Osama Bin Laden DEAD

Osama bin Laden's death lifts dollar but hits gold, silver and oil..

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance...ilver-and-oil/

European shares advance on bin Laden news...


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7411TE20110502

Well Osama, here's where you find that the translators got it wrong. It's not 73 virgins or even 73 tubes of sherbet waiting for you on the other side. It's Henry Cooper and he wants to have a quiet chat with you about July 7th.

They've got DNA samples from his family and from his body now, to confirm it to the skeptics.

[timwilky]

so, he was in Pakistan, a supposed allie in the "war on terror".

Bit like saying Hitler never committed suicide, but was living the quiet life in Brighton.

No wonder the yanks never shared the info that they knew where he was

I think I must be the only one who thinks this isnt a "great achievement" (it took them ten years FFS) or a "massive step forward".

He's just one person, does anyone really think that the extremists will just say "Oh, well, no great leader, lets just give up now."

*shakes head and wanders off*

[keith_d]

I'm sure there will be someone equally nutty along soon, but will they be equally wealthy? It would be interesting to know what Osama did with his money because without it the terrorists could be a bit strapped for cash. It takes a fair pile of dollars to run a jihad.

There's a nice article on the subject of terrorist finance here, http://lorettanapoleoni.net/?p=220

Keith.

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by fenjer

I think I must be the only one who thinks this isnt a "great achievement" (it took them ten years FFS) or a "massive step forward".

He's just one person, does anyone really think that the extremists will just say "Oh, well, no great leader, lets just give up now."

*shakes head and wanders off*

Sorry Fenjer but a big +1 here, I couldn't help shake my head watching the news and seeing the Yanks celebrating outside the White House & at Ground Zero.

Do they think that by killing him anythings going to stop?

Sure getting him was a result, but long term there's just as many nutters who will have even greater cause to kill & cause mayhem in the name of Bin Laden.

Wikileaks reports from interrogations stated that if Bin Laden was killed or captured...

They would detonate a nuclear device.

So...,

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by fenjer

I think I must be the only one who thinks this isnt a "great achievement" (it took them ten years FFS) or a "massive step forward".

He's just one person, does anyone really think that the extremists will just say "Oh, well, no great leader, lets just give up now."

*shakes head and wanders off*

No yer not
Hence my 'conspiracy theory' comment. Is this another ploy to keep us little folk happy for a while? And more to the point, overt our eyes away from what is happening in Libiya, Siria, etc.....oh but we had a Royal Wedding, so we forgot about that anyway
Nutters the lot of em...including the White House!