Bin Laden directed, but few seemed to listen As an aging Osama bin Laden issued grand orders, few Al Qaeda operatives acted upon them cbsnews.com

And in other news... Osama Bashes Joe Biden by Michael Tomasky thedailybeast.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I understand what occurred there, those college students were unarmed, yet the members of the Ohio National Guard shot them. Some were protesting the war in Viet Nam, some were casual observers watching from a distance, and some were simply walking in the vicinity. source: wiki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lib.uci.edu

And in other news, a side of Osama bin Laden that we haven't seen before. Maybe she'll write a book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bin Laden's wife: 'I want to be martyred with you' Amal al-Sada always told friends and family that she wanted to 'go down in history' By Ahmed Al-Haj msnbc.msn.com

And in other news... Son says bin Laden sea burial demeans family: report msnbc.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bin Laden journal reveals attack strategy, sources say msnbc.msn.com

No, you're right. It was Sunday. Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you.

I doubt that the SEALS would have jeopardized their mission by tipping anyone off too explicitly. Osama was killed in Pakistan early on Sunday, May 1. The wedding took place in London a little after 10:00 am local time on Friday, April 29. There is a time difference of about 4 hours between the two locations. So the couple had already married by the time the action occurred in Pakistan. As for the honeymoon timeline, they probably kept that private as it happened to prevent any unsavory scenarios, like the one when William's mother, Princess Diana, was killed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source: Osama Bin Laden Death Detours the Royal Honeymoon! today.msnbc.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Osama bin Laden dead: evidence, timeline abclocal.go.com World Clock Pakistan World Clock London Time Zone Converter

The Scene at Ground Zero observer.com

^You're welcome, SuperDave.

Joss Stone

Well, the conversation got going and then rambled on.

Barely contained. Today's paper - May 9, 2011

Heaven

Someone was trying to protect his soul.

If only someone had given him a hug before he plotted to kill. He might have found something better to do wth his time and taken himself a little less seriously. And we would all be a lot happier. Maybe he thought his own little world was all that mattered. And to compensate for his own inadequacy, he over-reacted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Explosion heard in town where bin Laden killed cbsnews.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Home vids peel away Osama’s jihad facade By Margery Eagan bostonherald.com

This was Animal Kingdom's first race on a dirt surface. He really zoomed on that last one hundred yard stretch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAyTWGYe8SEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVi6-83TAtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oriR-RChGQ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lck6AMwl-Ng

^It's a little unclear as to exactly what happened. It seems that the SEAL tried to take him into custody, but before he could do so, Osama was "unable to reach for his AK-47 and Makarov handgun and tried blocking the soldiers by shoving his wife on them". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Bin Laden shoved his wife at soldiers' Ynet Published: 05.06.11, 00:36 / Israel News ynetnews.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bin Laden wife: I didn't leave hideout for 5 years msnbc.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mystery surrounds bin Laden wife wounded in raid msnbc.msn.com Photo abcnews.go.com

Well, yeah, but we may want to calm down for a little bit, and remember to bring the kitty. Those extra nine lives are good to have sometimes.

Al-Qaida has confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Al-Qaida vows revenge for Osama bin Laden's death By Maggie Michael, Associated Press centurylink.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canine Commando Why did the military send a dog to help kill Bin Laden? By Brian Palmer slate.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cats of War The Pentagon's top-secret feline special-operations program, revealed. By Holly Allen and Christopher Beam slate.com Photo

I would think there would be several defenses to any such charges that may arise. It would have been nice to have taken him into custody for trial, but I doubt that the SEALS wanted to risk their lives any more than they had to do. This was a dangerous mission for them. I think the United States should have an intelligent domestic policy, but I see these issues as being separate from the concern over Osama bin Laden's death. I would not speculate as to whether they harbor hatred toward the U.S.A. merely because they express a different opinion.