US senator views 'grotesque' Osama bin Laden photographs

Source: The Guardian

A US senator who was permitted to view secret photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse has described "pretty grotesque" images of a badly mutilated body that leave no doubt the al-Qaida leader is dead.

Senator James Inhofe said he saw 15 pictures at the CIA headquarters in Virginia, some of which were taken immediately after Bin Laden was shot. They show the al-Qaida leader with large head wounds around the eye and ear. Inhofe described some of the pictures as "gruesome".

"One of the shots went through the ear and out through an eye socket, or through the eye socket and out through the ear and exploded, that was the kind of ordinance it was. That caused the brains to be hanging out of the eye socket," he told CNN.

Inhofe said that he had no doubt that the pictures were of Bin Laden, adding: "Absolutely no question about it. A lot of people out there say: 'I want to see the pictures,' but I've already seen them. That was him. He's gone. He's history."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/bin-laden-dead-confirms-us-senator

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Happy now, nutters?

I had to listen to a bunch of them during break in my class last night, yammering on with their convoluted conspiracy theories.

to the scene of the incident, and they would just say you faked it. No amount of evidence of any kind is good enough. It's a waste of time to even try.

your own credibility. Ad homonym attacks further no cause. Evidence is required
in a court of law. I think after the last 10 years and all the gore that's available
on the internet the general public can handle another corpse photo. And why trust
Imhofe? He was part of all the lying in the Iraq buildup. Why should he be trusted by you now?
Because he's a Republican who went on CNN? Man after all that's happened in the last decade it's amazing America
continues to swallow this bullshit. Let's see the evidence. Content Nutter out.

like the namecalling either. And Imhofe is one of the last people I would trust.

For instance: I just ate breakfast. I know this is true because it was me, eating my breakfast. Should I not accept that I just ate breakfast and go eat it again because, after all, it was only me here and it may not hold up in a court of law?

"Man after all that's happened in the last decade it's amazing America
continues to swallow this bullshit"? Ad homonym attacks further no cause.

between asking legitimate questions and babbling endlessly debunked conspiracy theories as fact. Conspiracy theories aren't facts, they are not backed up with any kind of evidence that would hold up in a court of law.

I don't give a shit about Inhofe or whether or not he saw the photos. I don't need his testimony to convince me one way or another that bin Laden is dead.

Irrefutable evidence. At the moment we still have the government story
and what the media has told us. The same media and government who
lied about the reasons for going into Iraq. Judging from your post it seems
we both agree. We both want to see evidence.

Conspiracy theories exist for a reason. People sometimes conspire to do
nefarious things. Denouncing conspiracy theorists instead of putting time
into acquiring evidence is a sad tactic of many simply believing minds.

I met a birther the other night. It was good fun laughing at him until he decided to get in his truck and leave.

Fucking idiots...Only thing they are good for is our entertainment.


Oh, you believe we landed on the moon right? :rofl:

The only thing your missing is proof. You have only the governments word and
that of the MSM.

He took up hiding in this old shed behind the city dump...

I hear they have been paying him some cash on the side to keep the parking lot and dumping areas clean :rofl:

to see it? So at least the representatives of the people have seen it. Then once 90% agree it's graphic and it's Bin Laden, then maybe the consituents will be somewhat satisfied.

Reactions seem to be mainly among:

A - Relieved / Jubilant

B - Satisfied with the outcome, concerned with the means

C - Sharply critical of how it was done

D - Osama was a patsy of some over-arching conspiracy

Each of positions A, B, and C is premised upon the fact that, indeed, Osama was killed in the operation.

The remaining reaction:

E - It is untrue, for various reasons

is held by a distinct and slim minority which, like the birthers, would not be dissuaded by a photograph of any kind.

me pause for doubt.

Thanks for the thread, alp.

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/mn/article_d9d2f30d-c491-53e0-94da-af3defb1ef09.html



If there had been anybody to put forth a conspiracy theory I would have reckoned it to be her.

She's actually taking a rational position.

U.S. geography or American history.

Think I'll call her Babbling Bachman from this day forward.

Or, they bribed her by promising a tour of Area 51 and FEMA camps.

:sarcasm: :yoiks:

that's what I find really offensive.

Of course he could be just making it up, it does make him look important.

Perhaps it says something about the CIA, that they are happy to be in bed with a complete douchbag like Inhofe

When the CIA wants some info into the public domain they get Inhofe to do it.

(A guess as usual)