UBL Raid WANNABES

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Penn

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/03/bin...eals/?hpt=Sbin

This SEAL calls himself a QP(?),said for 10 years now...............


Big Teddy

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

One word: "Operators" that covers all!!! (mall security guards, alligator farmers, Xe contractors and Dunkin Donuts managers. )

Hey, Dunkin Doughnuts is big business - create a market, feed it, Subway, McDonald's, etc.

My new favorite is Chipotle.

[jon670]

Here is at least one claiming to 'have a hand' in the raid.

What a tool.


http://www.wtma.com/rssItem.asp?feed...temid=29664867

American Bin Laden Hunter Wants Piece of Reward


(DENVER) -- The samurai sword-wielding American who made headlines around the world over for his dogged, if unusual, one-man quest to capture Osama bin Laden said he served the al Qaeda leader "up on a platter" to the U.S. government and will ask for a portion of the $27 million reward following bin Laden's death Sunday.

"I had a major hand and play in this wonderful thing, getting him out of the mountains and down to the valleys... Someone had to get him out of there. That's where I came in," Gary Faulkner of Greeley, Colorado, told ABC News. "I scared the squirrel out of his hole, he popped his head up and he got capped.

"I'm proud of our boys, I'm very proud of our government... They were handed this opportunity on a platter from myself," he said.

Faulkner found himself in the international spotlight last June when he was detained by Pakistani authorities while trying to cross into Afghanistan during his eleventh attempt to track down the world's most wanted man. He was discovered equipped with a pistol, a samurai sword, night vision goggles and a map. When he was arrested, Faulkner told police he was intent on avenging the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.

Pakistani authorities said at the time that they laughed when Faulkner told them about his quest. Pakistani officials and doctors questioned Faulkner to determine his mental state. Faulkner's brother told reporters that Faulkner does not have mental problems, though he does have an extensive criminal record of minor offenses stretching back to the 1980s.

Though Faulkner has not been mentioned in the government's detailed account of how the CIA painstakingly tracked down bin Laden, he said on Tuesday that it was the publicity surrounding the June incident that pushed bin Laden out of hiding in the mountains and caves of Afghanistan and into the million-dollar compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Faulkner dismisses U.S. officials who said bin Laden was believed to have lived in the compound for as many as six years.

"He hadn't been living there for no damn six years," Faulkner said. "I absolutely flushed him out."

Faulkner said that his quest to capture bin Laden was never about the money, but now that it's over, he deserves some compensation. The U.S. State Department offered a $25 million reward for information leading to bin Laden's capture through the Rewards for Justice program, and an additional $2 million reward was offered by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transportation Association.

"It wasn't about me. I wanted to bring him to justice. I'm not greedy, but I sold everything I had and I put my life on the line," Faulkner said.

The State Department said it would not comment on whether anyone had asked to receive or had been nominated to receive any or all of the reward. Faulkner said he planned to file for the money; the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which administers the Rewards for Justice program, does not accept filings. The U.S. government must nominate an individual to receive all or part of the funds.

Faulkner said that before he heard news of bin Laden's death, he was in the midst of planning his next mission to the Middle East. While he didn't reveal too many details, he did say this one involved using an ultralight aircraft to come through the "back door" of northern Afghanistan.

"We were gearing up to go back and finish this up," he said.

In previous attempts, Faulkner had tried to use a hang glider to approach bin Laden's suspected cave, but had to call those plans off after disastrous dry runs with the hang glider in Israel.

Now that bin Laden's dead, Faulkner said he's retiring from the bounty hunter business. Instead, he's basking in the glow he feels for what he said was his integral role in bringing the world's most famous terrorist down.

"I'm on cloud nine," he said. "To know that I actually had a hand in this...It was a good marriage of myself, the Pakistani government and our government and now the man has been brought to justice not even a year later."

"This is sweet," he added.

[Tress]

I just cannot stop laughing.

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by jon670

Here is at least one claiming to 'have a hand' in the raid.

