osama bin laden

...was that the 9/11 attacks on the United States were carried out by a conspiracy of a few dozen individuals - largely but not exclusively Saudi nationals - associated with the Sunni Muslim extremist/terrorist group Al-Qaeda, on the orders and direction of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and...

This CIA press release of November 1st links to "470,000 Additional Files Recovered in May 2011 Raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s Compound", as well as to documents previously released...

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bin Laden apparently had about thirty-eight English language books in his compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, and of these, about half were conspiracy books. I find it highly amusing that he had a book written about the tragedy he himself caused that was written by a guy who doesn't believe he...

So, it seems facebook is blowing up with reports that Obama lied about how Bin Laden died. So far nothing is being reported by the big media players just partisan blogs. We shall see if there anything to this.

This is a highly experimental and perhaps controversial piece I have written, that I wanted to share with you. I was testing out different narrative voices and poetic forms, trying to push the envelope of the subject matter. It's definitely a memorial piece, but written from a very unusual...

I've been catching with with Charles Stross' blog (the next Laundry book is finished! But won't be published for 17 months:mad:) where I read this fascinating xmas posting: why Jesus Christ bears such a remarkable similarity to Osama bin Laden that by 2312 there may well be a syncretistic...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/pakistani-doctor-jailed-for-helping-us-find-osama-bin-laden/article2440833/

Some 18 hours ago (at least) news have started to appear in many south american news agencies that according to the Stratfor leaks published by wikileaks, Bin Laden´s body was not thrown in the sea but secretly taken to the US. What I find surprising is not that they took the body to the US...

I new study now published online in the journal Social Psychological & Personality Science by three researches of the University of Kent, UK, Michael J. Wood, Karen M. Douglas and Robbie M. Sutton finds the following: My take: CTers assign high credibility to new CTs not based on rational...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15750813 So remember Truthers, when you deny that the hijackers really did you make the baby bin Laden cry.

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Noam_Chomsky_in_Iceland_Compares_Nixon_and_Kissinger_to_bin_Laden_0_382043.news.aspx from the piece: Let’s imagine, that on the tenth anniversary of the first 9/11, a group of people would have been sent out to murder Nixon and Kissinger...

A recent new thread repeated in its OP the meme that the commonly accepted 9/11 story involved "Arabs hiding in caves". I wonder if anyone actually believes this meme, and who they are.

Osama bin Laden - Pervert Not sure if this should go in the 'bin Laden is dead' thread, but I think its a bit different enough to warrant its own thread... Turns out that of the items captured from bin Laden's compound was a collection of pornography. From...

I just came across this article in slate.com http://www.slate.com/id/2293541/ Very interesting Chomsky's repeating of trutherlies, distortions and lack of research.

I have heard claims that enhanced interrogation techniques, particularly waterboarding (possibly of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed specifically) led either directly or indirectly to the finding and killing of Osama Bin Laden. However, most of these claims i hear are from conservative media figures and...

I don't post many new threads myself but I found this subject interesting enough to want to dig a little deeper. I also felt I didn't want to derail Mr Mackeys thread HERE any further that I already have with it. Please forgive the rather bulky nature of this post. Anyway, here goes..... Read...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110507/ap_on_re_us/us_bin_laden "Newly released videos show Osama bin Laden watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist videos, revealing that even from the walled confines of his Pakistani hideout, he remained a media maestro who was eager to...

Someone first declared Osama's pad to be a "mansion" and "luxurious" and then the media immediately and unquestioningly regurgitated that description repeatedly. Why? From the first pictures, that was obviously a ridiculous description, even allowing for lesser Pakistani standards. Check out...

I find it hard to believe that anyone who isn't a radical Islamist would give an asswipe about Bin Laden's demise. Who honestly wishes he was still alive? I tell a lie. I don't find it hard to believe. Like a fundamentalist preacher claiming a hurricane is punishment for sin, the radical left...

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/201156125729467729.html Is this independant confirmation enough? Probably not.

Just a quick poll to help tally-up the popularity of these conspiracy theories.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2011/05/04/osama-bin-laden-mystery-men-warned-locals-to-stay-indoors-moments-before-compound-raid-86908-23106384/ LOL, so much for not trusting the ISI!!! And say what we want you to say to the journalists or have your mouth taped up...

I was reading an article discussing the possibilities of bin Laden's compound becoming a tourist shrine when I came across the following quote by Dr. Muhammad Azfar Nisar, the deputy civil chief of the city. His quote leads me to believe that the Pakistani military holds a firm grip in the...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/04/how-close-did-bin-laden-hunter-get/?hpt=C2

Shaukat Qadir, former Pakistani Brigadier and head of an Islamabad Think-Tank makes this claim http://www.counterpunch.org/qadir05022011.html I haven't seen this claim before, and he might have some insight into AQ coming from the Pakistani military. Is there any truth to this or any other...

So, do you think the ends justified the means? I've always though torture to be cruel and evil and requires oversight to be sure, but I've also stood by the fact that it works no matter how evil it is. Does this validate torture? Nope, and torture never needed validation to begin with...

I heard on the news this morning that the white house is trying to decide whether to release a "death" photo of Osama. Do you think they should? The details seem to imply it is a fairly gruesome picture, regarding head damage. Personally, I vote no.

How much did the "search for bin Laden" cost ?

To an outside observer, you all look like a bunch of savages. Granted i did watch fox news, but even though i know them to be ignorant bigots. Some of the comments still made me think, "God americans really are obnoxious scumbags". Also the whole gathering at "Ground zero" Which is such a cheesy...