Obama says he won't release bin Laden death photo

Started by garbon, May 04, 2011, 01:54:10 PM

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garbon

May 04, 2011, 01:54:10 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden

QuotePresident Barack Obama said Wednesday he's decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden because their graphic nature could incite violence and create national security risks for the United States.

"There's no doubt we killed Osama bin Laden," the president said in an interview with CBS News. Obama said he had seen the death photo and there was no need to release the photograph or gloat. "There's no need to spike the football," he said.

The president said that for anyone who doesn't believe bin Laden is dead, "we don't think that a photograph in and of itself is going to make any difference."

"There are going to be some folks who deny it. The fact of the matter is you won't see Osama bin Laden walking on this earth again," said Obama.

The president made his comments in an interview Wednesday with CBS' "60 Minutes". Presidential spokesman Jay Carney read the president's quotes to reporters in the White House briefing room, ahead of the program's airing.

So how long until it gets wikileaked?
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Caliga

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May 04, 2011, 02:17:51 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 04, 2011, 01:54:10 PM
So how long until it gets wikileaked?
Probably less than a week.
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KRonn

#2
May 04, 2011, 02:25:46 PM
The Obama admin is probably just waiting to get bin Laden's birth certificate, for Donald Trump's benefit, to avoid a new 'Trumped-up' conspiracy!    ;)

grumbler

#3
May 04, 2011, 02:30:30 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 04, 2011, 02:25:46 PM
The Obama admin is probably just waiting to get bin Laden's birth certificate, for Donald Trump's benefit, to avoid a new 'Trumped-up' conspiracy!    ;)
I think the value of Trump either as a candidate or a false flag is pretty much gone.
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#4
May 04, 2011, 02:38:17 PM
Good.  Those 9/11 widows annoy me.
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#5
May 04, 2011, 02:40:48 PM
Will he at least release a pre-death photo?
I want to see the look on Bin Laden's face as the US troops burst in...
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The Brain

#6
May 04, 2011, 02:41:12 PM
They should release it as a screamer.
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KRonn

#7
May 04, 2011, 02:46:49 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 04, 2011, 02:40:48 PM
Will he at least release a pre-death photo?
I want to see the look on Bin Laden's face as the US troops burst in...
It seems like he must have felt pretty secure, with Pakistani govt support on at least some levels. Otherwise he really was in a rather ostentatious place for someone hiding from much of the world's intel, military and police services.

The Brain

#8
May 04, 2011, 02:52:30 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 04, 2011, 02:46:49 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 04, 2011, 02:40:48 PM
Will he at least release a pre-death photo?
I want to see the look on Bin Laden's face as the US troops burst in...
It seems like he must have felt pretty secure, with Pakistani govt support on at least some levels. Otherwise he really was in a rather ostentatious place for someone hiding from much of the world's intel, military and police services.

:huh: It was the last place they looked.
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derspiess

#9
May 04, 2011, 04:43:00 PM
The fake death pictures have been a hoot.  The first one was obviously used from an old bin Laden pic since he had almost no grey in how beard, and the other I saw had him looking oddly like the alien from the alien autopsy video.
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Malthus

#10
May 04, 2011, 04:49:33 PM
Did they at least keep his skull?

It would be awesome to have a pic of Obama drinking mead out of bin Laden's skull.  :D
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Slargos

#11
May 04, 2011, 04:52:59 PM
How goddamned convenient.  :rolleyes:



citizen k

#12
May 04, 2011, 05:36:03 PM
Quote from: Slargos on May 04, 2011, 04:52:59 PM
How goddamned convenient.  :rolleyes:

Keep your Eurotrash conspiracy theories out of this thread.

KRonn

#13
May 04, 2011, 05:51:24 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 04, 2011, 02:52:30 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 04, 2011, 02:46:49 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 04, 2011, 02:40:48 PM
Will he at least release a pre-death photo?
I want to see the look on Bin Laden's face as the US troops burst in...
It seems like he must have felt pretty secure, with Pakistani govt support on at least some levels. Otherwise he really was in a rather ostentatious place for someone hiding from much of the world's intel, military and police services.

:huh: It was the last place they looked.
Yeah, that's why I said OBL must have felt secure, with some help from govt friends. He had a place where he could hide out but still have decent surroundings, and apparently withlittle pressure on him. Certainly no one in the know in Pakistan was ratting him out, and likely he would get intel if anyone got close. So I'm thinking he was quite surprised to find US troops paying him a visit.

dps

#14
May 04, 2011, 08:17:25 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 04, 2011, 05:51:24 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 04, 2011, 02:52:30 PM
Quote from: KRonn on May 04, 2011, 02:46:49 PM
Quote from: Tyr on May 04, 2011, 02:40:48 PM
Will he at least release a pre-death photo?
I want to see the look on Bin Laden's face as the US troops burst in...
It seems like he must have felt pretty secure, with Pakistani govt support on at least some levels. Otherwise he really was in a rather ostentatious place for someone hiding from much of the world's intel, military and police services.

:huh: It was the last place they looked.
Yeah, that's why I said OBL must have felt secure, with some help from govt friends. He had a place where he could hide out but still have decent surroundings, and apparently withlittle pressure on him. Certainly no one in the know in Pakistan was ratting him out, and likely he would get intel if anyone got close. So I'm thinking he was quite surprised to find US troops paying him a visit.

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