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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:25 AM
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Osama bin Laden was prepared to flee before he was killed
source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

Al-Qaeda leader and elusive terrorist Osama bin Laden was prepared to flee his Abbottabad hideout on a second's notice, new information shows. Bin Laden had 500 Euros cash (equal to about $740 U.S.) and two telephone numbers sewn into the clothes he was wearing when he was killed in the U.S. military raid on his compound this weekend.

CIA Director Leon Panetta told members of Congress this information in a briefing Tuesday, in response to a question of why there weren't more security personnel guarding bin Laden, according to Politico. Bin Laden had reason to believe he'd be tipped off about any U.S. attempt to capture him with plenty of time to escape, they were told.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/04/osama-bin-laden-was-prepared-to-flee-before-he-was-killed/
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:28 AM
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1. now i wonder why he would believe that?
and that it took so long -- maybe he had good reason to believe that.
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:35 AM
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2. I wonder if info about the corrupt ISI helpers will be revealed
Edited on Wed May-04-11 10:35 AM by flamingdem
with all that data they snagged.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:02 PM
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7. More likely to be revealed by Wikileaks. nt
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:18 PM
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9. We got used to getting info via Wikileaks, now what nt
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:52 AM
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3. Were the phone numbers GW's cell phone and binny's CIA contact? n/t
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 11:33 AM
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6. If not GW's, then Cheney's
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:55 AM
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4. well by gosh, since we did not receive this info sunday ngiht they must have lied to us ergo
another of many lies even though it is an evolving story and more will continue to come out as they learn it.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 10:58 AM
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5. The Donald needs to fly right over there and fire those tipsters.
Pssst...Donnie; Fill that private jet with Teabaggers and take 'em with you.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:04 PM
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8. I wonder what would have happened if he had tried to escape prior to the Navy Seals showing up.
Were there CIA agents on the ground? Would they have acted?
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:20 PM
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10. "had reason to believe he'd be tipped off" by the Pakistani officials who were helping him hide out.
:grr: :grr: :mad: :mad:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:22 PM
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11. "500 Euros"?! FIVE MEASLY HUNDRED EUROS? Yeah, okay.
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Angleae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 12:03 AM
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12. Average income in Pakistan is just over $1000/year.
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Liquorice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 12:05 AM
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13. I just can't help wondering why he would have had to sew phone numbers
into his clothes. He can't memorize two numbers? He can't write them down and put them in his wallet or something? It makes no sense. Did he have his name sewn into his underwear too?
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