Osama Bin Laden dead

Nothing surprises me any more mate. 9/11, 7/7 and the Mumbai attack - all have one motive. Lo, it is a sign for those who are wise!!!

Though I'll give it some time , allow things to settle down a bit before posting on this thread. There has , not surprisingly, been a surge of conspiracy theories and hypothesis running around leading to the death , understandably most of them emanating from Pakistan, their ppl and their media ( the same media that audaciously blamed India for the attack on the SL cricketers, for the record I do not think highly of the Indian media either). Quite a few takers for these stories too, I read, that believe the whole thing was merely an eyewash, a hoodwink, nothing but a beautifully constructed Big Fat Lie.  I respect everyones right to have his/her own opinion, but i find that hard to buy (Mind you, This Not the prejudise views of an Indian). I've been following the events for the past few days and have found reasons to believe the authenticity of the story.

Yes this isn't the first we've heard of Osama's death, but this be the first time any US president has made an official annoucement claiming reponsibility for his death. No big fan of his, But Obama would've to be really naive or stupid to lay his career and reputation on the line based on a bluff, a fable story. I highly doubt that. Such stories would never stick forever esp a news of such gargantuan proportion .  Could you imagine what be of him in the eventuality of his hoax falling apart. The people and the media would rip right into him. Realize that all Osama or Al-Queda had to do was to release a video, to prove the contrary and leave the Americans and their government in tatters. Instead they gone on to acknowledge his death and have vowed to strike back.

But what really dispelled any doubts over the legitimacy was none other than the official  statements made by some of the top honchos of the Pakistan government and Army institutes viz.  their President, PM, their foreign secretary, their Army chief to name a notable few. I mean, these are the ppl who utimately are gonna be at fault for this shame. Those are the shoulders where the blames will finally rest. And all of them literally acknowledges the story as bone fide and goes on to lament the collective intelligence failures of Pakistan and the world by large, and have asked everyone to stop suspecting and blaming them as they too are the 'victims' over here.
 These be the men who are closest to the ground realities than any of us or the "media".  If they had suspect anything fishy or the slightlest semblance of any deciet they would have gone up in arms and vehemently denied and cried foul (from the past we know they good at taht) to save their behinds.   None of them have patronaged to any such wild conspiracy theories.  In the aftermath of all this the ISI chief is said to be considering resignation his post for such an intelligence fuax pas .  That should clearly explain whether they horbour any thoughts of foul play.

News is that Osama's Yemeni wife, who is in the captive of the Pakistan authorities, has told the Pakistan interrogators that they've(Osama and family) been living there for the past five years.  If all of these fail to convince you I'm afraid nothing will.
For the past few days realization has struck many within the media and the citizen of Pakistan have come out of their denial state and are now angered with the happenings while sadly many others have also held rallies patronizing Osama as some martyr.

I've said none of this with any malicious intentions. I clearly do not wish to put the boot into anyone over here, or get into a slanging match with my Pakistani friends.
I strongly believe this unfortunate episode that had occured in your country shouldn't put any of you in a poor light. The commoner from Pakistan or India should never be put to shame cos a few morons, at the helm of their countries, continue to botch up, time and again.

And keep everybody at war to keep their weapon industry running!!! It won't be long before America invents another enemy - and takes 10 years to find and kill him

Originally posted by flipper How else does a none American born get to office.

I am pretty sure that Hawaii is part of America......

Raj, where many money lies, it's very easy to turn a man into a beast!  Basically, what i'm trying to say is, you can't put anything past anyone.  The Americans maybe on a hoax or they maybe correct.  All I do know is that America has their agenda and that's very clear for anyone to see.  I don't like terrorists, what they're doing so if they are weeding them out, then good but I don't think it's just that alone.

I can see where you are coming from V4P.  All i'll just finish off with is that this story is very fishy.  Even the Iranians have another story, about America trying to distract the world from their current economic position etc and that they had reliable information that Osama died sometime ago from some illness.  Look, i'll tell you guys one thing, if this was in any Island in the Caribbean, we surely would have known who is what. 

Huge attack in Pakistan, that's a lot of people killed.  Word is the talibans have said it's a retaliation against the pakistani's for their poor works in the Bin Laden fiasco.