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Does it strike You as Odd?
by cogito Thursday, Aug 30 2012, 3:48am
international / prose / post

Another account of Bin Laden's 'Death'

I am tempted at times to initiate some form of brain and thinking exercises for the unthinking masses but then I resign myself to reality. Nevertheless, I offer the following as a possible reasoning exercise.

Compound alleged to be the site of Bin Laden's death

In the current media flurry over differing accounts of Bin Laden's death, triggered by a book written by a Navy Seal which contradicts the official version, we should always endeavour to maintain a broad perspective and realise that the assassination 'DEATH' of Bin Laden now subtly becomes a 'given' when in fact no S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-A-L evidence exists that proves Bin Laden was killed by a Navy Seal raid in Pakistan! In fact accounts of Bin Laden's death in 2003, revealed by former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, carry far more weight and credibility than the 'new' Navy Seal book or Washington's numerous fictitious accounts put together.

Does it STRIKE you as odd that the Pentagon would NOT obtain some credible hard evidence of the kill considering the high status of the target? Does it also STRIKE you as odd that a man dying of renal failure in 2001 was somehow without any medical renal care facilities in his sprawling mansion in Pakistan -- another 'official' story revision is now required?

Those two observations alone should set you thinking; however, combine those irregularities with Washington's absurd and NUMEROUS story revisions and every account becomes a FARCE or at best a feeble propaganda exercise.

The trick from the perception management manual is simple -- the most convincing or believable account would be that arising from an opposing or contrary source, in this case a Navy Seal. The notion that is being sold here is NOT 'how' he 'died' but that the Bin Laden raid resulted in the death of Bin Laden -- who in actual fact died of renal failure and other complications years before. Remember, not a skerrick of hard evidence, nothing, and an unprecedented action to completely dispose of the 'body' in order to evade any independent verification and postmortem examination! Contrast this case with the widely publicised execution of Saddam Hussein.

The entire media play is a FEEBLE attempt to boost puppet Obama's re-election chances, but Americans are far too smart to fall for a no-evidence story or believe what they're told by lying politicians and publicists, aren't they?

AFP story follows (try and think for a change):

Navy SEAL’s book on Bin Laden raid differs from official account

A book by a member of the US commando team that killed Osama bin Laden at his Pakistani hideout contradicts some details of the operation as presented by President Barack Obama’s administration, media reported Wednesday.

“No Easy Day”, which is due to be released on September 4, offers a first-hand description of the May 2011 raid and says Bin Laden was already shot in the head by the time the US Navy SEAL team entered his bedroom, according to the Huffington Post.

Previous accounts by the Obama administration said Bin Laden had appeared in a doorway and ducked back into his bedroom, with commandos suspecting he might be retrieving a weapon.

But the author, writing under the pseudonym “Mark Owen,” said Bin Laden was shot in the head by the SEAL team when he peered out of a doorway and was found bleeding from his wound when commandos made their way to his room, according to excerpts cited in media reports and confirmed to AFP by defense officials..

Bin Laden was convulsing as a woman cried over his body. The team pushed aside the woman and then fired more shots at the Al-Qaeda leader, according to the book.

“(We) fired several rounds,” he says. “The bullets tore into him, slamming his body into the floor until he was motionless.”

The Obama administration had said Bin Laden’s body was treated with dignity and given a Muslim burial at sea. But on the helicopter flight out of Pakistan, a SEAL member sat on Bin Laden’s chest due to cramped quarters on the chopper, according to the book.

US officials insisted there was no display of disrespect, even if the author’s description was accurate.

The commandos already had lost one helicopter in the operation, which crash landed at the compound, and that made for crowded conditions on the remaining aircraft, said a defense official.

“There’s very little room, they were in a situation where they lost one bird. It was crowded,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

Special operations forces crammed into helicopters have sometimes had to sit on the bodies of their own fallen comrades in other raids, the official added.

Top officials from intelligence agencies and US Special Operations Command, which oversees the Navy SEALS, are reviewing the book to determine if the author revealed any classified information or secret tactics, which would violate Pentagon rules and trigger legal action.

“The Department of Defense has a copy of the book and we’re taking a look at it,” said spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Steve Warren.

The Obama administration sidestepped questions raised by the book.

“As President Obama said on the night that justice was brought to Osama bin Laden, ‘We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country,’” National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said.

Administration officials appeared anxious to avoid having to defend and discuss again an operation they deem a major success.

“We are not going to rehash the whole thing,” said a US defense official.

“We’re not going to comment on his account.”

© 2012 AFP

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