Osama Bin Laden dead

[k9870]

Apaprently hes been in that setting a very long time too. Our first lead was august i think? And the compunds been standing like 5 years. I really dont understand pakistan though. They see this big compound and never check it out? Have a military installation near by? They could have just blown the gate open and taken osama out, theyd look good to the americans too. Hell their economy sucks bad enough the reward money wouldve come in handy too.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by k9870

Apaprently hes been in that setting a very long time too. Our first lead was august i think? And the compunds been standing like 5 years. I really dont understand pakistan though. They see this big compound and never check it out? Have a military installation near by? They could have just blown the gate open and taken osama out, theyd look good to the americans too. Hell their economy sucks bad enough the reward money wouldve come in handy too.

Remember that when you talk about the "Pakistani government", you basically aren't talking about a single cohesive entity. If Bin Laden was receiving Pakistani government protection, we're probably talking about rogue elements of the military (particularly the ISI), not the entire government. It's not even obvious that those dudes would have been motivated solely by ideology, either (Bin Laden might have simply been paying them off).

But we'll find out more, I am sure. Bin Laden's death is probably going to cast more light upon the ISI-Taliban-Al-Qaeda relationship than ever before.

[k9870]

There seems to be a lot of confusion among sources how the raid went down, like some are reporting over 20 causalties (seems high for a small place trying to be low key) but the report osama had only 2 guards seems low. Also the lack of photo or video. Hopefully itrs sorted out, put to rest the speculation.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by k9870

but the report osama had only 2 guards seems low.

Why? Saddam Hussein only had a few bodyguards when we captured him in his little rathole. Having a huge security entourage is a bad idea if your goal is to remain hidden and not attract attention.

Plus, if Bin Laden did have the allegiance of ISI operatives up to the very end, he probably figured that they would be able to alert him if our SF were about to drop in on him. In which case, he would have been able to escape without having a personal army of bodyguards keep the enemy busy while he slipped out.

[k9870]

Its more the reports of how many people were there, and the amount of people who would be able to maintain the grounds. you'd expect more than 2 armed security. Hell somebody needs to maintain the place, bin ladens a sickly old dude. initial news reports were there was a lot of people in the compound, the fact only 4 fired shgots is weird.

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[k9870]

I just heard osama was hit by a round fired by hickock45 from his porch in tennessee (from my reputable source that is not glocktalk.)

[k9870]

i think this is the intelligence gathering?