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Truth Teller Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:11 AM
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If bin Laden is Captured During the Obama Administration...
Sure, he might be dead, may never be caught. But can you imagine the exploding freeper heads? I wonder what President Obama's statement would be and how he would handle it.

A delicious thought.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:12 AM
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1. I think it would be funny if French troops caught him
That would be hillarious.
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Truth Teller Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:34 AM
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9. LMAO!!!!!
But surely they would let him go! :)
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:42 AM
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11. While wearing Berets and munching Brie!
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:13 AM
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2. They's still give * the credit.
Or Raygun.

They're not very bright, ya know.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:13 AM
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3. They'll say things like, Bush did all the effort, or they're lying, or any number of bs things nt
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:14 AM
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4. He's in a freezer in Cheney's basement.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:17 AM
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5. Send Obama to catch Osama!!!
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:21 AM
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6. Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"
Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

"The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said.

Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

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The Death of bin Ladenism
By AMIR TAHERI
Published: July 11, 2002

Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.

With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?

Even if he is still in the world, bin Ladenism has left for good. Mr. bin Laden was the public face of a brand of politics that committed suicide in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of innocent people in the process.

What were the key elements of that politics?

The first was a cynical misinterpretation of Islam that began decades ago with such anti-Western ideologues as Maulana Maudoodi of Pakistan and Sayyid Qutb of Egypt. Although Mr. Maudoodi and Mr. Qutb were not serious thinkers, they could at least offer a coherent ideology based on a narrow reading of Islamic texts. Their ideas about Western barbarism and Muslim revival, distilled down to bin Ladenism, became mere slogans designed to incite zealots to murder.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDE1230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63

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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:23 AM
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7. Fox? LOL! nt
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droidamus2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:23 AM
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8. I can just hear it
Republicans shouting 'Obama and the Democrats knew where he was all along they just kept it a secret until they got into power so they could take the credit' no! wait! 'uh its a lookalike its not the real Osama' or how about 'ah it wasn't really Osama that did 9/11 he's just one guy and he wasn't really the leader that's why we never thought it was all that important to catch him'.
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Truth Teller Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:36 AM
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10. Bill Ayers ratted him out to Obama?
To promote our march toward Marxism. :)
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:45 AM
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12. Exactly
Given the things freeps are willing to say about Obama's birth certificate, we can count on them to find a way to spin it to their advantage.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:48 AM
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13. Imagine if Obama catches him during his first week in office?
Or if Obama walks into a house on "To Catch a Predator" thinking he's going to meet a 13 year-old boy.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:56 AM
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14. Ummm, did you make a typo?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 09:15 PM
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18. Oh, crap. I did. n/t
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 12:16 PM
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15. My guess is that the exploding freeper heads would balance out those here at DU
which exploded because there were no impeachments. :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:
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Truth Teller Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 02:40 PM
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16. Too bad moron Bush didn't get that, eh?
:)
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 02:48 PM
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17. Maybe that's what he'll send John McCain to do ... since he claimed he knew how.
:rofl:

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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 09:39 PM
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19. Freeper reaction: Proof they've been working with Obama the whole time.
Freaks that they are, of course. :freak:
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Truth Teller Donating Member (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 08:51 AM
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20. With Ayers as the middle man, of course n/t
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