Osama Bin Laden Dead

[thetaj]

ABC News (and probably others but that's who I'm watching) is saying unmanned drones (airplane bombers) killed him... That's amazing!!! So great to see how far unmanned technology is coming. God that's such great news.

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by thetaj

ABC News (and probably others but that's who I'm watching) is saying unmanned drones (airplane bombers) killed him... That's amazing!!! So great to see how far unmanned technology is coming. God that's such great news.

CBS news says that he was shot in the head, thus the ground troops found him and killed him. They have been saying for 45 minutes now that Obama is about to speak, wonder why he is delaying. Could it be someone jumped the gun?

DaffyKD

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

CBS news says that he was shot in the head, thus the ground troops found him and killed him. They have been saying for 45 minutes now that Obama is about to speak, wonder why he is delaying. Could it be someone jumped the gun?

DaffyKD

They notified press early and are still preparing his remarks probably. That or other people who want/should/whatever to be present on the stage are being brought in quickly.

Basically they got a big newsflash and have nothing else to talk about because there's no more info so they're just gonna wait.

Someone let me know when the speech starts, I have CNN streaming up but I wouldn't know if it was borked or not.

[thetaj]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

They notified press early and are still preparing his remarks probably. That or other people who want/should/whatever to be present on the stage are being brought in quickly.

Basically they got a big newsflash and have nothing else to talk about because there's no more info so they're just gonna wait.

Someone let me know when the speech starts, I have CNN streaming up but I wouldn't know if it was borked or not.

Umm they gave a 2-minute warning for the speech abouttttttttttttt 3 minutes ago. So.... soon? doubt iiiiit!

[southbymidwest]

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

CBS news says that he was shot in the head, thus the ground troops found him and killed him. They have been saying for 45 minutes now that Obama is about to speak, wonder why he is delaying. Could it be someone jumped the gun?

DaffyKD

NBC talking head said that Obama and Panetta (sp?) have been calling VIP's (international perhaps?) and leading senators on armed forces/security related committees, might not be finished doing so. Can you imagine being a PM of a European country that has been cooperating heavily with the US in sharing resources/info on Bin Laden and hearing it for the first time on TV? Would not be happy.

[thetaj]

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

CBS news says that he was shot in the head, thus the ground troops found him and killed him. They have been saying for 45 minutes now that Obama is about to speak, wonder why he is delaying. Could it be someone jumped the gun?

DaffyKD

I'm hearing that now, too. I think they originally assumed it was unmanned drones because ground forces aren't allowed to operate in Pakistan. I don't think they know exactly what is going on right now. That's probably why Obama is delaying-- I think they know he's dead, they just don't really want to send the prez out to speak to the country with unclear or the wrong specifics... kinda important.

I think he could just come out and say, "He's dead!" right now but obviously he can't just leave it at that lol so he's probably taking a few minutes to get the rest of the info.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by thetaj

I'm hearing that now, too. I think they originally assumed it was unmanned drones because ground forces aren't allowed to operate in Pakistan. I don't think they know exactly what is going on right now. That's probably why Obama is delaying-- I think they know he's dead, they just don't really want to send the prez out to speak to the country with unclear or the wrong specifics... kinda important.

I think he could just come out and say, "He's dead!" right now but obviously he can't just leave it at that lol so he's probably taking a few minutes to get the rest of the info.

My guess is that the administration isn't suffering from the mixed reports that are getting out to the media.