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Chilla Wilson (44)
I can't believe nobody had done this yet, alas it falls to me to put 1 and 1 together
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I couldnt listen to the america song without singing:
"Waratahs, FUCK YEAH!"
I can't believe nobody had done this yet, alas it falls to me to put 1 and 1 together
http://bit.ly/jmR3E4
Guardian said:In Washington, fresh details were being revealed by the White House, some which contradicted the earlier version of events surrounding the killing of their most wanted man.
In the immediate hours after Bin Laden's death, US officials had briefed that he had put up a fight and shot at the Seal 6 team that had stormed the second and third floors of his hideout. Other details suggested he had used one of his wives as a human shield.
The White House confirmed that neither was true. Bin Laden was unarmed, was shot in the head and chest, and his wife had been wounded in the leg while rushing towards the special forces before he was killed.
The photographs of his body, the spokesman said, were probably too gruesome to be released.
Another narrative to change somewhat concerned the property itself. Up close, Bin Laden's house, a tall, unlovely piece of architecture, towering over the policemen guarding the gate, was not quite the million dollar mansion described by officials. The walls were high, certainly, but not unusually so for north-western Pakistan, where privacy is jealously guarded. The paint was peeling, there was no air conditioning.
I am not opposed to him being killed point blank as opposed to being captured. What due process does he deserve? The right to a fair trial? FFS. It would turn into a circus. Putting a bullet into his skull was the right thing I reckon.As for the celebration, I think its a bit over the top. Especially considering the guy has done fuck all over the last 10 years, it isn't like he was an evil overlord who had subjected America to years of unending torment.
There will be plenty of unanswered questions, and nothing the US does will really help that. Will a picture help? I doubt it, as no-one knows what Osama looked like, especially with a big hole in his melon. People will just accuse the US of showing a photo of a random dead mid-50s Arab guy with a beard.
Bin Laden's killing a 'perversion of justice'
Updated 1 hour 9 minutes ago
Geoffrey Robertson says Osama bin Laden should have been brought to trial. (AFP: Leon Neal, file photo)
Video: Robertson slams bin Laden killing (ABC News Breakfast) Video: Witness speaks about bin Laden operation (ABC News) Audio: US backtracks on claims bin Laden was armed (AM) Audio: Pakistan in trouble at home and abroad (AM) Audio: Triumphant language upsets human rights advocates (AM) Related Story: US admits bin Laden unarmed when shot Related Story: White House undecided on releasing bin Laden photos Related Story: Pakistan 'embarrassed' by intelligence failure Related Story: Australia urged to rethink Pakistan military aid High-profile Australian QC (Quade Cooper) and human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson says the killing of Osama bin Laden is a perversion of justice that has effectively given the terrorist mastermind what he craved.
In the days since bin Laden's death, the US has been forced to backtrack and clarify details of the killing, with a picture now emerging of a targeted assassination.
This morning, White House spokesman Jay Carney confirmed bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos raided his compound in Pakistan and shot him above his left eye, reportedly blowing away a section of his skull.
Mr Robertson has told ABC News 24 bin Laden should have been brought to trial and his death has made him look like a martyr.
"The way to demystify this man is not to kill him and have the iconic picture of his body," he said.
"The way to demystify him, rather than to these soulful pictures of the tall man on the mountain, is to put him on trial, to see him as a hateful and hate-filled old man screaming from the dock or lying in the witness box.
"That way the true inhumanity of the man is exposed."
Mr Robertson says US president Barack Obama has been sloppy with his use of the word "justice" and questions need to be answered about whether there was an explicit order to kill bin Laden.
"It's not justice. It's a perversion of the term. Justice means taking someone to court, finding them guilty upon evidence and sentencing them," he said.
"This man has been subject to summary execution, and what is now appearing after a good deal of disinformation from the White House is it may well have been a cold-blooded assassination."
Mr Robertson says it is an irony that the US has given bin Laden what he craved.
"The last thing he wanted was to be put on trial, to be convicted and to end his life in a prison farm in upstate New York," he said.
"What he wanted was exactly what he got - to be shot in mid-jihad and get a fast track to paradise and the Americans have given him that.
"It's an irony that it's a win-win situation for both Osama and Obama. The latter gets re-elected as president and the former gets his fast track to paradise."
The US is still debating whether to release what it says are "gruesome" photos of bin Laden's corpse.
The White House also has pictures of bin Laden's burial at sea, which it says adhered to Muslim traditions.
But Mr Robertson says there will be consequences of releasing any of the photos.
"The method of disposing his body at night without an autopsy is also questionable," he said.
"They've got a photograph but they're not releasing that for fear that it'll become iconic, rather like the picture of Che Guevara on the slab.
"But if governments kill people, that's one of the consequences."
Mr Robertson says there now needs to be an inquiry into the death.
I believe the technical term for what happened in Pakistan is Murder. Assassination's only occur when a legitimate head of state or govt is topped.
An assassination is "to murder (a usually prominent person) by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons
Nope it is an assassination. From Wikipedia
Yes. And I checked the citation to that sentence before I posted it. There is seven of them. All leading to reputable dictionary websites. Wikipedia is a quick useful website and whilst I wouldn't use it as a reference in a paper/assignment in a conversation like this it is perfectly fine.You didn't really come back with a quote from Wikipedia.