Osama Bin Laden Dead

[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.