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Monday, May 2, 2011

Breaking News Bin Laden Reportedly Used His Own Wife as a Human Shield

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:27 PM

TPM, from a White House briefing with John Brennan, a chief counterterrorism adviser to President Obama:

Bin Laden engaged in the firefight, but it was unclear if he picked up a firearm or shot any rounds. Brennan also identified bin Laden as the combatant who had used a woman as a human shield. She was the only woman who died in the operation, which also killed a courier for bin Laden, the courier's brother, and one of bin Laden's sons, Brennan said. Brennan later said it was his understanding that the woman was one of bin Laden's wives.

"She served as a shield — this is my understanding — when she fought back — when there was an opportunity to get to bin Laden — she was positioned in a way that she was used as a shield. My understanding was she was one of bin laden's wives," Brennan told reporters.

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Cowardly scumbag until the end.

Posted by Vince on May 2, 2011 at 1:29 PM

What a terrible person.

Posted by samktg on May 2, 2011 at 1:38 PM

That, or our military recklessly killed a civilian woman during the raid and decided it would sell easier to the American public if they phrased it this way.

But, you know, that would require that the US military/government use disinformation to engineer public approval and opinion. Which we know they'd never do.

Tomorrow we'll find out that he had a micro penis and was caught red-handed molesting a goat, just to make sure the good/evil distinction was made clear enough.

Posted by TortoiseTurtle

on May 2, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Where is Tampax with his, "Dan, do you support polygamy" comments?...this seems tailor made for him...

Posted by Canuck on May 2, 2011 at 1:39 PM

@3 totally. dude was a good guy. no way that could be true.

Posted by Cappelletti on May 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM

The whole story stinks. First of all, as most people have forgotton, Bin Laden was a CIA asset. Second, he was probably a patsy for the 9/11 false flag operation. Not even the FBI believes there's enough proof that he was involved in the 9/11 attacks, which is why they aren't mentioned on his profile for the FBI's 10 most wanted list. Third, he probably died a long time ago from kidney failure. Of course it doesn't really matter whether he died 10 years ago or last night. The warmongers will create more boogeymen to scare the masses and false flag attacks to pin on patsy boogeymen.

Posted by Even after death, Osama is their greatest propaganda tool on May 2, 2011 at 2:02 PM

What Vince said.

Glad they took the shot.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on May 2, 2011 at 2:06 PM

True faith is more important than mere mortal life, you guys! She gave her life for the greater glory of God and the prosecution of His jihad!

Ugh.

Also: Simmer down, Troofer. "False flag operation"? You do realize only unmedicated paranoids actually use that phrase, right?

Posted by balderdash

on May 2, 2011 at 2:09 PM

The story isn't really clear whether he used her as a shield or if she was willingly acting as a shield. I doubt we could ever know. Whether it's even true doesn't matter. It's in our foreign policy best interest to make him look like a cowardly scumbag. I would tend to believe he is. He was always the leader sending others out to die for him so he didn't have to do it himself.

Posted by Root on May 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM

The rescue of Private Jessica Lynch. The death of Pat Tillman.

Of course those things happened fifty years ago. Our modern military never embellished the truth.

Posted by The Wretched Harmony on May 2, 2011 at 2:22 PM

@10 - All of which happened under a different administration. It matters who the CiC is.

Posted by Donolectic on May 2, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Seems like completely in-character behavior. Bin Laden was a Wahhabist Sunni fanatic. In his world view, women are barely human and exist only to pump out martyrs for the jihad.

Posted by Westside forever on May 2, 2011 at 3:24 PM

@6: I'm sorry, I didn't order the copypasta. Where's my Chicken Marsala?

Posted by venomlash on May 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM

I'm used to only reading such nutty conspiracy comments on right wing sites.

Posted by MikeB on May 2, 2011 at 5:10 PM

Oops. This just in from AP:

Bin Laden's wife, originally thought killed, was only wounded. Another woman was killed in the raid, along with one of bin Laden's sons, in the tense 40 minutes of fighting. She had not been used as a human shield as first thought.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on May 2, 2011 at 5:26 PM

Bygones.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on May 2, 2011 at 6:13 PM

@11

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You people kill me sometimes.

Grow up, OK?

Posted by The Wretched Harmony on May 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM

Could be true. Or not. We'll never know.

Posted by Mahtli69 on May 2, 2011 at 7:37 PM

glad he got the personal treatment and not a bomb

Posted by Second Circle of Hello on May 2, 2011 at 7:38 PM

The White House said it. It must be true.

Posted by LJM on May 2, 2011 at 10:53 PM

Sorry, I meant to say that the Obama White House said it, so it must be true.

Posted by LJM on May 3, 2011 at 12:06 AM

He used one of the goats to protect himself? What does PETA have to say?

Posted by Goat Fuckers on May 3, 2011 at 6:27 AM

Aaaaaand it turns out that it's not true.

Posted by LJM on May 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM

Apparently the human shield report was a psyop attempt to demoralize any stray bin Laden loyalists. I wish they'd all just stick to the truth, especially in English language communications.

blogs voanews (.com) /breaking-news/2011/05/03/white-house-bin-laden-not-armed-when-killed/

Also a functional Al Queda has been mythical for years in order to justify regional intervention in the Mid-east. From a former CIA agent's blog:

noquarterusa. (net) /blog/2011/05/02/obama-vs-osama-thank-stan-mcchrystal/
"It is worth noting that no significant Al Qaeda directed attacks have occurred since 2005. The 2008 Mumbai attack was planned and carried out by Pakistan’s intelligence service, not by Bin Laden. At it’s height, just prior to the 9-11 attacks in 2001, Al Qaeda had at most 600 adherents and a majority of those were killed and/or captured in the subsequent October/November CIA offensive led by the CIA."

Let’s not forget that the media and the Congress have a Hollywood mentality. We need to know the name and identity of the villain. If we have a good villain we can rally the troops."

Wake up, people!

Posted by smellthecoffee on May 3, 2011 at 2:32 PM