Obama: 'There is nothing we can not do'
As a nation there is nothing we can not do when we propose it to the heart '
"Today is a good day for States United, the world is a safer place '
U.S. President, Barack Obama said Monday that the world has become a "safer" after the death of Osama bin Laden and the United States had maintained their commitment to ensuring that justice is done.
"There is nothing we can not do," Obama said in his first public comments since announcing last night the folding of the leader of Al Qaeda.
"On a day like today, it reminds us that as a nation there is nothing we can not do when we propose it to the heart, when we work together," he said.
"Today is a good day for America," he added Obama during the presentation of the Medal of Honor posthumously, the highest award for military merit two U.S. soldiers who fought in the Korean War.
Speaking at the White House, Obama said that after the elimination of bin Laden, at the hands of a special squad of American soldiers, "the world is a safer place."
Obama also wanted to pay tribute to military commanders, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates - "will go down in history as one of the best secretaries of defense" - and the Chief of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. "Without them, like Sunday night had not ever occurred," said Obama.
A command elite soldiers on Sunday raided the residence in which the CIA had concluded that Bin Laden was hiding in a top secret operation in the Pakistani city of Abbotabad. According to officials, the command was ready to capture bin Laden alive, but the occupants of the residence responded with fire and shots were fired.
addition to bin Laden, killed four people, three men, in principle U.S. considers that it is one of the terrorist's adult children and two of her emails and a woman. Two other women were injured.
Soldiers recovered the body of the leader of Al Qaeda, which was transferred to a U.S. warship. After identification and shooting-that the U.S. government values \u200b\u200beven if the broadcast, we chose to throw the body of the chief terrorist of the sea, to prevent his grave could become a place of pilgrimage for
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Waziristan. A half an hour by car there is a training ground for Al Qaeda
The leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden changed long mountainous caves of Afghanistan for a residential complex of "high security" about 60 kilometers from Islamabad, where a decade after the search was killed by U.S. Navy Seals operation in just 40 minutes.
Bilal Located in the district of Abbottabad city of 200,000 inhabitants, this complex of 2,500 square meters called 'Waziristani Haveli' is much larger than the rest of his neighborhood.
According to local press, the owners of the mansion are citizens of Waziristan, a mountainous and inhospitable region on the Afghan border ruled by a semi-autonomous tribal.
Up to Now Bin Laden's secret location was near a major military academies in Pakistan. Between 180 and 700 meters away, as have assured the 'BBC' some local journalists, which is strange because the location, known as the City of the Army ', has several checkpoints and a neighborhood full of retired military.
U.S. intelligence services have received the 'tip' in August and since then investigated the presence of Bin Laden in this lair fortified with walls nearly three feet high topped with barbed wire and cameras, elongated windows and upwards only two access points.
However, some evidence of the presence of Bin Laden in this 'strength' were the absence of television and telephone to be a mansion and burning garbage in their yards. Sanctuary
Islamist "We can not talk about it officially, but the areas around Abbottabad have become a great sanctuary of militants in recent years," said a police official. "Last year, the militia of al-Qaida were arrested in Haripur area, less than 30 miles."
in Kala Dhaka, a mountainous area about an hour and a half by car to the north, the extremists are not only local trained to fight Indian Army Kashmir, but also members of Al Qaeda, the official also said on condition of anonymity.
"It was a peaceful area and an attraction for tourists, but our daily lives has been affected by this. We are not terrorists here," says Khan Sherzer meanwhile, a local vendor.
SEALS, the best strength of the U.S. Special Operations
of all Special Operations Forces that exist in the Armies of the world, the United States are more capable of preparing and media. And best of all are the NAVY SEAL. Navy commands.
The SEAL, for short, are formed by candidates of other special units of the Rangers, Delta Force and Marines. Even so, only about 40% of applicants to join the SEALs exceeded admissions tests.
Although, as we say, belong to the Navy, their skills tend to go further. Not surprisingly, not coincidentally, SEAL is an acronym for Sea, Air and Land. " Ie: Sea, Air and Earth. Not only, therefore, the Navy benefits from the military capabilities of men chosen among the chosen and superbly trained to carry out covert actions of exceptional, because of its difficulty or danger, at any time, anywhere and under any circumstances.
The SEALs were released in 1962 as a result of U.S. failure, a year earlier, landing at Bay of Pigs (Cuba). President Kennedy, himself a Navy officer in World War II, considered essential to create a force of infantry of the aquatic environment and from there to infiltrate. A image of the British SAS, and based on their own U.S. underwater demolition teams, the U.S. Navy created the SEAL.
had their baptism of fire in Vietnam, where they began to weave a legend of silent and relentless efficiency that continued in later conflicts, Grenada, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq ...
They met a resounding failure in 1980 in the rescue of hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran. But its successes, published or secret, far outweigh the duds. Originally aquatic nature was evident in 1985, reviving the Italian liner "Achille Lauro '.
And very recently, also in the rescue of U.S. captain Richard Phillips, who was kidnapped by Somali pirates. With an absolute cleanliness and efficiency, the SEAL snipers killed three of the captors. The fourth surrendered and was made available to U.S. judicial authorities.
The SEALs are experts in all sorts of weaponry and techniques combat. Receive the best and hardest training possible. They work in small groups of two to eight elements, provided peers. Your logo says it all: an eagle clutching an anchor and trident.
special operations ended with the 'demons' of Russia, the U.S. and Israel
The special operation of the Navy Seals who has exhausted the life of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, is the latest in a series of actions by special commands that have wiped out the great enemies of some Western countries.
Since the establishment of command in World War II, when Britain was a pioneer with the Special Air Service (SAS), bodies special modern armies have conducted covert operations against targets impossible to catch another way, as happened in the failed attack against General Erwin Rommel in Operation Flipper (1941). These are some operations in recent decades.
U.S. kills Bin Laden
A team of U.S. Navy Seals stormed middle of the night in the mansion of Abbottabad, 60 miles from Islamabad, killing bin Laden in a shootout, reports Carlos Fresneda.
Two dozen elite soldiers, equipped with explosives, assault rifles and night vision devices, arrived at the fortified building in two helicopters. Forty minutes after they had fulfilled a mission that began a decade ago, after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and so far had taken place in the caves of Afghanistan.
A breath had informed U.S. authorities the location of Bin Laden. It was confirmed that there could be hidden because the house had no telephone or television, and garbage was burned in the complex. The U.S. president, Barack Obama, authorized the operation on Friday.
children also killed a Saudi terrorist, another man and a woman who came to be used as human shields. Russian beheads
Chechen hydra
Some more spectacular special operations in recent decades have taken place in the unending war in Chechnya, at the confluence of Islam, corruption and oil pipelines.
