The United States military is claiming that they have killed the world’s top terrorist in Abbottabad, Pakistan. This news has been met with much skepticism, however, as it is widely believed that the real Osama bin Laden died in December 2001.
After decades of frivolously meandering around the Middle East in a “hunt” for Osama bin Laden, the United States military claims to have killed the world’s most wanted fugitive inside a million-dollar compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan yesterday. There have been no pictures released yet and bin Laden’s body was reportedly “buried at sea”. Was that the real Osama bin Laden, or is this a fabricated news story being used to create a pretext for military action against Pakistan?
In early December 2001, the Pakistan Observer reported on bin Laden’s death – due to untreated health problems – citing al-Qaeda and Taliban officials who claimed to have attended the funeral service. “The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Osama alive or dead,” a source said at the time. Bin Laden was allegedly buried in the vicinity of Tora Bora, along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
In a July 2002 New York Times opinion piece, Amir Taheri wrote:
Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama’s gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama’s ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.
With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with.
The conditions surrounding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 2003 capture in Pakistan raised similar suspicions. The Asia Times wrote an article entitled ‘A Chilling Inheritance of Terror’ on October 30 2002, where they discuss how evidence indicated that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed died during an hours-long gunfight on the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. According to a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) official, a member of the FBI examined the bodies and exclaimed “you have killed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.” The FBI official then instructed that a finger be cut off the body, presumably to be taken for a DNA test.
This story was swept under the rug by the mainstream media and, four months later, it was announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had been captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Almost immediately after going into custody, the new “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed” was tortured hundreds of times until he confessed to anything and everything, from the 9/11 attacks to the murder of Daniel Pearl.
United States/Pakistan Conflict
If Osama bin Laden has been dead for almost a decade (which I believe he has been), then the question becomes: Why did the United States choose Pakistan as the country to “kill” bin Laden in?
Early reports indicate that Pakistani officials and intelligence agencies were not informed about the operation prior to its conduction. If the bin Laden killing is faked, then this makes perfect sense. The U.S. military would need Pakistan to remain oblivious to the “operation” until it finished, when the United States could claim to have disposed of the body (which is exactly what they did). This entire situation is guaranteed to intensify the tension between the two countries, adding more strain to an already fragile relationship.
For several years now, the Bush and Obama administrations have authorized the conducting of hundreds and hundreds of Predator drone strikes on suspected “terrorists” in Pakistan. The vast majority of the victims – 90% according to Pakistani authorities – have been civilians, mostly women and children. Despite these dismal success rates, President Barack Obama is said to be “enthusiastic” about these drone strikes.
The release of CIA operative Raymond Davis caused massive protests throughout Pakistan. Davis was being held in prison for the murder of two men in Lahore, Pakistan. After much controversy – including reports of Davis supplying al-Qaeda terrorists with nuclear weapons – Pakistani authorities released him to the United States in exchange for an unspecified amount of money. (See: Raymond Davis And Nuclear False Flag Terrorism)
In an April 27th Wall Street Journal article entitled ‘Karzai Told to Dump U.S.’, it states:
Pakistan is lobbying Afghanistan’s president against building a long-term strategic partnership with the U.S., urging him instead to look to Pakistan—and its Chinese ally—for help in striking a peace deal with the Taliban and rebuilding the economy, Afghan officials say.
Pakistan is sure to become a target for increased CIA-controlled al-Qaeda terror attacks over the next few months, while the United States will most likely accuse Pakistan of knowing about bin Laden’s location and harboring major al-Qaeda terrorists. This will then create the pretext to deploy a massive amount of U.S. military personnel inside the country, something Pakistan is vehemently opposed to.
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