What a tool.

http://www.wtma.com/rssItem.asp?feed...temid=29664867

American Bin Laden Hunter Wants Piece of Reward

Thanks for that addition. It just made my morning.

[Richard]

Here's another one.

Navy SEALs Squadron That Killed Bin Laden Included Rubén Mejía, The Son Of Mexican Immigrants

Last night, President Obama announced that the world’s most wanted terrorist had been captured and killed by U.S. special forces. A CIA-led Navy SEALs squadron of just a few dozen men were tapped to perform the mission. One of the soldiers selected to participate in the “counterterrorism group [that is] so specialized that no one can apply to join it” is Rubén Mejía, the son of Mexican immigrants.

Mexico’s El Universal newspaper reports that Mejía’s parents came to the U.S. from Guanajuato, a city in central Mexico. Rubén Mejía was born in the U.S. and enlisted at the Moreno Valley, California military base six years ago. After spending 7 months in Afghanistan, Mejía joined the SEALs and was able to see Osama Bin Laden’s corpse as it was carried out of the building where he was killed yesterday.

Mejía’s father, a machine operator, recalled the moment that soldiers in uniform came to his home in Los Angeles holding a folded flag. “It was one of the biggest scares,” explained Martín Mejía. “When they [the soldiers] saw us [the family] begin to cry they clarified that bringing the flag was an expression of recognition and honor because our son had carried out a great mission for our nation,” stated the SEAL’s father.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/20...can-immigrant/

Better get lots of rest - I fear it's gonna be a long wannabe hunting season this year.

Richard

[1stindoor]

I don't know what made me laugh more...the article, or the comments from the peanut gallery that followed it.

[AngelsSix]

Some people are just sad.

[1stindoor]

This thread seemed like the best fit for this article. Afterall, if there's going to be fake raiders...there should be fake quotes to accompany their exploits.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...tation/238257/

[Tress]

Originally posted by 1stindoor:

I don't know what made me laugh more...the article, or the comments from the peanut gallery that followed it.

Yeah, some of those comments were quite humorous, weren't they. I especially enjoyed how the conversation suddenly morphed into a racial argument.

[Tress]

Before this thread was started I was naive enough to have thought that it would take a year or two for UBL Raid Wannabees to come out of the woodwork. Man, was I wrong. Even though it seems that most realize that these claims are complete B.S., there are quite a few that believe this stuff. That does not say much about our fellow, voting, Americans.

[18DWife]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

One word: "Operators" that covers all!!! (mall security guards, alligator farmers, Xe contractors and Dunkin Donuts managers. )

[Utah Bob]

And so it begins...

Dear Dad,
I only have a few seconds to twrite. I can come clean now. I know I told you I was going to cooks school but i really joined the SEALs. We have to come up with a cover story first.
It was rough training but I'm glad I did it and am now a "quiet Profescionel".
In case you might be wondering why I haven't called I'm in downtown Pakistan right now and we just kilt a very verry top dawg in Al Kayda. You
ve prolly seen it on the news. Extra Top Seckret.
I have to go get unbriefed by the rear Admirul now and prolly git a metal but I'll talk to you later. Give mom a kiss. Bye for now.

Yore son the SEAL,
Jimmy

[ES 96]

Originally Posted by jon670

American Bin Laden Hunter Wants Piece of Reward

(DENVER) -- The samurai sword-wielding American who made headlines around the world over for his dogged, if unusual, one-man quest to capture Osama bin Laden said he served the al Qaeda leader "up on a platter" to the U.S. government and will ask for a portion of the $27 million reward following bin Laden's death Sunday.

Didn't he get the memo? As part of the new Federal budget cost saving measures, the $25M reward he was gunning for was axed and ST-6 was sent instead.

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by Utah Bob

And so it begins...

Dear Dad,
...
Yore son the SEAL,
Jimmy

I was going to add to that, but I'm still cleaning the coffee out of my nose. That was perfect!