The first Chechen President Dudayev Dzojar came to power in 1991 and proclaimed the independence of the tiny Caucasian republic. The Russian intervention of 1994 led to a war where hate had fresh deportation of 400,000 Chechens by Stalin's orders half a century earlier.
Dudayev was located by the Russian secret services on April 21, 1996 thanks to a call by satellite telephone connection. Two misiles acabaron con su vida. Meses después, el futuro presidente de Chechenia, Masjádov, hasta entonces comandante checheno, firmó una paz humillante para Rusia en Jasaviurt que duraría apenas tres años.
Masjádov, relacionado con los atentados contra aviones rusos y el secuestro de Beslán, puso precio a la cabeza de Putin: 20 millones de dólares. Fue abatido por el ejército ruso en un bunker de Tolstóy-Yurt en marzo de 2005.
Otro líder guerrillero muerto por las operaciones especiales rusas fue Shamil Basáyev. Autor de acciones como la toma de un hospital en 1991, el 'terrorista número 1' de Moscú tomó las riendas de la guerrilla chechena a la muerte de Dudáyev and started the second war in Chechnya to organize raids in neighboring Dagestan to expand Islam.
The first time I was hit by the Russian army was in 2000 when he lost a leg in an assault on Grozny. Also linked to the attack on the Beslan school, which killed 330 people, half of them children, was killed by Russian special operations when he walked into a convoy of trucks carrying explosives.
carpet bombing against Mono Jojoy
The leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), known as Mono Jojoy, died along with 20 other guerrillas in a bunker network of hundreds of feet into the Colombian jungle.
The operation, coordinated between the Army, Air Force and the police lasted two days. After a bombing in which 30 planes and 27 helicopters, the army intervened on the ground, retrieving the corpse of the great enemy of Colombian Government. Israel killed Yassin
The founder of Hamas, the Islamist movement's spiritual leader in the Middle East, died at age 67 when Israel launched a targeted attack against him on his way to a mosque in Gaza.
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a quadriplegic since age 12, was heading to the temple in his wheelchair when an Apache helicopter fired Israel three missiles at him and died with the former. Nine people were killed and 18 wounded. Among the wounded were two sons of Yassin. The Mossad kills
abroad to Hamas leaders
The assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Mabhuh in January 2010 has been one of Israel's latest special operations against Islamic leaders.
Al Mabhuh died in a hotel in Dubai. According to research by Arab Emirate, Up to 11 agents of the secret services of Israel, the Mossad, followed with false passports to the leader of Hamas.
'Hunted' by hotel security cameras, according to Dubai, the alleged agents are coordinated to follow Al Mabhuh disguised as tourists. Once located in your room, was killed with a lethal injection.
The 'Lion Panjshi' hunted
Two days before the attack of 11-S, the legendary Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the anti-Taliban opposition, was assassinated by suspected Islamic movement when a grenade exploded reporters carrying hidden video camera.
The life of 'Lion Panjshi' was a struggle. The guerrilla, born in 1953, first fought against the Soviet Red Army until his expulsion in 1989 and then against the Taliban as a leader of what would happen to be the Northern Alliance, supported after his death by the United States. Source
newspaper "El Mundo"
U.S.
kill Osama Bin Laden
President Obama announces that a special forces command removed from a shot to the leader of Al Qaeda in a village near the capital of Pakistan .- The Saudi terrorists fleeing U.S. forces since 2001
United States has ended its worst nightmare. Osama Bin Laden is dead. Developed over many years, studied at millimeter in recent months, an operation by U.S. special forces elite Navy Seals has ended the life of the leader of Al Qaeda. This was announced in around half past eleven pm on Sunday (half past five in the morning on Monday in Spain) U.S. President, Barack Obama. The agents shot dead the leader of Al Qaeda in the town of Abottabad, 80 kilometers from Islamabad in northern Pakistan, in an operation in which there were no U.S. casualties. On the day following the announcement in his second appearance since the operation took place in a tribute to two soldiers killed in the Korean War, Obama said: "It'sa great day for America, the world is safer and better because of the death of Osama Bin Laden. "
"We all agree that it is a good day for America," Obama said in his appearance during the tribute. The U.S. president has said that the operation demonstrates that "there is nothing you can do" if the United States working in coordination. "We are fortunate to have citizens who have dedicated their lives to protect (...) As commander in chief, could not be more proud," has praised Obama, who has specially commended the military and intelligence officials who organized and carried out the operation, including outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
security adviser in the White House John Brennan has subsequently detailed in a press conference from Washington that the operation, followed in "real time" from U.S., was conducted without informing Pakistan, an ally in the war against terrorism. Brennan said it was "inconceivable" that Bin Laden has been hiding in Pakistan so long without help from within the country. "I will not speculate on the support in Pakistan," Brennan replied to journalists regarding the possible knowledge of the Pakistani authorities to the location of the Saudi terrorist. Islamabad learned of the operation only after leaving the airspace by U.S. forces.
The White House counsel has described Obama's decision as "one of the bravest I have ever taken any president." According to Brennan, the evidence on bin Laden's stay in the house were "circumstantial", but the CIA's confidence in hitting the target was "growing." The U.S. advisor also said that after 15 years of pursuit, and even before the 11-S, Obama took the "opportunity" and approved the transaction. Sepultura
according to Islamic rite
Brennan has also clarified that the leader of Al Qaeda has been buried at sea in accordance with Muslim practice. The Islamic ritual requires the body be buried within 24 hours after his death. According to official sources, the decision was taken because it was difficult to find a country willing to bury the world's most wanted terrorist. Official sources have also reported that DNA tests confirm that died in the military attack on the residence where he was.
Asked by reporters accredited to the White House, Brennan added that the U.S. "will not drop our guard" in the fight against Al Qaeda. The death of his mentor, Osama bin Laden, offers "an opportunity to destroy the organization," said Brennan. The security adviser also explained that the number two of the terrorist network, the Egyptian doctor Ayman al Zawahiri, has "detractors" within the organization, making them harder to lead.
In the military operation carried aboard helicopters in the special operations group of Navy Seals, killing four people: an adult child of the terrorist, his messenger, and a brother of this and a woman who, according to the White House, was one of the wives Bin Laden. Government sources in Pakistan have assured the BBC's service in the country during the assault five guards of Bin Laden and also dropped four more have been arrested, but could not be confirmed.
A residential complex
The Washington's most wanted terrorist was inside a fortified luxury resort. The residence of Abottabad walls consisted of over three meters, barbed wire and only two doors input. There were no windows and had no dial or Internet connection. Bin Laden was shot in the head after a shootout between U.S. forces assault and the group met the leader of Al Qaeda.
