The man who founded the world's notorious organization that called for the killing of innocent Americans everywhere, Al Qeada, and a a man who also took credits for the attack on the World Trace Center (WTC) and the Pentagon back on the 9th of September 2001, is DEAD! Kill by American Navy Seals flown into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Why Took so Long?
When I posted this on my FB page, someone replied ... "US had been hunting for him for 10 years", so what? This is not an ordinary man hiding in the desert. His hideout turned out to be right in the heart of one of the US allies, and a country that received billions of dollars from US while harboring him for years, Pakistan. His compound is situated just yards away from a " Pakistani Military Academy"; something is completely wrong with that picture. It is apparent now that Pakistan can't be trusted.
Back in the 1990s when Al Qeada started attacking America - the bombing of two US embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in the ME - Clinton administration hits back, but made a huge mistake of informing Pakistan that US were going to fire TMH missiles over Pakistan into Afghanistan, surprisingly the camps were miraculously empty. To this day, the US government believed Pakistan had tipped off OBL and playing double-agent game between the Al Qeada leader and the US.
Even after the hills of Tora Bora, OBL escaped and was living under the protection of Pakistani tribal leaders and the moved to the city where he was hiding in a million dollar mansion. It is also important to note that the Taliban had been using Pakistan as their launching ground - this is where they escaped to knowing that US soldiers would not pursue them without the approval of the Pakistani government.
Besides, the Afghan government is nothing but a weak, corrupt government who don't have the guts and the military claws to stand on. While NATO-led by the US-fought the Taliban and keeping them away from retaking Afghanistan, Afghan government still entertained the idea of negotiating and making peace with the Taliban.
Thus, having two countries right in the middle of US' hunt forOBL made it completely impossible to take him out. This is why the hunt for OBL went on for more than a decade.
Justice and Justification, and Political Ramifications
Hours after raid in Pakistan which resulted in the killing of the US most wanted, OBL, criticisms from government critics back here in US and Pakistan officials, dominated the media. These criticisms missed a simple truth though; the target of this raid was the man who masterminded, funded the attack on US World Trade Center on 9/11 that brought US and its allies to their knees; he is not an ordinary man. It is also ironic that whilst America pumps in billions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan in an attempt to sharpen up the capability of the Pakistani intelligence, that man who hurts American lived safely there for a few years. Pakistan may have purposely protected him till US Navy Seals took him out in a daring raid.
The killing of OBL is justified in a sense that this man killed more innocent people across ethnic lines than any renegade in the world. He had killed innocent Americans, Africans, Arabs, Muslims, Christians, Europeans, since his group, Al Qeada, declared war on Americans and other infidels - none Americans. One way or another, he had to be stopped! His consistent calls for Muslims to kill Americans anywhere they see them had resulted in killing and the death of many innocent people; in Bali, Indonesia, Madrid, Spain. There were other planned hacked inside the OBL camp but were foiled before they could be carried out. In that, justice had to be met no matter what the tactics were or how long it takes.
The political ramifications, however, maybe extremely severe than originally anticipated. The raid was said to have been carried out without the knowledge of the Pakistani government, though US secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, revealed that Pakistani government and its intel were working closely with the US in this operation. But the notion that US operated without the authorization of the Pakistani government will remain with Muslims everywhere in the world, and the clueless wannabe journalists whose main interest is not to find the truth through objective means, but things that would hurt the government, will find ways to demonize the US government.
OBL - Did not Deserve any "Islamic Funeral"
During his announcement, President Obama made clear that OBL was not a Muslim as he did things contrary to the teachings of Islamic (implied) religion. He then quoted Bush's statement to the Muslims that US is not at war with them. But then words come out of the White House that OBL's body was disposed somewhere in the ocean "in accordance to Islamic Practices". If OBL was never been a legitimate Muslim, burring him in the ocean to satisfy Muslim critics, is indeed weird. His body should have been preserved so that countries and Americans see for themselves and prove that he was indeed killed.
The Obama's decision to rid of OBL's body hours after he was killed, sends mixed messages to Americans, and is going to give birth to another huge conspiracy theory.
Confirmation
DNA and facial recognition confirmed that dead man was OBL.
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