Off-Topic: Osama Bin Laden CONFIRMED DEAD
by Christopher Gates on May 1, 2011 10:22 PM CDT
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PrintYeah, it ain't football. . .it's way, way bigger than football.
Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, has been killed, according to numerous sources on television, radio, and the internet.
The United States has been in pursuit of Bin Laden over the course of the past decade, and they have finally gotten their man.
Since two members of our staff here have supported operations in the Middle East in the post-9/11 military (Ted and myself), and I know that we have many other veterans that read our site on a daily basis and contribute to it, it's time to give some serious props to the men and women of the United States military and all of the coalition forces around the world that have cooperated to make this possible. It's not a be-all or an end-all to terrorism or anything like that, but it's still a pretty significant event.
Feel free to talk about this in the comments, but try to keep it as non-political as possible. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on or what your political beliefs are. . .this is a momentous day in American history.
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A celebratory tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M
I wanted to put it in the post, but I thought it might offend a few people.
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by Christopher Gates on May 1, 2011 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
America! F**K YEAH!
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This is great! Im dying
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by Percy Harvin My Fav! on May 1, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's another link!
New coach, new coaching staff, new starting QB. All we need now is a new stadium and all will be well in 2011.
by VikesFaninNM on May 1, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Now we know why
William & Kate postponed their honeymoon.
Your fantasy football expert since Jerry Rice's rookie year.
Thank you AMERICAN servicemen and servicewomen!
Judgement has arrived for one.
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by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 1, 2011 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
AMEN!!!!!!
A BIG thank You to all those who are helping to keep this country free. May The Lord keep and bless You all.
I knew I could count on you, Chris.
I know where I was 09/11/2001 at 8:30 AM. I’ll always remember where I was 05/01/2011 at 10:30 PM.
America.
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-Roberto
by blackjackfishtaco on May 1, 2011 10:40 PM CDT reply actions
Ding Dong.........
Osama’s dead, hi ho hi ho………
get in your bunkers the poop is going to hit the fan.
I agree...
I would be surprised if there isn’t a rash of new martyrs in the coming days.
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by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 1, 2011 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Officials around the world
have been told to be on the highest level of alert – or so it is being reported.
With hope
The next time one of those d&ckless wonders think about attacking us, they will think twice and realize if it takes 10 years, we are coming after you.
New coach, new coaching staff, new starting QB. All we need now is a new stadium and all will be well in 2011.
My toast to Bin Laden:
SILENCE! WE KILLED YOU!
by 92Y_VikesFan on May 1, 2011 10:57 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
LOL
New coach, new coaching staff, new starting QB. All we need now is a new stadium and all will be well in 2011.
by VikesFaninNM on May 1, 2011 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
That is my Achmed shot glass in the video btw...
Picked that one up in Kandahar
by 92Y_VikesFan on May 1, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Finally!
A little bit of retribution for the families who lost loved ones on 911.
by abba7 on May 1, 2011 11:01 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Boom, winning.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
by Ted Glover on May 1, 2011 11:06 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Finnally, 'Merica got justice
Who said life was fair?
When I find that person I'll beat the hell out of him
saw this from somewhere
I bet Bin Laden regrets allowing his IPhone app to “use his current location”.
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by NinjaZX6R on May 1, 2011 11:39 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Not a huge fan of the Phillies
But this is pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pfllMiLag&feature=player_embedded
The raid was in a place called Abottabad
by a bunch of atttaboybadasses.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
This is a great day for the whole world.
My cousins were and are in the Australian army, serving in Afghanistan. More than anyone, this is on all the soldiers from all over the world fighting terrorism everywhere.
Someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova in the sky.
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by Screwfish on May 1, 2011 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Thank your cousins for their service for Australia and for the US!
Non Sibi Sed Patriae ;I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life.
In Bill We Trust.
Seal Team Six FTW!
God Bless the American service members!!
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by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 12:00 AM CDT reply actions
I say Delta with the 160th SOAR
flying the helos.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
Just a guess, though.