In his speech from the White House, Obama said that, having been receiving since August reliable intelligence information about where Bin Laden was last week ordered the Sunday attack and a "small group" American led the operation, in which, after an exchange of fire, took the body of the terrorist. In an appearance full of drama, Obama paid tribute to all victims of the attack September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers, which left nearly 3,000 dead. "Tonight, justice has been done," he said. The President thanked all those who participated in the operation and those who have helped over the years to pursue the terrorist. "The U.S. has launched an unequivocal message: no matter how long it takes, it will," concluded the president. Source
newspaper "El Pais"
May 2, 1911 - Washington / Madrid / Islamabad - Efe / Ep
"Given the uncertainty and volatility of the current situation, we strongly recommend to people who are in areas where they occur violent near misses against U.S. to stay in their homes and hotels, and avoid public gatherings and demonstrations, "said the travel warning issued earlier on Monday.
Internally, however, the Department of Homeland Security has not raised the warning, said Tuesday the secretary Janet Napolitano.
However, the authorities have decided to increase the number of police and surveillance in key infrastructure such as ports and airports that serve New York and in the subway the Big Apple and the U.S. capital.
Other big cities like Philadelphia and Los Angeles also are extremely vigilant, but not there is a specific threat, officials said.
Obama himself said in his speech that the country must remain vigilant, both in their own territory and abroad. Leon Panetta also announced that "almost certainly" Al Qaeda will try to avenge the death of their leader. In fact, the Pakistani Taliban as Monday announced that President Asif Ali Zardari and the North American country are the primary targets.
The Washington State Department warned its civilians around the world who may be victims of "anti-American violence." Before it ... "We urge citizens in areas where these events can cause violence (...) To limit their travel outside their homes and hotels and to avoid mass rallies and demonstrations. "
Security Council meeting
UN Security Council United Nations will meet at 22.30 - English time - to discuss the current situation of the international fight against terrorism following the death of the leader of Al Qaeda, Usama bin Laden, according to the current French presidency in their twitter account.
Air safety in international flights
The Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said today that this week will evaluate whether to increase security measures at airports after the death of Osama Bin Laden and said to be alert for any eventuality.
President of ICAO, the Mexican Roberto Kobeh, acknowledged that the sector has been "white" of terrorism, particularly after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the U.S., but "there are measures that ensure the safety and that it can cope with such eventualities. "
In a brief press conference at the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported that Kobeh will be next Friday when the Council of this body, consisting of 36 countries, determine if it is necessary to increase security measures.
Moreover, the official urged all member states of the United Nations to produce and use biofuels in the aviation sector, particularly in aircraft currently producing 1% of emissions of greenhouse gases.
Zapatero will meet with Rubalcaba y Chacón Jiménez
The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, will meet at the Moncloa Palace with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, the Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez, and Defence, Carme Chacón, to discuss possible consequences of the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Rubalcaba has not ruled over Sunday to be taken any further action on the safety of English troops in Afghanistan, but has submitted to the Ministry of Defence this responsibility, since, as has been reiterated, the current alert level is appropriate for citizens and for the troops and state security forces.
precisely Defense announced Sunday that he had instructed the heads of the English troops deployed in missions abroad, in order to be especially self-protection measures in the areas of operations involving the English military.
also Chacón agency has shown that maintaining the level of alert - that it was "high" - especially in Lebanon and Afghanistan, where they had raised the alert level before the arrival of spring, a time usually are increased insurgent attacks against ISAF troops, according to Defense.
Prior to this announcement, Rubalcaba had also indicated that it believes that the time is right to rethink the international operation in Afghanistan, because it is "another draft." "Bin Laden was an important person for al Qaeda because of his charisma and leadership, but their structure is much more complex, with a presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan," he recalled.
Taliban Threatens Pakistan
The Pakistani foreign ministry announced the death of the leader of Al Qaeda is "a serious blow to terrorist organizations throughout the world." The Government recalled that nearly 30,000 of its citizens have been killed in recent years in attacks. Thus ... "We will continue to support international efforts against terrorism." From Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai confirms the message: "The Taliban should learn the lesson."
The Pakistani Taliban threatened today to "avenge" the death of Osama Bin Laden in a statement sent to local media and putting a priority in their sights to the Government of Pakistan. Sources
television channel "Khyber TV" Efe said to have received a fax Taliban Pakistan (TTP, which stands in urdu) warning to the Pakistani authorities about the consequences of the operation which ended today with the life of the leader of Al Qaeda.
The day after the death of Bin Laden, the United States invaded woke up in the euphoria, but Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stated that "the U.S. will continue its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan." "This is a milestone in the fight against terrorism, but the battle against Al Qaeda continues, and will not end with the death of Bin Laden," he said. Secretary of State has been attributed partly successful military operation that ended with the death of terrorist leader to the "close relationship" U.S. "with Pakistan." Clinton recalled that there were not only attacks on America but also in London, Madrid, Bali, Istanbul and many other parts were innocent, mostly Muslims, attacked in markets and mosques, train stations and airplanes. "
10 years after the 11 S
The death of the father of international Islamic terrorism comes 10 years after the attacks in New York. Eliminate Osama bin Laden had become an obsession for the United States and had been subjected to numerous international operations. It was speculated on several occasions with his death and offered millions in rewards any clue to his whereabouts, but bin Laden was there, present in the nightmares of Washington.
For U.S. pride was a wound too deep knowing the whereabouts of a tall, lanky 54-year, usually portrayed holding a Kalashnikov in his left arm. Almost an old man leaning on a cane, he slept on the floor of a cave and ate vegetables, yogurt, soup and bread Afghanistan.
Although three years did not appear in public, Bin Laden was still a symbol. The man who had accomplished what a decade ago seemed a chimera internationalize jihad and spread terror through partnerships with groups partners around the world. Dozens of local cells, inspired by Bin Laden's speech, torment intelligence chiefs from several continents.
"I'm here to become a witness of history. My boyfriend will be sent overseas with the Marines next week. That's why I'm so proud of what has made our Army", had elated at the gates of the House Vogler Laura White, a student at American University in Washington. The celebrations for the death of Bin Laden were taken near the White House.
Shortly before eleven in the local night, the television broadcast was interrupted to advance the president was going to appear in an ad on vital national security. Speculation erupted and within minutes some media unofficially announced the death of the terrorist. By this time the Americans began to go out. Soon Washington, New York and major cities were filled with spontaneous displays of joy.
Ground Zero in Manhattan, where the two towers were erected that brought down Al Qaeda, has become one of the points on which most citizens are concentrated. Tourists, members of the fire (over 300 of them died in the rescue efforts after the attacks) and New Yorkers of all stripes crowded close to the screens of Times Square since came the first rumblings of the news. The concentration was crowded after the announcement.
Many of the reactions have been very tough. "I had dreamed of this moment, but I think death is too good for him," said Anne Marie from Borcherdng, who lost her boyfriend 11-S in the Twin Towers. "What we would like many people here today is to have to spit on his corpse."
Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, was among the first to react to the White House announcement: "New Yorkers have waited almost 10 years this news." The death of Osama bin Laden is a major victory and a tribute to those who fight for our country, "he said. New York Senator Charles Schumer said:" The heart of New Yorkers still broken by the tragedy of 11-S, but [the death of Osama Bin Laden] provides some comfort to the victims. "
reactions
worldwide
The U.S. president George W. Bush said minutes after the news that the death of Osama Bin Laden is a "victory for America." Bush, under whose presidency witnessed the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and in his memoirs stated that one of his biggest regrets was that of failing to capture bin Laden "dead or alive", issued through his Facebook page, nothing else announcement, a statement said that President Barack Obama was informed of the operation. "Tonight the president called me to inform Obama that U.S. forces killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001," said Bush.
Bill Clinton also reacted quickly to the news. The U.S. president has ensured that Bin Laden's death is a moment "profoundly important" for people around the world looking for a "common future of peace and freedom."
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister has assured that it is "a great relief to the world." "Bin Laden is responsible of the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen, many of which have killed thousands of people, many of whom are British, "Cameron discussed. In the same vein, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netahyahu has stated that Bin Laden's death is "a resounding victory for the democratic nations that fight terror." The English Government has welcomed to Washington by the success of the antiterrorist operation.
Caution to all Americans immediately
U.S. diplomacy has Prudence asked about the implications in the fight for Al Qaeda that could have the beheading of the organization. The Department of State alerted all its citizens in the world after giving the news. There is a "high potential for anti-American violence," specified a press release.
Reactions death of this character can cause unpredictable world. By the way, the U.S. president insisted yesterday that bin Laden was not a Muslim leader in the United States is at war against the religion. "Given the uncertainty and volatility of the current situation," said the State Department, "we urge U.S. citizens in areas where these events can cause anti-American violence to limit their travel outside their homes and hotels and to avoid mass rallies and demonstrations. "So far, the U.S. government put on alert to all its embassies to the risk of being targeted retaliation.
Several U.S. cities have increased their surveillance of sensitive points. For example , the Los Angeles Times reports that city police caution around religious centers. To confirm U.S. suspicions, the jihadis have launched the first threats. "Osama can be killed, but his message of jihad, will never die. Brothers and sisters, wait and see, his death will be a blessing in disguise "is a message that is repeated in various Internet forums, such as Reuters news agency reported.
Father of international jihadism
The base of Bin Laden's thinking was similar to the Taliban: ultra-orthodox interpretation of Sunni Islam, who want to purify Western influences. His ideology, his men, seasoned in combat, and abundant money allowed him to finance a dark plot by radical groups that act against Western interests, mainly U.S., where they have opportunity. Osama Bin Laden
born in Saudi Arabia in 1957 in a wealthy Saudi family. His father was a major construction magnate in the country. Studied Religion and Science Economics, graduating from the University Abdul Aziz. Since 1979 supported the Afghan rebels in their war against the USSR, organizing the recruitment of thousands of volunteers across the Arab world, among other actions. Since 1986, personally involved in the fighting. After the war he returned to his country. As a result of Saudi support for U.S. troops during the 1991 Gulf War, broke with the Saudi regime and his own family. He went into exile in 1991 in Sudan, where he directed a U.S. company considered a terrorist front. With the unprecedented
planning the attacks of 11-S, Bin Laden and Al Qaeda firmly shook the foundations on that the U.S. based its security policy and have highlighted the need to seek a new approach to strengthen its borders. Almost immediately, the U.S. launched a series of air strikes against the Taliban in the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Given the refusal of the Taliban to hand over the terrorist, the U.S. began in October 2001 war in Afghanistan continues, although the attacks led overthrow the fundamentalist regime that ruled the country.
After his experience in the Afghan war, Bin Laden has learned to live like a hermit, a skill that helped him blend in on the ground in the same way as do snakes. Again and again the leader of Al Qaeda managed to emerge unscathed from sneak attacks by U.S. and international partners, which led to compromising the ability of military intelligence and the most powerful country in the world. Since Bin Laden trail gone definitely in the mountains of Tora Bora in the winter of 2001 after the U.S. deposed by force of arms to the Taliban, there was only one certainty: he was hiding in Pakistan. The intelligence community has shuffled many assumptions: that was in a remote region or confused with the mass in Karachi, which could only be killed by treachery in their own communities or with a missile attack, but was clear that he had traveled to the neighboring country of Afghanistan.
For years, unmanned aircraft equipped with missiles have flown to different tribal areas of Pakistan the most dangerous and volatile place on earth. Have killed dozens of militants from Al Qaeda, also civilians, and have come very close to their leaders, especially the Egyptian Ayman Al Zawahri, but in the end has been a command group which has closed part of the story.
Hillary Clinton: "Bin Laden also attacked innocent people in London, Madrid, Bali or Istanbul
international reactions to the death of Osama Bin Laden, leader of al Qaeda
George W. Bush: "The fight against terror continues"
was his goal and obsession but never got to fulfill the mission came when he launched the war against global terrorism. George W. Bush, now lives as a viewer I had to be one of the achievements of his presidency. It is "an important moment," said in a note. "The fight against terror continues, but tonight the United States has sent a clear message: no matter how long it takes, justice will be done" over the wording.
Hillary Clinton: "Bin Laden also attacked innocent people in London, Madrid, Bali or Istanbul
Secretary of U.S. State said today that Bin Laden's death "is a milestone in the fight against terrorism, but the battle against Al Qaeda continues, and will not end with the death of Bin Laden." Clinton recalled "the thousands of families whose loved ones died in the campaign of terror and violence of Osama Bin Laden, from the attacks on embassies (U.S.) in Africa to launch against (the destroyer) Cole, attacks on September 11, 2001 (...) and many more were not only attacks against the United States: London, Madrid, Bali, Istanbul and many other parts were innocent, mostly Muslims, attacked in markets and mosques, in stations to train and planes. "
Bill Clinton: "It's a profoundly important moment"
The former president the previous parliament to 11-S, emphasized the death of the leader of Al Qaeda as "a profoundly important moment not only for families who lost someone in the 11-S and other attacks by Al Qaeda, but also for people around the world who wants to build a common future of peace, freedom and cooperation for our children. " Through a statement, Clinton congratulated the U.S. president, Barack Obama.
Tony Blair: "The fight against terrorism is just as urgent now"
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged continued vigilance of security against international terrorism, despite the capture and death of Bin Laden. "Fighting terrorism is just as urgent now," he said. In addition, Blair has expressed his gratitude to the U.S. president, Barack Obama has insisted that the operation shows that "those who commit terrorist acts against innocent people will be brought to justice, take longer than that." Former Labor Prime Minister recalled that the 11-S was not only an attack against the U.S., but "against all who share the best values \u200b\u200bof civilization."
