01 May 2012

Anniversary: OBL Sent Packing

Looking back on last Spring's coverage of the raid that whacked OBL.

NEWS: BIN LADEN CONFIRMED DEAD BY US STRIKE
OSAMA BIN LADEN NOW ENJOYING HELL
Osama is Dead: A Quick Tour Through the 'Blogs
Images and Slideshows Around the US
A Few Observations
Monday Video: The Death of Osama Bin Laden
The Guy Who Unwittingly Live-Tweeted the OBL Raid
OBL Is Dead - Your Reflections
Sound Off! Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
The Compound
Wow, Pakistan is Embarrassed? They Should Be...
OBL Burial Quips
Your Six Words
The Mission in Afghanistan? (Redux)
GameTalk - The Raid on OBL
Pakistan "Warns America"
Pakistan Claiming "Worldwide" Incompetence
Why *Should* We Trust The ISI?
BUB: OBL, One More Time
Follow-up: Abbottabad as a Counter-strike Map

What do you remember about the announcement?

It happened so late at night that most folks didn't get the word 'til the next morning...

By: Brant

2 comments:

Erik said...

I heard about it in the morning so I immediately poured myself a shot of Jagermeister and saluted the Seal team. It seemed the thing to do...

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx120/Staggerwing/OBLnixed05022011.jpg

Silent Hunter said...

I heard about this from the BBC World Service in the morning my time. I heard them discussing bin Laden and thought "yes, they haven't caught him..." before realising they had.