FBI Story Release of Osama Bin Laden’s death

by Joel Hendon⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ Red Star

A press briefing released today, May 2, 2011, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation announces the death of Osama bin Laden of yesterday. They report that he was killed in his hideaway compound in a “targeted operation”.

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Bin Laden is the reported mastermind behind the plot to fly passenger plane’s into the twin towers in New York, resulting in thousands of deaths of innocent men, women and children. He has been the number one wanted terrorist on the FBI’s list since that day, September 11, 2001.

One of the first steps taken by president Obama upon taking office was a request made for the nations Intelligence operations to make the locating and capturing/killing of Osama bin Laden, their number one priority.

A senior administration official stated that, in September 2010, the CIA advised the president that they now had reason to believe that Osama was holed up in a highly secured compound in Pakistan. By mid-February, through a series of intensive meetings at the White House and with the president, they had determined there was a sound intelligence basis for pursuing this in an aggressive way and developing courses of action to pursue Osama at this location.

This official stated that the president chaired a minimum of five meetings with the security council beginning in mid-March through April 28, and the on the morning of Friday April 29, he gave the order to pursue the operation.

One official gave the following description of how they were able to locate the hideout of Osama after long months of work:

What I’d like to do is walk you through the key points in that intelligence trail that led us to that conclusion. From the time that we first recognized bin Laden as a threat, the CIA gathered leads on individuals in bin Laden’s inner circle, including his personal couriers. Detainees in the post-9/11 period flagged for us individuals who may have been providing direct support to bin Laden and his deputy, Zawahiri, after their escape from Afghanistan.

One courier in particular had our constant attention. Detainees gave us his nom de guerre or his nickname and identified him as both a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of September 11th, and a trusted assistant of Abu Faraj al-Libbi, the former number three of al Qaeda who was captured in 2005.

Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with and protecting bin Laden. But for years, we were unable to identify his true name or his location.

Four years ago, we uncovered his identity, and for operational reasons, I can’t go into details about his name or how we identified him, but about two years ago, after months of persistent effort, we identified areas in Pakistan where the courier and his brother operated. Still we were unable to pinpoint exactly where they lived, due to extensive operational security on their part. The fact that they were being so careful reinforced our belief that we were on the right track. (FBI Story released May 2, 2011)

One official described the actual operation as a “surgical raid” by a small group of special forces designed to minimize collateral damage and to pose as little risk as possible to non-combatants on the compound or to Pakistani civilians in the neighborhood.

Helicopters were used to get into the compound, one helicopter went down because of mechanical failure. The crew from it blew it up after the operation was finished and left in one of the other helicopters.

Killed during the operation was bin Laden and 3 other adult males, which they believe to have been two of his couriers and one, his son. One woman was killed when used as a shield by one of the combatants. Two other women were injured. All non-combatants were moved from the area when the helicopter was detonated.

In answer to a question later as to what kind of mechanical failure caused the helicopter to go down, the official said, “We didn’t say it was mechanical.” However, during the discussion above, it was said.

Other sources report that bin Laden was formally buried at sea from aboard a U.S. Naval vessel in accordance with Muslim traditions which include strict rules that the body be buried within 24 hours of death. It was also thought that the decision to bury him at sea was to prevent his burial place from becoming a shrine for some.

Those officials involved in the press conference warned there would probably be some strong reactions by radical Islamists against American, in any countries.

Article submitted Monday, May 02, 2011 & read 141 times.

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