Rasmussen: "There is no reason not to continue in Afghanistan"
The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said in a statement that the death of Bin Laden is a "significant success allies "and the security of countries that are part of NATO. However, Rasmussen has said that" there is no reason not to continue military operations in Afghanistan "and that the world must ensure that" never again becomes a haven for extremism. "Finally, he had a remembrance for the victims:" We remember the thousands of innocent lives lost in terrorist atrocities in many of our nations, Afghanistan and around the world. "
Muslim Brotherhood: "The U.S. should now withdraw its troops from Iraq"
Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood based in Egypt, have said the death of Bin Laden that the U.S. should withdraw its troops from Iraq. "With the death of Bin Laden, one of the reasons that violence has been practiced in the world has disappeared," said one member of the government of this organization. "It's time for Obama to pull its troops from Afghanistan and Iraq and the occupation of the U.S. and Western forces in the world that have long hurt the Muslim countries," he added. "The revolution taking place in the Middle East are proof that democracy has its place in the area and do not need a foreign occupation anymore." In addition, fears a violent outbreak in some places: "Afghanistan, Pakistan, Morocco and Algeria could react violence, since the influence of Al Qaeda is greater. "Islam, he continues, should not be equated with terrorism or any kind of violence represented by Bin Laden." It is time for the world to understand that violence and Islam are not related and that it has been an international failure.
Zapatero: "Satisfaction shared with the American people"
The English Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has sent a telegram to U.S. President, Barack Obama, in which he welcomed the "decisive step" in the fight against Al Qaeda and stressing that Spain is "fully committed" against terrorism. Zapatero expressed, on behalf of Government and English society, "the shared satisfaction with the American people" by the outcome of this operation against terrorism. The president insists, in any case, that this satisfaction is "inseparable from the memory of the victims, caused by a horrific attacks that will never leave our memory."
Nicolas Sarkozy: "The scourge of terrorism suffered a historic failure"
The French president said this morning that the death of Bin Laden "is a great event in the global fight against terrorism." But Sarkozy, who called the leader of Al Qaeda "promoter of an ideology of hatred", has clarified: "The scourge of terrorism suffers historic failure, but not the end of Al Qaeda "and has warned that it must continue the fight" tirelessly, and uniting all States that are victims of these crimes. "The French president's statement concluded with a tribute to victims of terrorism: "For them, justice has been done. This morning, France thinks of them and their families. "
Angela Merkel:" It's a relief, "
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said he feels" great relief "for the death of Osama Bin Laden and that "a victory for the forces of peace." The U.S. has given a decisive blow against Al Qaeda. "
David Cameron:" It will bring great relief to many people, "
Among the first reactions of the international leaders is the British Prime Minister David Cameron. "Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has lived for the 11-S and many other attacks that have killed thousands of people, many of whom are British. It is a highly successful event which been found and can not continue with its campaign of global terror, "said Cameron in a statement. The news of the death of the prince of terror "will bring a great relief to many people in the world." The UK has declared that today is also "a day to remember the victims."
Berlusconi: "It's a great result for the fight against evil "
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, praised the death of Bin Laden as" a great result for the fight against evil. "However, Berlusconi has insisted that" it is necessary to continue the struggle against terrorism. "
Van Rompuy and Durao Barroso:" Terrorist crimes do not go unpunished "
The permanent European Council president, Herman Van Rompuy, in a letter signed jointly with José Manuel Durao Barroso, Commission President have reviewed the death of Bin Laden as "a milestone in our efforts to rid the world of terrorism." The statement added: "Bin Laden was responsible for heinous criminal attacks terrorists that killed thousands of innocent people. His death makes the world a safer place and shows that terrorist crimes do not go unpunished. "
Interpol:" The threat from Al Qaeda remains "
The international police organization Interpol believes that the death of Bin Laden good news, but the threat posed by Al Qaeda persists, you have to go extreme caution.
Medvedev: "The terrorists can not escape the vengeance"
A spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said on behalf of the Russian leader: "The terrorists can not escape the vengeance." In addition to congratulating the U.S. for the operation, Russia has offered to increase cooperation in combating international terrorism. "Russia was one of the first countries that have faced the threats posed by global terrorism and really knows what is Al Qaeda," said the statement released today. "And only a united structure against global terrorism can bring a good result."
Hamid Karzai: "The Taliban should learn the lesson"
Hamid Karzai, Afghan president, has described the death of Bin Laden as "good news" and considered that the Taliban should "learn lessons" with what happened to their leader . In addition, it has urged to refrain from fighting. On the other hand, has insisted that the leader of Al Qaeda was not in Afghanistan: "The fight against terrorism should take place in the homes of our civilians. has been proved that Osama was not in the Afghan provinces of Logar, Farah, Nimroz and Kandahar , I have found in Pakistan, "the Afghan president said in a televised appearance. In addition, Karzai has asked the international community a greater sensitivity to civilian casualties of the Afghan war, "victims from the beginning to the end."
Julia Gillard: "The war against terrorism must go on"
Australia maintain its operations in Afghanistan despite the death of Bin Laden. This was confirmed by the Prime Minister in this country, Julia Gillard. "Although Al Qaeda has been damaged today is not finished. Our war against terrorism must continue," he said. Australia was one of the first countries to offer troops for the US-led war in Afghanistan in 2001, after the 11-S and is the country outside NATO to keep more troops there, with about 1,500 soldiers.
Iran: "We wonder about the accuracy of this news,"
In Iran, the president of the National Security Commission, Aledin Boroujerdi, has questioned the veracity of the news of the death of Bin Laden. "First we must wonder about the accuracy of the news, since Washington has already announced the same in the past. There seems something new, "he said. The also president of the Iranian Parliament's Foreign Relations, added:" Ten years ago they attacked Afghanistan and said his goal was to fight against the perpetrators of the attacks of 11-S, against the Taliban and Mullah Omar. if the news is true, have not really done anything great. "
Vatican:" Bin Laden will have to answer to God "
Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI on behalf of the leader of Al Qaeda" have to answer to God for having killed so many people and have exploited religion to spread hatred. "However, Lombardi pointed out that Christians "Does not rejoice in death, but it serves to remind them" the responsibility of each person before God and men. "
Iraqi Foreign Minister: "We are delighted with the death of Bin Laden"
"We are delighted with the death of Bin Laden." So clear and convincing has been the foreign minister of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari and reiterated to the thousands of Iraqis who have died "because of his ideology."
Benjamin Netanyahu: "It's a resounding victory for the allies"
a "resounding victory" for Washington and its allies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defined as such in an official news of the death of Bin Laden. "It is a triumph unqualified for justice, freedom and the values \u200b\u200bshared by all democratic nations fighting side by side with determination against terror, "the statement said.
