on Pakistan after Osama's death, public is now perceiving Pakistan to be harboring the deadliest terrorists and now for once we can actually set the proper sights on where to look.
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It kinda annoys me I see people sticking things like flags or stickers onto objects or themselves which makes them think they are somehow patriotic. This is hardly patriotic and this also isn't what patriotism stands for. It's also against the flags rules. So basically not only is it non-patriotic, but it is also disrespectful.
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