05-02-2011, 13:05
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#256
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Toronto
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Originally Posted by FFLaguna
Here are some pictures of the OBL compound and some chopper wreckage. Check out that fence, no wonder government officials keep stressing how unusual the building security was.
Here's some more photos of the inside of the building, lots of blood and obvious signs of site exploitation performed before exfil. |
"Million Dollar Compound"
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05-02-2011, 13:05
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#257
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SF Candidate
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Last edited by Callsign; 05-02-2011 at 16:33.
Reason: edited for stupidity
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05-02-2011, 13:15
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#258
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Area Commander
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Originally Posted by PRB
Couldn't be that the Chairman Joint Chief's had anything to do with the selection of spec ops elements. Admiral What's his name....
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I wonder if the selection was made by the POTUS himself. Given the success of the SEALs in liberating the Maersk Alabama, perhaps the president felt a certain comfort level in tasking them for this raid.
Also, by sending the navy rather than the army, the president can make ever more clear his intention to withdraw ground forces and to keep them home as GWOT continues.
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05-02-2011, 13:24
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#259
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Guerrilla Chief
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Originally Posted by MtnGoat
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“Bin Laden was the hero of the Muslim world and after his martyrdom he has won the title of great mujahed (Muslim fighter),” Asmatullah said.
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Was there ANY way to avoid a few extremists from naming him a martyr? Will this idea bleed over into the non-extremists muslim community?
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05-02-2011, 13:34
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#260
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Chicago, IL
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1st and foremost, sincere gratitude and thanks to all of our past, current, and future soldiers for their dedication and service.
2nd, congratulations to the special ops warriors involved in this mission for a job extraordinarily well done.
3rd (and most painful for me to say, but credit where credit due), well done Mr. President. Believe me, I am no fan of Obama, but to discount his role in this is unfair, IMO.
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05-02-2011, 13:52
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Center of the Universe, NC
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Our warriors are the finest in the world and I am proud of our nation’s resolve. God bless all of them.
Ok - not a conspiracy theorist, just an electrical engineer with pretty fair math skills, so please help me understand this 
1. Raid goes down at ~1615EST as the locals throughout the region were posting to twitter when it went down.
2. ~40 minutes on the OBJ and depart with the body at ~1700EST.
3. Fly him back to A’stan ~200mi …via rotary wing; give the benefit of the doubt and say average cruising speed up and over used by the MH-60 was 170mph.
4. This part is fuzzy to me - load him into the cargo hold of a jet? That jet transported him to an awaiting carrier group in the N Arabian Sea (~1200mi). No need to fill the atmosphere with sonic booms, so let’s just place the cruising speed at let’s say ~600mph, right?
5. They prepped his body for burial at sea aboard the carrier at 0110EST
6. Body was slid off the plank and burial at sea was completed by 0200EST.
Do the math. Well honed surgical plan to raid, kill, recover and rapidly dispose of the body. Not a lot of time for much else.
Thoughts?
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05-02-2011, 13:57
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(fm Buffalobob) Very well done by Seal Team Six although I wish it was some of us.
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You were there, sir. You all were.
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05-02-2011, 13:59
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Area Commander
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Location: UK
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Originally Posted by Buffalobob
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
It took nearly a decade but it is finally done.
Very well done by Seal Team Six although I wish it was some of us.
Guess I'll have to change my signature line. 
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I like it Bob!
Well done SEAL Team six!
RF 1
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05-02-2011, 14:14
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This thread is about to be closed and heads knocked.
Word to the wise.
TR
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05-02-2011, 14:47
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Originally Posted by Callsign
I think...
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Obviously not before you speak.
I would do more thinking and less posting if you thought before hitting the "Submit Reply" button.
Go do PT
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05-02-2011, 15:09
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Congrats
Congrats to the community and the alphabet soup boys. A hard fought victory for you all.
-Jon
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05-02-2011, 15:24
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I was listening to Brenner on NPR - he said this op was rehearsed for several weeks and that we told the Pakistani's zilch until our forces were completely clear of their territory/air space.
Kudos to all who were " up" and made this one work.
Richard 
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05-02-2011, 15:43
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Well done, well done indeed!
Hoisting one for ALL special ops personnel.
What I don't get is telling the world how they tracked the compound by following the couriers. STFU Washington...if they tracked one way it can lead back trail to others.
I am SO proud of our warriors, and this enhances the feeling.
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05-02-2011, 15:49
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I heard they tracked him down because his Net Flix movies were over due
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05-02-2011, 15:51
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To all that took part in this operation a hardy Congrats and well done!
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