:). Whoever did it, I don’t care.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
I read that ST6 did the...
shooting.
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by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Sweet!
Works for me!
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
U.S. Joint Special Operations Command Special Mission Unit (SMU) from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU — formerly known as Seal Team Six) did the shooting. There were other JSOC spotters on the ground, as well as two special operations helicopters and an unmanned drone overhead.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Jaws, let me tell you
THESE GUYS are some great Americans.
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
by Ted Glover on May 2, 2011 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you NAVY SEALS for arranging this meeting
“It is God’s job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.”
Non Sibi Sed Patriae ;I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life.
In Bill We Trust.
by NinjaZX6R on May 2, 2011 12:02 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
fuyck yea
any day is a good day to be a Dodgers, Eagles, Penguins, Clippers, Texas A&M fan! except when they loose
I was born the year Brett Favre started playing.... amazing
by henry-dekoeyer-eagle-fan on May 2, 2011 12:22 AM CDT reply actions
Sorry for another comment.
But this one is too funny not to share. (stole it off BGN)
by abba7 on May 2, 2011 12:58 AM CDT reply actions 14 recs
Yeah, that's a rec
"Lord I pray for the eyes of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the balls of a combat helicopter pilot."
LOL Rec!
I may not care for the guy, but that is just waaaay to funny! lol
New coach, new coaching staff, new starting QB. All we need now is a new stadium and all will be well in 2011.
Definately a rec
I’m glad you put this up abba. THE Commander in Chief!
"I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it."
All Too Conveniently Timed
There have been reports that Osama was dead months ago. I just find it interesting they wait until Obama’s approval rating was as the lowest and just a few days after the birth certificate “incident”.
I never trusted anything the government or media has told me, this piece of news is no different.
by cdubs3201 on May 2, 2011 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also was funny
That Donald Trumps TV show (name eludes me right this second) was conveniently preempted to break the news!
There are also reports
that Santa Clause and 2-Pac are smoking fat herbals in Tahiti and planning a zombie invasion. Please…for once..can we drop all the political butt hurt and zaney crap and just enjoy an American success.?
by Jepp The Viking on May 2, 2011 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
After the research I've done
I’ve learned to view things a little differently. I don’t argue that it’s a success for this nation to bring this criminal to justice, but I see the situation as a bigger part of other events and I understand it for what it is and not what CNN and a political tool tells me it is.
by cdubs3201 on May 2, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fair enough
and I totally understand your undertones, and I’d agree with you most of the time. This is a case of every single entity involved confirming the case (even Al Qaeda). For once, I’ll believe the common thread.
by Jepp The Viking on May 2, 2011 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Quick question.
Do you think its better or worse if Satan lubes up w/ bacon grease before the eternity of anal rapage? I bet Osama knows the answer right about now…
Ah, the failed attempt at returning Moss home. It was like '98 and '09 were about to make sweet, sweet love and give us a glorious '10 child.
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by KJSegall on May 2, 2011 3:51 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I wonder
if they wrapped him in bacon before they chucked his body out over the Atlantic.
Have fun with the all-consuming hellfire and sorry about the lack of adoring virgins, UBL
but you deserve what you’re getting pimp!
Funny thing is seeing all the lefties on TV this morning suddenly defending the formerly cruel and unusual “War on Terror” and the formerly abusive American Military.
Hats off to our Special Forces for once again showing us we can do anything we put our mind to. Fight to win.
Why don't you thank that "lefty" president for killing Bin Laden?
A few years ago the press asked George W Bush about capturing Osama bin Laden and he replied , “I just don’t spend that much time on it, to be honest”.
This is the same guy who was going to “smoke him out”. HA
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
by JethroBoViking on May 2, 2011 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I thank the lefty president for not getting in the way of the brave men who actually did the killing
With the intelligence he was given, Obama had no choice but to go ahead with the mission that was planned by our intelligence community and our military.
Remember a few years ago when Bush was still president and we had one of Bin Laden’s courier’s phones tracked, but the New York Times ratted us out and told our enemies what we had done? We could have had him a long time ago but the lefty news media ruined it because they hated Bush.
