The Obama Administration has released what is being described as the final batch of documents from Osama bin Laden acquired during the 2011 attack on his Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, during which he was assassinated by US forces.
Among the documents were comments from bin Laden about the rise of ISIS as a competitor to al-Qaeda (after years of being al-Qaeda’s Iraq affiliate), saying he believed the group had become too brutal and violent in their attacks, and that he expected ISIS would alienate Muslims to the point it would impact their ability to recruit new fighters.
Other documents include a number of letters to relatives, with bin Laden telling his sons not to come Abbottabad because it was too dangerous, and admonishing one of his sons to flee Karachi on a “cloudy day,” which officials believe meant he feared he would be hit with a drone strike.
Bin Laden’s letters also showed he retained at least some contact with the leadership of al-Qaeda affiliates around the world, though there remained considerable speculation that his day-to-day position in the leadership of the organization had somewhat waned in his final years, as he remained reclusive, and concerned about his safety.
Osama bin Laden – killed in Pakistan and buried at sea. Yeah, right.
Do you have any evidence to show that it’s the not the real story. First off, I’m interested in what you rely upon for evidence?
You can’t prove a negative, dumb dumb. The burden of proof is on those who conceived, approved and conducted the operation. They dumped the proof to sea – or so they say.
If they had really gotten bin Laden, they would have at least showed the body and conducted DNA tests.
They did the test, through his DNA and his teeth. And there a lot of people involved in this case, the president, the CIA, the navy, and Pakistan intelligence service. Which many of them bates Obama. You’d think they all lie just to give Obama credit? That’s conspiracy.
They wouldn’t have just buried him at sea. If you believe that I feel embarrassed for you.
They killed some guy, discovered wasn’t bin Laden (who has more than likely been dead for years), and dumped the evidence. If it were bin Laden, they would have shown the evidence to the world after telling the world about it.
Do you seriously believe they’re going to admit they killed some innocent guy and then have to keep looking for bin Laden when they know he’s dead? Do intelligence services always tell the public everything? Come on and use your brain.
There is no way bin Laden could have survived with a portable kidney dialysis machine in the wilds for 10 years either. He was likely crushed under tons of rock in the caves of Tora Bora in 2001.