Last night, as news filtered out that U.S. troops had killed Osama Bin Laden, The Cranky Hermit began to publish a running commentary. As you’ll see, later reports contradicted the earlier news. We can safely say now, however, that the perpetrator of 9/11 has met his long-awaited fate. – Ed.
(Mike Chamberlain/The Cranky Hermit) – According to Drudge headline, the US has his body.
UPDATE: Link to story via Drudge.
Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, sources told ABC News.
His death brings to an end a tumultuous life that saw bin Laden go from being the carefree son of a Saudi billionaire, to terrorist leader and the most wanted man in the world.
UPDATE 2: According to reports they verified his identity using DNA. I’m curious where they got the sample to check with the body.
UPDATE 3: Fox News report here.
Sources said bin Laden was killed by a U.S. bomb a week ago. The U.S. had been waiting for the results of a DNA test to confirm his identity.
UPDATE 4: Apparently he was killed outside Islamabad, Pakistan.
UPDATE 5: Re my UPDATE 2, Report that family DNA was used, see Update 7. (via Instapundit)
UPDATE 6: Hearing it was a drone attack, reminds me of this. “Drones Reach Out Kill Someone”. That’s right, they do! And that’s a good thing, too. (It was a ground operation, not a drone. See update below. But I still enjoy making fun of the Code Pink morons.)
UPDATE 7: Geraldo slips “Obama is dead.” Catches himself. Big Ooops!
UPDATE 8: Okay, it’s been almost an hour since the President was supposed to come on TV and we’re still waiting.
UPDATE 9: Drudge reports “American CIA shot him in head.”
UPDATE 10: Speech by Obama and statement from GWB.
UPDATE 11: According to WSJ, bin Laden was killed in joint raid in Abbottabad, about 40 miles from Islamabad in NW Pakistan. A military academy is located in the city. Two American helicopters participated and one Pakistani heli was shot down by militants.
UPDATE 12: Walid Phares on Fox wonders how Arab leaders will tell their people about this.
UPDATE 13: From Don Surber,
He’s dead. Good. No trial.
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Other than who put the bullet in Osama bin Laden, what details do I care about? ABC News ran a regular obituary on him.
Why?
Who cares?
He’s dead.
Enjoy hell.
Sometimes killing bad people is a good thing. Osama bin Laden was very bad. That’s what we had to explain to the 7-year old tonight.
ANOTHER UPDATE: More operational details from Daniel Foster of NRO.
UPDATE WITHIN UPDATE: From Foster,
Bin Laden was killed along with two al Qaeda couriers and one of Bin Laden’s adult sons. A woman who was used as a human shield by one of the couriers was also reportedly killed. Several other women were wounded and are reportedly receiving treatment.
Using women for human shields. Just goes to show what we’re fighting against.
YET ANOTHER UPDATE: Unverified photo of bin Laden’s corpse. Graphic. via Twitter. (Update within update: Probably fake.)
AND ANOTHER UPDATE: bin Laden’s compound mapped on Google maps.
YES, MORE UPDATES: According to this story (and Catherine Herridge on Fox News) intelligence obtained from detainees was used to locate bin Laden. Good thing we didn’t have to give them the right to remain silent. Compound was built in 2005. No phones, no Internet, high walls.
LAST ONE, MAYBE: CNN reports that Pakistan’s ISI was on the scene. Didn’t indicate which side they were fighting on. Okay, that was probably a low blow but the ISI has been playing both sides in this war for a long time. And, as others have noted, considering the size, location and details of the compound bin Laden was living in, it’s virtually impossible people within the ISI didn’t know what it was and who was living in it. It was built nearly 6 years ago.
LAST ONE, I PROMISE: The guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on bin Laden.
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