Obama has been against every piece of the puzzle in the war on terror. He has been against all of the methods we use to garner valuable intelligence from detainees, he wanted to shut down the prison at Guantanamo Bay, he and his Justice Department struggled mightily with the decision to give detainees trials in our country (some of which would have exposed intelligence information that would have endangered brave men and women fighting the war on terror), and his administration has even stopped using the term “terrorist” to describe terrorists.
If Obama uses this event to bolster his reelection campaign (and is there any doubt he will since this is the only event of his horrible presidency that anyone would actually want to own up to), he’ll actually be running in favor of everything he ran against the first time around. I’m sure you’re fine with that dichotomy, but think for a moment about what a hypocrite he is to take credit for what he has consistently opposed.
But it makes perfect sense when we realize that he is the same man who opposed the war in Iraq, and promised to bring our troops home from Afganistan and close down Gitmo. Now, he’s basically extending the Bush policies but nobody thinks this should be questioned.
by Bodysuit Man on May 2, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we agree on something.
I don’t care much for Obama either because he seems to be kissing the right wing’s ass every chance he gets. Why don’t we use a little bit of Republican Ron Paul’s foreign policy ideas and mind our own business. We might not get ourselves into so much trouble.
As far as opposing the war in Iraq, did you support sending 4,000 plus of our brave and precious soldiers to die for “weapons of mass destruction” that did not exist? George Bush made jokes about that in 2004. (look it up) Invading a country should always be a last resort. Especially a country that couldn’t even get a plane in the air.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
by JethroBoViking on May 3, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Surprised the govt was was able to keep this raid so secretive. They tell the Pakistani Govt and he wouldn’t have been there.
What makes you think this went down last night?
How do you know they didn’t already have him or his body prior to this announcement?
Just on the actual topic.
I remember where I was when the towers hit – I was actually preparing for my final exams. I couldn’t do any studying for a couple of days because I was so consumed with what was happening, even though I’d never been to New York or even America.
When I finished school, I actually enlisted in the Australian army but was declared medically unfit (old shoulder and knee injuries, and carpal tunnel). I joined Customs instead because I felt it was the next best thing I could do to serve my country and try prevent a similar event from happening.
When I heard about the news today, I again knew exactly where I was and I’m pretty sure that I’ll never forget that either.
In the extremely slim chance that any of the SEALs in question are Vikings fans and read this site – thank you. The world thanks you.
Now we gotta do what we can to wipe out the rest of the extremists.
I was on my way too work
Which is at a TV station here in Albuquerque. Though I don’t work in the news portion of things, needless to say, not much got done that day. Some of the images that came down from a few raw satellite feeds are permanetly burned into my memory, and for awhile, had trouble sleeping from said images. No, nothing that ever made it on air obviously, though at times, horrific as it sounds, I think some images should be to remind people what had happened.
While some have said this was just another fight between the U.S. and terrorist’s, I think it showed that no matter where, and what country, any of us can get hit by these people.
Thanks for serving your country, and to my family, friends and everyone serving our country. Nice to see there are many out there who realize we ALL are in this together.
New coach, new coaching staff, new starting QB. All we need now is a new stadium and all will be well in 2011.
Great Day to be an American
Thanks Ted and Chris. I too have deployed three times to Afghanistan and Iraq since 9/11 and was fortunate to survive without injury. It’s always good to cut off the head of the snake and I will toast them all tonight with some single malt. But there’s still much work to be done as we go into the spring offensive. Please remember that while we’re celebrating this great achievement , many of our brothers and sisters are making the ultimate sacrifice this very day. Prayers and well wishes out to their families and to all those who lost someone on 9/11 and since.
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United 93
I just hooked up a new internet blue ray friday night. So I watched United 93 on VUDU. I was pissed off all weekend. so for me, the timing was great. Thanks. and much respect for all who made it happen!
Thought I'd link this
the logo for Seal Team Six – a Viking!
