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Elite Navy Seals From Same Unit That Got Bin Laden Are Killed In Terrorist Attack


Posted on Aug 06, 2011 @ 05:40PM - 21 comments

By Radar Staff

Shock waves are reverberating at military bases around the country, as 30 families are being informed that their loved ones were killed in Afghanistan Saturday morning.

And at the core of this tragedy is the news that 22 of the military on board the Chinook helicopter shot down by terrorists were Navy Seals who were members of the same unit that got Osama bin Laden in Pakistan three months ago.

Shock waves are reverberating at military bases around the country, as 30 families are being informed that their loved ones were killed in Afghanistan Saturday morning.

And at the core of this tragedy is the news that 22 of the military on board the Chinook helicopter shot down by terrorists were Navy Seals who were members of the same unit that got Osama bin Laden in Pakistan three months ago.

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Military officials said they didn't believe that any of the Seal Team 6 members who were killed had participated in the bin Laden raid, but their loss to the elite commando unit can't be overstated.

In all 30 Americans, eight Afghan troops and a highly trained Navy Seal dog were killed when their helicopter was brought down by a rocket-launched grenade.

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Officials: bin Laden Was Planning Air Assassination Of President Obama, Follow-Ups To 9/11 Attacks


Posted on Jul 15, 2011 @ 09:30AM - 3 comments

By Radar Staff

When President Barack Obama gave the order to raid the Pakistan compound Osama bin Laden was hiding at two months ago, he might have saved his own life.

When President Barack Obama gave the order to raid the Pakistan compound Osama bin Laden was hiding at two months ago, he might have saved his own life.

Officials said bin Laden, according to an exclusive ABC News report Friday, was already in talks with Taliban leaders in planning another round of terrorist acts to celebrate the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.

Most notably, bin Laden had his sights set on assassinating the president while he was flying in Air Force One or Marine One, his helicopter. U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus (the soon-to-be CIA director) was also on the late terrorist's hit list, via an air attack as well, according to the network.

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VIDEO: Rob Lowe: 'I Flew On A Dry Run With The 9/11 Hijackers'


Posted on May 03, 2011 @ 02:56PM - 1 comment

Actor Rob Lowe has even more reasons to be relieved that Osama bin Laden is dead as he revealed he was on a plane with some of the 9 /11 masterminds just days before the deadly attack.

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"I flew with the 911 hijackers on the dry run, without realizing. I was working on the West Wing in DC at the time and I always took flight 93, the flight that leaves Dulles that they eventually put into the Pentagon,"  the Parks and Recreation star revealed when he appeared on The View on Tuesday to promote his biography, 'Stories I Only Tell My Friends.'

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Osama bin Laden Buried At Sea; U.S. Considering Showing Photos Of Body To Prove He's Dead


Posted on May 02, 2011 @ 04:27AM - 3 comments

By Radar Staff

Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea after being killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.

U.S. officials had said that bin Laden's body would be handled in accordance with Muslim traditions, which includes strict rules on burial taking place within 24 hours after death.

So why was bin Laden buried at sea? There may be a couple of reasons -- the first being 'what country would take him?'

Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea after being killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.

U.S. officials had said that bin Laden's body would be handled in accordance with Muslim traditions, which includes strict rules on burial taking place within 24 hours after death.

So why was bin Laden buried at sea? There may be a couple of reasons -- the first being 'what country would take him?'

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