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In his recently released book, former Navy SEAL commander Chuck Pfarrer sheds some light on the May 2 raid at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound.
Speaking to SEAL Team 6 members, Pfarrer clears up a few misconceptions (via The Daily Mail):
The SEALs chose to speak out after being labeled murderers that engaged in a ‘kill mission’. The men were also disappointed that bin Laden’s death was announced so quickly, giving other al Qaeda leaders time to scramble.
From The Daily Mail:
Mr Pfarrer also said the President’s announcement of the ‘intentional’ killing was understandable but nonetheless disappointing. Mr Pfarrer told the Sunday Times: ‘There isn’t a politician in the world who could resist trying to take credit for getting Bin Laden but it devalued the ”intel” and gave time for every other Al-Qaeda leader to scurry to another bolthole.‘The men who did this and their valorous act deserve better. It’s a pretty shabby way to treat these guys,’ Pfarrer said.
The original mission was planned for April 30. Called Neptune’s Spear that date was scratched due to bad weather.
The rifle bin Laden reached for in his bedroom is now mounted on the wall of the Seal team room in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- This article by Robert Johnson first appeared on BusinessInsider.com
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Fair balls to them. Pity Obama didn’t think b4 talking to d media.
Respect all the way. Brave men
He would have been told to do it, he didn’t opt to do it, he would have had no choice. At the end of the day they have to protect the president in every way. I know it’s stupid send him golfing but I understand it.
Not a kill mission, give me a break. The US set up OBL in Afghanistan and created his network. Do you really think that they wanted him to go on public trial. It also begs the question as to why OBL was never wanted by the FBI for the Twin Towers attacks on 9/11 http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/usama-bin-laden/view
Dead men don’t tell tales.
What do you reckon to the idea he may have already been dead?
There were many suppositions that he may already be dead as far back as 2002
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1366508/US-casts-doubt-on-bin-Ladens-latest-message.html
Of course it was not confirmed (well apparently it was confirmed – but it was from a Taliban leaders mouth and he said the grave was unmarked – this could have merely been a mode to end the search), but there is a “he was already dead” camp out there – and in light of that I found the following humorous:
“Twelve shots were fired during the entire mission. Four in bin Laden’s bedroom. The first round just missed bin Laden’s face. The second hit his wife’s calf. Two 5.56mm rounds then hit THE MAN, one in his chest, the second in the head 90 seconds after the raid began.” (emphasis mine)
It’s funny how many Americans go o about how “we got bin Laden” but when you mention the fact that , far from living in a cave he was living in comfort in Pakistan which is one of Americas allies. Throw in the fact that Pakistan is supporting the Taliban and has scammed the US out of billions of dollars while playing both sides. Round it off with billions missing in Afghanistan, mounting loses and the resurgence of the Taliban and that soon shuts them up.
The only way to stop the conspiracy theorists would have been to do what was done to Gaddafi and dragged his blood-drenched body along the streets, in full glair of the prying media.
I know Brian, if only the Americans had a detention center on a foreign island where they could lock people up without trial. As far as Pakistan, you act like that is not something that is talked about non-stop in America. It is common knowledge for many years that Pakistan has been playing both sides. What would you do? Pay them a few billion which is nothing compared to the total cost of the war so that you can fly drones over their territory, have CIA/special forces on their territory, transport over half of the supplies needed for the war in Afghanistan over their territory or for the principle refuse to work with them and try to find some other way to transport your supplies and watch the Taliban have complete safety over the border?
So the snake went for a game of golf in case the mission went bad…..Shows the type of man Obama really is…
Up until 20 minutes before the raid he was playing golf. It’s well documented that he watched the operation live and kept in continuous correspondence with them. I actually don’t understand this guy’s suggestion that Obama was distancing himself somehow.
I found a hair in one of my fish fingers the other day so I sent a letter of Complaint to the US Navy seals, I’m still waiting for a reply.
Hollywood Horseshit
Reached for a gun, electrical failure, and Obama played golf. Got it.
This book is as much of a face as the alleged shooting of Bin Laden.
What a load of fictional propaganda BS. Anybody who believes any of this fantasy story really to give themselves a good slap to wake themselves up. Just wait for the fantasy story they make up to justify carpet bombing Iran Times running out for all of our liberties if we don’t start thinking for ourselves …
Obama on the campaign trail I see.
lies lies and more bullshit lies
The first casualty of war is the truth.
Abbottabad is as green as Ireland.
It’s climate is warmer than Ireland’s and has plenty of monsoon rain.
Think….. The Canary Islands.
At just 4,100 ft elevation it does not have “thin desert air” either.
They stopped calling him Geronimo when Native Americans objected.
He then became “Bart” they tell us.
(Ironically,the city is named after an Anglo-Saxon.The same breed who took out Bin Ladin.)
“And if we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act and we will take them out. We will kill bin Laden; we will crush Al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority” – Barack Obama, 2008.
Says it all really. “We would have captured him”, yeah right.
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