Monday, May 2, 2011

Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan on Sunday, May 1, 2011

President Obama made a phenomenal speech late last night on national TV stating that Bin Laden was killed yesterday by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan. At 3:30 PM EDT, a 40-man Navy SEAL squadron raided a 3,000 square foot compound that was "custom built to hide someone of significance" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Four Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters dropped 24 U.S. Navy SEALs into the compound. After a 40-minute firefight Bin Laden was killed with a shot to the head. The compound was 100 yards from the gate of the Kakul Military Academy, an army-run institution where top Pakistani officers train, which is not hard to imagine. President Obama signed the Presidential Finding on Friday, April 29th authorizing the covert mission and said last night:

“…Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims, so his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity...”
For someone who was on the ground just south of the World Trade Center/Twin Towers on September 11th, I can’t say how happy I am that the bastard has been killed. We watched the Twin Towers as they were being built from our neighborhood in Brooklyn and this has given some form of closure to all who were affected that horrific day.

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