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by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 1:38 PM CDT reply actions
Yestaday was my birthday
so you know this is great for me to hear. I have a historic birthday now!!
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by UnBannedVikingholic on May 2, 2011 1:56 PM CDT reply actions
Better late than never, but a great day nonetheless.......
should have been taken out 20 years ago when he was in the crosshairs. Too bad there was not the political fortitude to do so. Thousands of lives would have been spared had we acted in what was truly our national interest. African embassies, the first WTC attack, the Cole, etc., were more than enough reason to take him out. Never mind he officially declared war on us as well.
Now it seems like more of a hollow victory, since he is/was seemingly irrelevant.
The Navy rocks, regardless of the details.
To be fair
killing every innocent (at that time the only thing UBL was guilty of was saying mean things against us) nut job would leave US moral standing in the dumpster. We’d be no better than vigilantes. Hind sight is 20/20
by Jepp The Viking on May 2, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
NO SIR.....
ALL of the above mentioned incidents, and I left the Khobar Towers out, were carried out under the orders of Bin Laden. They ALL preceded 9/11. He claimed responsibility, all the while declaring war on the USA. It is a fact that he could have been taken out before all that has occurred that has changed the shape and direction of our nation. It most certainly is second guessing, but, NOT hindsight.
If anything, we are now at halftime, to borrow the term, in our war against the ideas that Bin Laden embodied. It is far from over.
It pleases me to no end that the dirt bags that worshipped him cannot build a shrine to his memory, since the mission also included making his remains fish food.
since the mission also included making his remains fish food.
you mean… ‘within Islamic traditions’ :)
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yeah....
Two things to remember.
Osama bin Laden was kind of our ally when he was fighting the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
Bill Clinton tried to blow him up with a cruise missle, but was not getting much support in D.C. All anyone cared about at that time was impeachment for a blow job and a blue dress.
It’s a crazy world. I’m just glad he’s gone!
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - John Lennon
by JethroBoViking on May 2, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Timeline
Ya you are right for some reason I was thinking ‘20’ years landed us in early 80s. My math fail.
by Jepp The Viking on May 2, 2011 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Still a big deal.....
don’t get me wrong. Now, the message has been sent loud and clear to anyone who may consider picking up where UBL left off. We will find you and we will eliminate you.
Not hollow
because we now sent a message: Hurt us? We will f****** kill you. It takes ten years? Yeah. We will STILL f****** kill you.
Osama bin Laden may not have been in charge like he was pre-9/11, but he was still a potent symbol: that you could cause the greatest attack on American soil in history- targeting civilians, no less- and escape our wrath. Now that symbol no longer exists… see above.
Once upon a time, some guys from this group called "Navy SEAL Team Six" flew in on some helicopters into Pakistan. 40 minutes later... they flew out with the dead corpse of Osama bin Laden, with two bullet holes in his hea... wait, what? They also burned the mansion he was staying at to the ground?
AWESOME!
Daily Norseman
Methinks
he was a bit more capable than we thought. The guy had a mansion for 5 years 80 miles away from a supposed ’’ally’’ and our troops secured a fair amount of data and high priority intel from his compound after the t-bagging was finished with the corpse (a little on-line shooter joke..sorry)
by Jepp The Viking on May 2, 2011 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
No doubt
he was a wily fox. Few will say that bin Laden was ‘dumb’- he really wasn’t, which was what made him so damn dangerous. Of course… I do wonder about how he was able to shack up in a mansion a few miles out from the Pakistani capital… hmmm…
Once upon a time, some guys from this group called "Navy SEAL Team Six" flew in on some helicopters into Pakistan. 40 minutes later... they flew out with the dead corpse of Osama bin Laden, with two bullet holes in his hea... wait, what? They also burned the mansion he was staying at to the ground?
AWESOME!
Daily Norseman
ummmmmm....
likely, a ‘guest’ of the Pakistani government.
that worm-ball is about to come apart and it will be interesting to hear what we learn.
so glad our $B’s in aid was spent with them. not.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on May 2, 2011 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
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