His body was placed on board a prepared flat board and then "eased into the sea" at 2 am.
During the firefight "he did resist" he was found with one of his wives. The Bin Laden family occupied the second and third floor of the main house in the compound. Bin Laden was killed at the end of the 40 minute raid.
He was described as "living rather comfortably" in the compound.
A "volume of materials were taken from the compound and will be 'exploited
No detainees were taken onboard the helicopter that took Bin Laden's body from the compound. No detainees taken at all.
The Blackhawk helicopter went down at the beginning of the operation.
OBL was not the male combatant who used the female human shield - the individual (either his son or two of the brother couriers held the woman and fired from behind her). Defense officials said in general all of the males used women at the compound in general as human shields. One woman used as a human shield was killed.
Signed order from the President was to "kill or capture" Bin Laden. Bin Laden resisted by US officials would not say how.
No land alternative for burial - in other words "There was no country willing to take him."
The compound was 1 acre in size.
35 mile NE of Islamabad.
Opaque windows to the street.
There were 4 military age males (including Bin Laden and his son) and one woman killed during raid.
Intelligence official on Pak/ US cooperation:
"The intelligence on this compound was shared with no one outside of the U.S. government and in fact only a small group of people inside the US government were aware. The Pakistanis did not know of our interest in the compound, but they did provide us information that helped us develop a clear focus on the compound over time."
The defense official added, "It was a unilateral operation."
OBL was verbally identified, by name, on the scene by one of his wives.
They also compared photos of him on the scene and they had 95 percent certainty it was him.
There was also DNA analysis completed this morning and they have a virtual 100 percent match based on comparisons to the DNA of family members.
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It shouldn’t amaze me, but it does, that pundits and politicians will take any tragedy and try to turn it into an opportunity to bang their political drums. The tragedy in Tucson is no exception. It started with the Pima County Sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, when he took it upon himself to make baseless innuendos and comments during a press conference that placed the blame of this act of violence on the shoulders of “those who spew vitriol” and in a roundabout way blamed it on the citizens of the state of Arizona because, in his words, “we have become the capitol, the mecca for prejudice and bigotry”. The word exploitation comes to mind when reliving his press conference. The only thing that Sheriff Dupnik has proven in his baseless comments is that it is time for him to retire and be thanked for his 50 years of law enforcement service.
Everyone wants a reason why these things happen. The fact is that there is no good reason why these things happen. Some killers use their right wing beliefs, some killers use their left wing beliefs and most use some convoluted reasoning in their own mind as to why they commit these horrific crimes. As soon as I read the ramblings of the killer, Jared Lee Loughner, on his Facebook and YouTube postings, I quickly made my unscientific diagnosis that he was probably schizophrenic. Schizophrenics commonly think in a circular or spherical motion that only makes sense to them. It is not uncommon for schizophrenia to not become apparent until the person is in their 20’s. Nothing about the killer’s actions or words indicate that his motivations had anything to do with right wing talk show hosts or politicians. Even though left leaning politicians and media pundits would like you to believe that this horrible, criminal, act was motivated by right wing hate, there is no evidence or proof that this is the case. As a matter of fact, the killer listed Marx as some of his reading and a friend has indicated that he was actually quite liberal and his beliefs were quite left leaning.
The bottom line is that we will never have a sufficient answer as to why these innocent people were killed and wounded. No matter the killer’s reason, it will never be good enough. Now we need to focus on healing and honoring the dead and the heroes of the moment.
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Coverage of Officer Smith.
Coverage of Deputy Hopper.
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Staff Sgt. Curtis A. Oakes, 29, of Athens, Ohio.
Spc. Matthew W. Ramsey, 20, of Quartz Hill, Calif.
Pfc. Jacob A. Gassen, 21, of Beaver Dam, Wis.
Pvt. Buddy W. McLain, 24, of Mexico, Maine.
They were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.
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I had the honor of escorting Pfc. Staggs home yesterday. As part of the Patriot Guard Riders, we escorted Pfc. Staggs and his family from his arrival at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth to the Mt. Olivet Funeral Home. His funeral will be Saturday morning. Check www.TXPGR.org for full details.
God bless Pfc. Staggs' family and friends.
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