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As reported in the Huffington Post, Obama instructed the CIA to step up efforts to find Osama just 3 days ago on April 28, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
by Osiris 16y ago
As reported in the Huffington Post, Obama instructed the CIA to step up efforts to find Osama just 3 days ago on April 28, 2011.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/post_1988_b_854932.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/post_1988_b_854...
According to the article, Obama was concerned that the Taliban might gain political influence in Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave and if so, they may invite Osama back to the country. The believe is that killing Osama will help prevent the Taliban from regaining control.
- Osiris 16y agoWhy the downvote? How is this not completely relevant to the discussion at hand?
- ars 16y agoBecause it's probably inaccurate. Reports are that he died a week ago, plus 3 days is not long enough to "step up" anything. Additionally huffington post should never be your primary source for anything except opinion.
- Osiris 16y agoGood point. I just found it interesting that perhaps there was a recent push to go after him. The article does state if the push just started on the 28th or that's just when he wrote about it. I searched and wasn't able to find any other articles that confirmed it.
- trickjarrett 16y agoInteresting. According to commentators, on NBC I think, he was killed a week ago during a drone strike and we've been waiting for complete confirmation beyond any doubt.
- achompas 16y agoPosting this at 11:30pm, before any press conference by the President, but some reports state he was shot in the head by a CIA operative. No drones involved.
- chime 16y agoObama mentioned Abbottabad, Pakistan. I found this interesting 6 day old article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gIlvWfWJcFpKOoDK5H8qTospdcYA?docId=CNG.668db339b5281631a2728698bc86c7e0.181 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gIlvWfWJc...
- julianz 16y agoHeh, Petraeus should have kept his eyes open :)
- cagenut 16y agoTo pick a nit, thats not "As reported in the Huffington Post". Gary Chafetz is not an employee or reporter, he's one of those "unpaid bloggers" you hear about. What newspapers used to call "op-ed writers" or a "letter to the editor".
- Osiris 16y agoThe President just said that this, in fact, did occur, but it was actually two years ago and not recently.