The wicked witch is dead (with video of Obama address)
Al-Qaeda terrorist in chief Osama Bin Laden is dead. Here's the initial report from ABC News (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).Let's go to the videotape.
Bin Laden was located at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, which was monitored and when the time was determined to be right, the president said, he authorized a "targeted operation."And here's President Obama speaking about Bin Laden's death at 11:35 pm Eastern time (6:35 am Israel time).
"A small team of Americans carried out the operation," Obama said. "After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body."
DNA testing confirmed that it was bin Laden, sources told ABC News.
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Former President George W. Bush said in a statement tonight that Obama called him to inform him of the news of bin Laden's death.
Bush called the operation a "momentous achievement" that "marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.
"I congratulated him and the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to this mission. They have our everlasting gratitude," the former president said in a statement. "The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done."
Let's go to the videotape.
Kein yovdu kol oyvecha Hashem v'ohavav ktzeith ha'shemesh bigvuratho. (So may all Your enemies be destroyed God, and those who love you shall be as strong as the sun - Judges 5).
And may this lead to the 40 years of quiet that verse led to (probably wishful thinking).
Labels: 9/11, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Islamic terrorism, Osama Bin Laden
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:03 AM
2 Comments:
Well, now the second presidential term for Obama is guaranteed.
Hutzpan,
Not necessarily. Twenty years ago, a US President invaded Iraq and had approval ratings in the 80's a couple months earlier than this in the cycle. George H.W. Bush was not re-elected.
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