Should Bin Laden have been taken alive?

[Mattyhitman]

Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death - Yahoo! News

Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death

This seems strange that Al Qaeda would now confirm his death, surely why now, considering he died in 2002

[Gandalf]

The following stood out for me and has obvious relevance to this thread...

UN human rights investigators have called on the US to disclose the full facts surrounding bin Laden's death, in particular whether there had been any plan to capture him.
They said in certain exceptional cases deadly force may be used in "operations against terrorists" but "the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially-decided punishment".
Bin Laden was unarmed when shot in the head by US commandos.
The White House's shifting story of the attack has raised doubts about US assurances that special operations forces were prepared to take him alive.
An opinion poll of more than 5,000 people surveyed in Pakistan shows that 66% of respondents do not believe that the person killed by US Special Forces was bin Laden.
The YouGov poll adds that three-quarters disapprove of the US operation and over half think it will result in "further violence against the US".

[katfight]

You actually posted a question in response to a question ghost<br />
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And sorry to pick bilbo but given the chance his lawyers wouldmy have even had to prove he was innocent according to law they would have only had to give reasonable doubt. <br />
It would have been the prosecutions job to prove guilt

[greynotsoold]

Osama and the US have been odd enemies. In either 1994 or 1996, he issues a manifesto/declaration of war (there's a book about this some place in this room but I'm too lazy to look for it) and I don't recall there being much radical Islam in it. Mostly he complained about the price of oil being too low; he believed that $75/barrel was a good minimum.
If memory serves, there were five specific things he was after.
1)Getting the Russians out of the oil rich "stan" regions.
2)Removing the 'clown' (though he may have said buffoon) in charge of the oil reserves in Iraq. Of course, the US did that for him.
3)Limiting the Iranian influence in the region. The US leads the fight to do just that.
4)Getting the US military out of Saudi Arabia. I believe we closed our bases there in 2003.
5)Overthrowing the House of Saud.

[Youngblood]

[AdamGB]

Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death - Yahoo! News

Al Qaeda Confirms Osama Bin Laden's Death

This seems strange that Al Qaeda would now confirm his death, surely why now, considering he died in 2002

It's not Al-Qaeda maaaan, read beyond the smoke and mirrors! it's just G W Bush in a turban.

[Spicoli]

Kat your beautiuful and you should be told this often. Just straight nummy and stuff <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Grin" smilieid="12" class="inlineimg" />

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Ahh that's lovely


( is that how u American's keep ur women quiet?? )

Lol

Sure beats buying them like cattle or stoning em'

[Hornfinger]

How did Al Qaeda confirm the death?

Did they see the body before it was dumped at sea?

Do they have their own personal line to the white house to clarify things?

Do they put it up on www.AlQaeda.com? Or put up a facebook or twitter status?

The other thing I've noticed is that Al quaeda don't half help the US Government by owning up to and confirming things.....

Again just my thoughts....