Ghassan Khatib:" get rid of Bin Laden is good for peace "
Ghassan Khatib, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority has been very strong on the death of the leader of Al Qaeda:" get rid of Bin Laden's good for the cause of peace throughout the world. "What is important is continued, "is to overcome the speech and the violent methods that have been created and promoted by Bin Laden and others around the world."
Hamas condemned the "assassination of an Arab warrior saint"
Ismael Haniyeh, leader administration of the Palestinian organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip condemned the death at U.S. hands, the leader of Al Qaeda, Bin Laden. In addition, a spokesman for the organization has called it "the murder of an Arab warrior saint." "We saw the events as a continuation of American politics based on oppression and bloodshed Arab and Muslim." But noted the differences in doctrine between Al Qaeda and Hamas, Haniyeh said: "We ask God's mercy that offers reserved for true believers and martyrs."
Michael Bloomberg: "It is a tribute to those who have fought for our nation"
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has relied on the death of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, comforting to the thousands of victims of attack by this terrorist organization on September 11, 2001 against the World Trade Center of this American city. "The death of Osama Bin Laden does not diminish the suffering of New Yorkers and Americans, but it is a very important victory for our nation and a tribute to the millions of men and women of our armed forces and other places that have fought hard for our nation, "reflects a statement.
Saudi Arabia: "We hope it will to stop deviant thoughts"
state news agency Saudi Arabia, a country that withdrew citizenship to Bin Laden, has released the first official statement of this country: "We hope that the death of Bin Laden's efforts to help the fight against terrorism, which destroys the cells of Al Qaeda and stop thus diverted the thoughts behind the terrorism. "
Silence in almost all Gulf countries
None of the Persian Gulf has made official statement regarding the death at the hands of the U.S., the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden. Only a Yemeni member of the Administration, a country where Bin Laden was born, has expressed his opinion on the condition anonymity. He said he hopes this death uproots terrorism in the world. " The foreign ministers of Bahrain, kwaito and the United Arab Emirates, found in a joint meeting in Abu Dhabi, have declined to comment on the news.
I was found and killed Bin Laden
Tucked away in a fortified mansion north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, Bin Laden was killed in an operation carried out just 40 minutes by a corps of special forces of the Navy .- His messenger more confident was he allowed the CIA to find the most wanted terrorist .- The body was buried at sea in a white bag
A trusted messenger of Osama Bin Laden was the one who enabled the CIA to find the most wanted terrorist on earth. His identity was not revealed, but this man's inner circle of bin Laden became the vital clue in a historic operation to the United States. With its track, officials of the U.S. Navy Seals special forces could find the leader of Al Qaeda and hit with a bullet in his head. The operation, according to the account given by a neighbor on Twitter, started at one o'clock local time (three hours less in Spain) with two helicopters flew over residence of bin Laden. Took 40 minutes to complete. Next to the prince of terror, the emir, as he was called many of his acolytes, have died at least two other men, one of his sons and their wives.
all started four years ago. According to The New York Times, held at the Guantanamo prison provided the pseudonym of a messenger and told U.S. interrogators that the man was a protégé of Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the attacks of 11-S, a prisoner at Guantanamo. The officers took two years to explore the region where it operated. From there, the CIA found the location where the messenger of Bin Laden and his brother lived in Pakistan. Six months
messenger wire pulling
security adviser White House national John Brennan has been detailed in a press conference in Washington that six months pulled the thread left by the messenger of Bin Laden identified to run into the complex in which lay the Saudi terrorist. The surprise was great. The place was a thriving area was about 55 miles north of Islabamad, the Pakistani capital. For a decade, the U.S. Army Intelligence and had followed several tracks from Bin Laden, thinking he was in a cave, between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where once even took out an agonizing battle of persecution in the mountains of Tora Bora where he was cornered.
He was in the town of Abottabad near deIslamabad and northern Pakistan. U.S. officials say American spies realized it was not a normal residence. It was a luxury complex (ABC's exclusive video) completely fortified. Retaining walls over three feet with barbed wire, with no windows and very limited access. Had only two entrances. Built in 2005 and valued at one million dollars, the residence had no dial or Internet connection.
The CIA spent weeks to examine satellite photos and reports of his spies, the house and determine who was living within its great walls. According to British newspaper The Guardian, the agents knew that the messenger and his brother lived with a family. In September, according to a senior U.S. intelligence had determined that a "great possibility" that Bin Laden was hiding inside. In February, the agents learned that the family was nothing more and nothing less than the Bin Laden family.
American adviser John Brennan has pointed out to reporters that weighed action by air and by land, tried to design an operation that minimizes U.S. casualties while maximizing the "success" of the campaign. Faced with the possibility of escape in a bombing, Washington decided to set foot on land.
In March, Obama knew first hand the situation of the investigation. That month, held its first meeting of the five held in six weeks at the White House for all the details of the operation against Osama bin Laden. Finally, the President ordered the attack on Friday, April 29. Washington did not share the intelligence about the whereabouts of Bin Laden with any other country, even with Pakistan, who learned of the operation once it was over.
Seals special forces
The operation, according to a senior official, was developed with "surgical precision" by a handful of U.S. operations in at least two helicopters. Lasted just 40 minutes from the arrival of U.S. forces to the residence until his departure. According to U.S. officials quoted by the AFP, the mission was carried out by Special Forces Navy Seals (an acronym for Sea, Air, Land, ie sea, air and land), responsible for counterterrorist operations and unconventional warfare. With roots and in the Second World War, SEALs, specially trained for underwater combat, received great impetus during the tenure of John F. Kennedy, in a scenario in which guerrilla warfare and insurgency tactics adopted unconventional.
special forces entering the complex there was a firefight with men who tried to protect the leader of Al Qaeda. The consultant Brennan declined to provide specific details of the assault on the property, but noted that bin Laden, before being shot in the head, he used one of his wives as a shield to protect themselves. This detail, again according to the version of Washington, adjacent to the mansion where he was hiding, "talks about the nature" of the fugitive, Brennan discussed.
After the operation, the Americans left the area by helicopter again and buried the victim "in the sea." The Department of Defense has reported that before launching into the sea wrapped in a heavy bag, we proceeded to the Islamic ritual. One of the two helicopters was destroyed by U.S. forces themselves to see who had technical problems.
The White House reports that have not yet decided whether to publish photos of the operation, although it will offer DNA testing has confirmed that the body was thrown overboard from Osama bin Laden.
A victory for the CIA after a decade of criticism and failure
capture and death of Osama bin Laden represents a major victory for the CIA and the intelligence services of the United States in recent Times have been criticized for its ineffectiveness and its interrogation techniques.
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Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, died early today at the hands of an elite U.S. soldiers, a top secret operation, the house surrounded and invaded the Saudi occupied in the city of Abottabad in Pakistan. This marked the culmination
nearly four years of work of intelligence agencies, which began when the CIA began to keep track on one of the people who formed the inner circle of associates of Bin Laden, in particular one of its 'e' or assistants.
