[NGTM-1R]

I wonder if he was tortured before they killed him.

How many times in this thread are you going to say something utterly inane?

[Nemesis6]

Yeah, they didn't torture him. They freed the **** out of him, and he couldn't stand the freedom fries, so he croaked!

[IronBeer]

Yeah, they didn't torture him. They freed the **** out of him, and he couldn't stand the freedom fries, so he croaked!

Actually, reports say that his head got in the way of a bullet.

* IronBeer is too tired to be a smartass.

[newman]

Lead poisoning. If I were to venture a guess, of the 9x19mm Parabellum kind. Just hope it doesn't lead to reprisals.

[achtung]

Some Guantanamo prisoners claimed a nuclear attack in the event of Osama's death, didn't they?


Oh, and the Osama announcement supposedly cut into Trump's reality show before some end of season decision was made or something. Delicious Trump tears.

[Flipside]

It's going to be an interesting few months ahead, human phsychology suggests that extremists will want to do something pretty dramatic, both to show the are unbowed and to divert public attention back in their own direction, it will be a precarious situation for a while, I think. I don't think we need worry too much about 'big' things like Nuclear-based attacks, if they had the means for that then they would not have been holding them back as a special-case scenario, but I do think we may see an increase in small, home-grown acts, not the big over-arching bond villain type reprisals.

[The E]

Which will, of course, necessitate making the already pretty ridiculous security theater that is in place now even more so. Expect travel to the US to become even more cavity-search-ridden.

[newman]

Wonder how long before Michael Bay makes the Bin Laden assassination into a movie involving 2 hours footage's worth of explosions.

[Shade]

I give it three weeks, tops. But they'll be good explosions, garnished with hot female 'actresses' and easily ignored dialogue. Basically, exactly what you're looking for when you're too drunk for anything that requires the activation of you brain, and yet want to be entertained

On topic, congrats on finally getting the bastard. Took long enough, but it did get done.

[Nemesis6]

Uwe Boll should make the movie.

[JCDNWarrior]

Goldstein is dead? We'll probably see some other 'terrorist leader' being pushed forward again in time. I'm rather cynical about this news, but i'll spare you my own ideas and rant about this. Just wish the USA and NATO would now finally pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq now they finally have their PR victory they were waiting for for like 5 years before they wanted to leave.

EDIT: Also, just in time for election season.

[newman]

Apparently there has already been some CGI work on this:

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/02/6568249-we-think-that-bin-laden-death-photo-is-a-fake

While I generally approach any conspiracy theory with a bucket load of skepticism, my knowledge of Photoshop makes me lean towards agreeing with the article. The image does look like it was cobbled together using pictures of different resolutions. This combined with the dumb, dumb decision to dump the body into the sea is going to give the conspiracy theorists something to talk about for years to come. Of course, this isn't an official photo.

[Starman01]

Honestly, I'm not sure if I find it that good, that he was assassinated by americans. Due to the fact, that he didn't showed his face in all these years, and just strange voice videos appeared, I sincerly hoped that he was badly hurt in a bombing run in Afghanistan and was laying on a bed in some dirty cave as a drooling rag, imprisoned in his own damaged body. But now, that he was killed by his biggesst enemy, haven't the americans finally created a martyr out of him which made it all worse ?

Don't get me wrong, he get what he deserved, but the consequenses will going to show. Let's just hope, that his network has no more access to his money after his death, but I doubt that.

[Marcov]

American soldiers have invaded his headquarters. They have killed the 6 foot four inch notorious terrorist who has lead an organization whose worst acts are killing a multitude of innocent people. The 6'4 previously rich Arab is another obstacle to the growing expanse of the US in Pakistan, so he was shot dead. Another. terrorist. shot. dead.

...so why didn't they arrest him instead?

[Starman01]

...so why didn't they arrest him instead?

Maybe because that would have made the other terrorist gone mad and would grow terrorism by 4000% to set him free again ?

[ragingloli]

I agree he should have been captured alive, interrogated and put on trial at the international court.
Not only would that have been actual justice, we would also have learned is real involvement in 9/11 (not the Porsche).
Now, just another source of information has been permanently silenced.

[Grizzly]

American soldiers have invaded his headquarters. They have killed the 6 foot four inch notorious terrorist who has lead an organization whose worst acts are killing a multitude of innocent people. The 6'4 previously rich Arab is another obstacle to the growing expanse of the US in Pakistan, so he was shot dead. Another. terrorist. shot. dead.

...so why didn't they arrest him instead?

He resisted arrest. Along with his son, and some other people which were the link between him and the interrogations of Guantanomo bay prisoners.

Apperently, Osama lived in Islamabad, Pakistan, in a house with high security without telephone or internet connection.

[BrotherBryon]

I highly doubt Osama would have allowed himself to be captured alive. It would have been an even bigger blow against his movement and a direct violation of his own teachings.

[JCDNWarrior]

The problem is that if they'd put him at trial, a lot of things would come out that would at least shame many. Furthermore, killing him was probably also a bad idea, since now he managed to became a martyr in the end. I guess I sorta like this a little more than the whole Saddam court case thing, high horsing while keeping more than half of the discussed content a secret.

[Marcov]

Obvious bad guy = dead.

Bad guy but in the hiding = impeachment, but not easy.

Bin Laden = Obvious Bad Guy = Shot in the Head = Killed = Masses rejoice