The US is in possession of Bin Laden's body, the reports say. President Barack Obama is due to make a statement shortly.

From reports sounds like Bounty Hunters got him. More news and Pictures to come.

Waiting for first dead body picture and Bobba Fett with comment.

Supposed Photo - BUT Apparently a fake one floated around for a couple of years:


I can not believe the people who honest to god think the US have faked all of this and he is still alive.

Photo is fake and has been circling for a couple of years.

Hoping they do show photographic proof so it 100%

The cynic in me thinks he's been dead for years and now that Obama's popularity is waning now was the perfect time to publicly kill him.

Did anyone catch the celebration around the White House? Team America springs to mind.

Quote from: Goblin on May 02, 2011, 10:17:49 AM
Photo is fake and has been circling for a couple of years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsBVahA7IM&feature=youtu.be

Quote from: neXus on May 02, 2011, 11:34:57 AM
Hoping they do show photographic proof so it 100%

They don't really need to tbh.. - they've taken a DNA sample in order to verify for themselves that they got the right man. I'm not sure they'll necessarily officially release pics anyway though we might expect some to be leaked at some point.

in related news - this is v.funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2NTBEVe2HI

He is dead and was killed last night; I don't believe any of the conspiracy BS tbh. If he were already dead then why wait 10 years to fake his death? I'm sure George W could have used the popularity as well.

Anyway it's the Pakistani authorities that have some serious explaining to do. I mean how can the worlds number one most wanted guy live in relative comfort just 30 miles form the capital, and they knew "nothing" about it?

Quote from: Quixoticish on May 02, 2011, 13:26:38 PM
The cynic in me thinks he's been dead for years and now that Obama's popularity is waning now was the perfect time to publicly kill him.

Did anyone catch the celebration around the White House? Team America springs to mind.

Actually this is not true. There is always a honey moon period and that is indeed over but recent polls he is up. He just owned Fox news and Donald Trump pretty hard and getting good feedback for his recent speech.

The reaction  that has happened, would you really wait? Bush got huge stick for not getting him so really would he have kept it secret? No.

They just got him, they found him, kept their eye on him for a bit and then went in to get him, he resisted and died.

Quote from: Dave on May 02, 2011, 14:26:22 PM
in related news - this is v.funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2NTBEVe2HI

Catchy song btw. 

Quote from: Smugs on May 02, 2011, 20:05:04 PM
He is dead and was killed last night; I don't believe any of the conspiracy BS tbh. If he were already dead then why wait 10 years to fake his death? I'm sure George W could have used the popularity as well.

Anyway it's the Pakistani authorities that have some serious explaining to do. I mean how can the worlds number one most wanted guy live in relative comfort just 30 miles form the capital, and they knew "nothing" about it?

being that close to a big military installation was genius for a place to hide... nobody would look that close to a base & they only discovered it after realising how heavily fortified it was without any phone lines or internet access.

Next question is...

Did Pakistan know, did they even offer him some protection? The latter maybe but it does seem highly unlikely that they did not.
It now seems he has been there some time, a custom built place with very high walls and barbed wire seemingly built to protect him. How could you not know he was there considering every other house in the area was not even close to the cost and size.

Quote from: neXus on May 02, 2011, 20:18:05 PM

Quote from: Quixoticish on May 02, 2011, 13:26:38 PM
The cynic in me thinks he's been dead for years and now that Obama's popularity is waning now was the perfect time to publicly kill him.

Did anyone catch the celebration around the White House? Team America springs to mind.

Actually this is not true. There is always a honey moon period and that is indeed over but recent polls he is up. He just owned Fox news and Donald Trump pretty hard and getting good feedback for his recent speech.

The reaction  that has happened, would you really wait? Bush got huge stick for not getting him so really would he have kept it secret? No.

They just got him, they found him, kept their eye on him for a bit and then went in to get him, he resisted and died.

Obama is getting good feedback for his "owning" Fox News and Donald Trump amongst certain demographics, but it has just made others despise him even more.

Incidentally I'm not saying I actually believe this to be true (hence commenting on how this was the cynic in me talking) but to answer your question about the feasibility of keeping it a secret; why the hell not? It's a perfect ace in the hole. Hypothetically speaking, of course. A person would have to be either incredibly stupid or incredibly naive to think that similar things haven't happened in the past in the politics.