Time magazine indicated today that the track emerged from the interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was submitted, considered the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and one of the closest associates of bin Laden. The CIA obtained similar information of the successor of Mohammed, Abul Faraj al Libi.
Both were the subject of controversial interrogation techniques applied by the U.S. government, under President George W. Bush, in prisons located outside the country, particularly in Poland and Romania.
After the slaughter of the September 2001 attacks, the Bush administration authorized the CIA to conduct aggressive interrogations of history country's political and dismantled later disavowed the Executive of Barack Obama.
At that time, according to published reports revealed later, the CIA was intimidated with guns and electric drills terror suspects under interrogation and threatened to kill their families.
also used techniques such as simulated drowning (waterboarding), forced nudity, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme temperatures and prolonged isolation.
techniques were then Vice President Dick Cheney later called the "refined" and that in his opinion, allowed to "save lives and prevent terrorist attacks."
Regardless of how they came to initial reports, the fact is that the CIA was able to coordinate with other intelligence agencies, track to track, find the unknown whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and installing operating around the residence where he was hiding.
Thus, the CIA, led by Leon Panetta, who will soon leave office in the hands of General David Petraeus to take over the Department of Defense has been compensated for the harsh criticism that the agency has received the last decade, first by failing to prevent attacks of 11-S and then being unable to locate the elusive terrorist.
Today, in a statement, Leon Panetta acknowledged that the operation was "the culmination of many years of hard work and tireless" in which they have conducted "clandestine operations highly complex and innovative," and in which there to "collect information by human and technical resources."
In any case, he said, "today we rid the world of its most infamous terrorist," which is certainly a "source of comfort" to the families who have lost loved ones by the savagery of Al Qaeda, said .
The world's most wanted terrorist
Osama bin Laden killed today in a U.S. operation in Pakistan, was born in the Saudi elite and died as the world's most wanted terrorist, an elusive target, in the shadows, was in check for more than a decade the United States and the world.
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Bin Laden, who died Sunday at age 54 in an attack on their hideout in Abottabad (Pakistan), had stained his hands, in the opinion of millions of people with blood thousands of innocents killed in terrorist attacks in recent decades.
But besides a bloody mind, Bin Laden was the major ideologue of the "holy war" Islamic, the architect of the meeting of some militant groups allied countries under a single theme: that of a brotherhood without frontiers in defense of Islam. That idea was enough to sustain a strong base of operations that would make him even before the attacks of September 11, 2001, in the "public enemy number one" of Washington.
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which claimed over 3,000 lives, however marked a before and after in American foreign policy and the beginning of a "war on terror" led to a large extent, to find and kill Bin Laden. The search lasted almost ten years, in which the whereabouts of al Qaeda was big question for U.S. intelligence services, who tirelessly tracked the border mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan. There
felt that he had fled, accompanied by about 200 rebels, on November 9, 2001, when the Taliban lost the city of Mazar i Sharif in the war in Afghanistan.
From his refuge, Bin Laden sent videos to the world to give their views on current political affairs, uttering threats to the United States or confirmed the link between Al Qaeda terrorist attacks.
Even though it took less than a month in praising the 11-S, did not officially acknowledge its responsibility to May 2006, when he said that he had ordered "the 19 brothers" the mission. Latest Bin Laden filmed images are those of the sixth anniversary of the 11-S, in September 2007, that show with his usual hijab, turban and beard fully black.
always accompanied by a Kalashnikov rifle that boasted of having robbed a Russian soldier, was viewed by His followers as a Muslim banner, a living myth that it had abandoned a luxurious life for the cause. Born in 1957 in the heart of a wealthy Saudi family, the young Bin Laden made his violent obsession with Muslim identity in the 80's during the Soviet invasion Afghanistan.
That country would become their new home the next decade, when it broke ties with his family and the Saudi monarchy for its support to the U.S. during the Gulf War. He left Saudi Arabia's promise to fight for a "true" Islamic state there. After five years in Sudan, the terrorist leader returned to Afghanistan, where he supported for five years between 1996 and 2001 - to the Taliban militia which had gained Kabul. Surrounded
always loyal to his group, the Mujahedin Khalq (People's Combatants), Bin Laden was accused of having financed terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, Sudan and Pakistan, and related to fundamentalist groups such as Islamic Jihad or the Lebanese Hezbollah. United States identified him as a threat to mid-90s, and since then has been responsible for over 200 deaths in the attacks against its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in August 1998 and a first attempt in 1993 against the Twin Towers that left six dead, among others.
Despite its undeniable hook as an ideologue and propagandist, the true extent of the power of Bin Laden still on the air. Far from having a precise number of supporters, Al Qaeda network is rather sparse, although solid, which is now orphaned and full of questions, including whether founder really really wanted to provide it with nuclear and chemical weapons. Convert
without stepping on U.S. soil in one of the greatest actors of his policy, Bin Laden dies characterized by Washington as the great face of evil in the last decades, a villain at the height of Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin who lost life as he had predicted many times by her worst enemy. Source Journal
"THE REASON"
A CIA took him ten years to hunt Bin Laden
The body of Osama Bin Laden has been released into the sea after he died in Pakistan in a CIA operation . U.S. no broadcast images of the body so as not to encourage terrorists. Al Qaeda has said in a statement that retaliation for the death of their leader
The body of Osama Bin Laden has been released into the sea after he died in Pakistan in a CIA operation. U.S. not release images of the body not to encourage terrorists. Al Qaeda has said in a statement that retaliation for the death of their leader stands Pluchinsky
coolness and patience as a basic feature of this operation, which allowed to enter the lion's den and come out with zero American casualties , and that bin Laden was hiding in a fortress, surrounded by fences and barbed wire and all kinds of security measures. The importance of the resources deployed in contrast with the lack of telephone and Internet, one of the signs that something happened in that building out of the ordinary.
Everyone agrees that this lack of communication with the outside world was one of the prices that Bin Laden had to pay for not falling into U.S. hands after the 11-S. Which made him more symbolic head thinking of Al Qaeda, in a kind of spiritual superguru distanced in the practice of operational command.
According to the American private intelligence consultancy Stratfor, directed by George Friedman, a long time ago that the danger Bin Laden is not real and his Al Qaida but the traditional "franchise" of the mark in the Arabian Peninsula and the Maghreb, organizations inspired by Bin Laden but organic matter. One of them was the one who committed the attacks in Madrid 11-M. Today the greatest threat are the foundations and so-called fundamentalists behead "lone wolves"-individuals who succumb to the spell of jihad with little or no support of terrorism organized professional. This type of characters can act at any time in any country and they are very difficult to predict, because there is almost no trace structure. They were detected when operating.
