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U.S. Releases Documents Seized From Bin Laden Raid

By Jeralyn, Section War on Terror
Posted on Wed May 20, 2015 at 11:52:20 AM EST
Tags: Osama bin Laden, al Qaida (all tags)
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The U.S. today released documents seized during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United States says were seized in bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and released on Wednesday.

The documents are available here.

The release contains two sections. The first is a list of non-classified, English-language material found in and around the compound. The second is a selection of now-declassified documents.

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    U.S. Releases Documents Seized From Bin Laden Raid | 11 comments (11 topical)

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    I Liked the Employment Application (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by RickyJim on Wed May 20, 2015 at 12:56:32 PM EST
    Found here.

    For example:
    Any hobbies or pastimes?.......................................

    Do you know any workers or experts in chemistry, communications,
    or any other field?.............................................

    Do you wish to execute a suicide operation?.....................

    Forgot This One (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by RickyJim on Wed May 20, 2015 at 09:17:34 PM EST
    Who should we contact in case you became a martyr?..............
    • Address:......................................................
    • Phone numbers:................................................


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    The documents that according to (5.00 / 4) (#2)
    by Militarytracy on Wed May 20, 2015 at 02:38:54 PM EST
    Sy Hersh are fabrications? Hmmmmm :)

    I dunno (none / 0) (#5)
    by Dadler on Thu May 21, 2015 at 10:12:16 AM EST
    I'd trust Hersh FAR more than either the military or the executive branch. Much better history of telling the truth. As much as we may get pissed at Sy, think him an addled geezer now, duped...the military brass and White House, almost by definition at this point, are worse. Far worse. And every second we lose sigh of that, we all lose. Soldiers, individually, are decent and honorable and have histories of such. The institutions these poor humans serve under...forget it, they have nothing but disgusting histories of dishonesty and abuse of employees. That's the rub. Trying to separate our love of individuals from our disgust of institutional power. Very tough thing to do when you, like I do, have family who've put their lives on the line.

    Such is mortal existence in a free country. Peace out, mi amiga.

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    Whatever Dadler. :) (none / 0) (#10)
    by Militarytracy on Sat May 23, 2015 at 11:28:35 AM EST
    It isn't really paranoia if they really are out to getcha :)

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    The entire (none / 0) (#3)
    by Repack Rider on Wed May 20, 2015 at 08:42:10 PM EST
    library of Readers Digest Condensed Books.

    Please join us for next week's document drop, ... (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Thu May 21, 2015 at 09:19:48 PM EST
    ... when we learn that Osama bin Laden loved the "Batman" movies, was a big fan of Danielle Steele and Harold Robbins, and once wrote a treatise on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."

    And -- Oh! Oh! OBL believed in the theory of manmade climate change, providing yet another nonsensical reason for wingbats to dig in the heels.

    ;-D

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    OBL believes in MMGW??? (2.00 / 1) (#7)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri May 22, 2015 at 07:55:24 AM EST
    Oh well, you are known by the company you keep.

    ;-)

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    That's hilarious (5.00 / 2) (#8)
    by Mordiggian 88 on Fri May 22, 2015 at 08:40:34 AM EST
    coming from one of the top Foxbots around here.  👽

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    Even serial murderers (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by jondee on Fri May 22, 2015 at 02:49:13 PM EST
    and cats and dogs know you don't befoul the air and water you rely on to live..

    Only the Far Right and Jesus's special chosen ones believe they've been given permission to violate the laws of science and common sense forever.

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    (Sigh!) Just like a moth to a buglamp. (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Sun May 24, 2015 at 04:32:12 PM EST


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