Osama Bin Laden Dead

[PiKA2001]

The only real photos on the net are on the Drudge Report but they are just battle scene photos of the compound. No close-up shots of UBL or anyone else.

- Has anyone else heard that he used a wife of his (the only female at the scene) as a human shield? Was this confirmed yet?

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

- Has anyone else heard that he used a wife of his (the only female at the scene) as a human shield? Was this confirmed yet?

It's been confirmed as false, actually. One female was killed "in the crossfire" and another wounded when she "rushed" at the SEAL team, and was subdued with a shot to the leg. Many initial details were delivered in haste, and have sense been clarified by the Pentagon and White House - this was the big one, along with him being unarmed.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

- Has anyone else heard that he used a wife of his (the only female at the scene) as a human shield? Was this confirmed yet?

That is what they said on the Today show this morning. They originally announced that a female had also been killed while acting as a human shield. Today reported this morning that the female was one of his wives, she was shielding him and she actually survived.

As an IT Security person planning on specializing in digital forensics, I'm particularly fascinated with the 5 computers and 10 hard drives/USB drives they confiscated. Trying to imagine how much info they will be able to get from those machines... plans, contact info, etc. It's mind boggling how much that information that computer equipment could hold!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

- Has anyone else heard that he used a wife of his (the only female at the scene) as a human shield? Was this confirmed yet?

I know this probably isn't anything anyone doesn't know, but using his wife as a shield was probably less emotionally disturbing to him than us using our dog. In their culture, she was his property, and therefore, disposable.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

In their culture, she was his property, and therefore, disposable.

In their culture? From what I understand, while he treated his sons harshly, he was never violent or cruel to any of the women in the family. He taught them all how to defend themselves and provided for their needs. If you want to think of him as an animal, ok. But, even animals protect their families, even when they are vicious toward outsiders.

His youngest wife was shot defending him, presumably because that was her duty and he was her livelihood.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

In their culture? From what I understand, while he treated his sons harshly, he was never violent or cruel to any of the women in the family. He taught them all how to defend themselves and provided for their needs. If you want to think of him as an animal, ok. But, even animals protect their families, even when they are vicious toward outsiders.

His youngest wife was shot defending him, presumably because that was her duty and he was her livelihood.

Yeah I thought about saying something about that too. Talk about painting with big broad strokes. And who is the "they" in "their culture"? Terrorists? Saudis? Wahhabiism? Salafis? Sunnis? People named Bin Laden?

Osama's wives

Not very in depth but an interesting article about the woman who was injured, and some of her life.