When the director still of the CIA, Leon Panetta, warned that we must expect some sort of "revenge" for Al Qaida and Bin Laden's death, relates to isolated and withering attacks that new large-scale massacres type 11-S or 11 -M. It is increasingly difficult in the rarefied world of today and distrustful. Difficult course, never means impossible, and also if something has demonstrated this type of terrorism is its able to mutate like a chameleon.
"But lately, the same Bin Laden tried to meet their objectives by alternative pathways to violence, such as supporting the revolt to topple the Egyptian government," reflects Tim Weiner. Before touching their head, that Al Qaida try out "earning" a regime change in Cairo did not necessarily mean that it succeeds. There seems no coincidence that the clues to find bin Laden have fit right now, in full "Arab spring" after years of destitution and failures of the CIA.
Was the CIA who went?
But was the CIA who entered the lair of the terrorists? The U.S. government is reluctant to specify whether the two helicopter crew that launched the assault-a potentially suicidal mission, or at least very dangerous, "were soldiers, spies, or a little of everything. The boundaries between the two tend to blur and more than they will when Gen. David Petraeus passes to lead central intelligence, fewer civil service and more a secret paramilitary organization. As in the old days of the Office of Strategic Services in World War II, whose chief, Wild Bill Donovan, liked to go to the front whenever he could and even managed to land in Normandy in defiance of strict orders against the White House and Pentagon.
are times of change in the U.S. intelligence community, immersed in a relay of leadership and strategies. Will they take oxygen tank, trust and propaganda given to them by the fall of Bin Laden? You have to see what's for it documents and computers seized in Pakistan's strength. And though an Al Qaeda without bin Laden is operationally the same from day to day, wipe the mind that orchestrated the slaughter of 11-S has a huge emotional value, especially within the United States. Outside, not so much. Pluchinsky warns that for jihadists around the world, their beloved leader died "a martyr", gun in hand to face the enemy. Rather than experiencing a sense of defeat, can inflame by example.
Pluchinsky Thus Obama considers a mistake personally have gone for the news: "The United States inflated the character and the importance of Osama Bin Laden alive, and he does it again after death. " It is possible that intelligence expert is right, but who does not understand the U.S. president? Was politically and humanly irresistible.
The victory is "a price"
In any case, the entire U.S. intelligence community is prepared to pay "a price" for this victory. The controversial decision to throw the body of Bin Laden to the sea, relying on strange interpretations of Shariah, just sailing the fear that any place on earth where he would bury automatically become a magnet for extremists. Will he win Bin
Laden battles after death? Mark Riebling believes that the share of "luck" in this "great success of American intelligence" is about all that has coincided in time with the spring offensive of the Taliban in Afghanistan, which started exactly as announced today.
"For the first time in a long time we have broken the enemy's initiative, we are moving faster than him," the expert argues that the U.S. expected to build on the momentum to download new attacks on targets of Al Qaida in Pakistan and particularly in Yemen.
"When you break the big knot of a net you between 0:24 hours to break medium and small knots before they are reset, "he warns. In the long run, he concludes, the struggle will evolve into "special operations forces and drone attacks on terrorist havens across Central Asia and the Middle East." The war continues.
Pakistan, the member must
Pakistani Prime Minister appeared to be made public within hours of the death of Bin Laden to qualify it as "great victory" and point to the American partner solely responsible
"It was an operation conducted by the United States, we have no details yet on the cooperation of the Pakistani forces in it. " Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani appeared to be made public within hours of the death of Bin Laden to call it "great victory" and point to the American partner as solely responsible. The same message sent to the world the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Pakistani Taliban faction was quick to respond: "Now the first objective are the leaders in Islamabad and then the Americans," said the spokesman of Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) , Ehsanullah Ehsan.
Since July 2007, a handful of students of the Lal Masjid and Jama Hafsa madrasa and Islamabad will take up arms fighting for nine days until against the Pakistani army killed the international community and the Pakistani authorities began to realize the enormous problem that had been planned in the tribal areas linking Pakistan and Afghanistan where insurgent movements have found their sanctuary, where since 2001 the intelligence services located Bin Laden.
indispensable partner in the war in Afghanistan, so has been in the hunt for Osama. Since the advent of Barack Obama's financial support to win the cooperation of Islamabad has been increasing in the same manner that has been growing among the people anti-American sentiment. First came the approval of the 7,500 million dollars in humanitarian aid (Construction of roads, schools and democratization of the institutions mainly) and then a second injection of cash in the amount of two billion dollars approved in late 2010 aimed exclusively to armed forces that form the front line of the so-called war on terror since General Musharraf will try to respond to the lifting arms of the Red Mosque.
Pushed by international pressure because of the impotence of NATO on Afghan soil, in 2009 Pakistan launched an unprecedented offensive to destroy the sanctuaries of Taliban and Al Qaeda within its borders. Since then nearly 4,000 people lost their lives in China which is where being tougher response in the form of insurgent attacks that have flourished and a class that hits Pakistani Taliban within its borders without mercy. Islamabad
gives green light for attacks carried out by the Predator and Reaper updated American-only in 2010 the number of attacks (89) almost exceeds the 95 that occurred between 2004 and 2009 - but accepts it quietly when it comes to communicating to the public. The same applies to the question always cooperation of intelligence services (ISI) in the fight against terror, as authorities talk about their "total involvement", the facts prove that play their particular geo-strategic board game in the region. U.S.
explains that he had to bury Bin Laden 24 hours after his death
The counterterrorism adviser to the White House, John Brennan, assured that "if we could get Bin Laden alive, we would have done"
The counterterrorism adviser White House, John Brennan, has said in a press conference to explain details of the operation that ended the life of bin Laden in Pakistan that "if we could get Bin Laden alive, we would have done." The decision to throw her body into the sea, Brennan explained that he had Bin Laden to bury 24 hours after his death.
"Pakistan is a big country and we are now seeing how he could hide there so long and if someone helped him. We're talking to the Pakistani authorities to have all the information ", he said Brennan.
why the United States believes it impossible for the leader of the terrorist network Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden resided in Pakistan for so long at your own risk. However, the Administration has appreciated the efforts made by Islamabad in the fight against terrorism, culminating in an operation characterized by "guts" shown by President Barack Obama when approving the operation that killed the Saudi terrorist.
The White House has confirmed that Obama continued to direct the operation and progress, saw ended with the purpose and how they withdrew from there.
Obama adviser said that no Pakistani was involved in the operation and that the initial objective of the mission was to capture bin Laden alive.
However, Brennan said the decision to end the life of bin Laden was taken in the course of the operation, since the assault triggered a gun battle with the bodyguards of al Qaeda. "We discussed the possibility to take him alive, but began a shootout. We consider safety paramount involved in the operation. If we had a chance to catch him alive, we would have done, "he said.
addition, the counterterrorism adviser said the White House with photographs of the corpse, but still have not decided if made public.
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