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Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid
Sohaib Athar, a.k.a. @ReallyVirtual, had no idea the helicopters he was complaining about on twitter were part of the top secret mission that killed Osama bin Laden Sunday night. 10 hours before bin Laden's death was announced Athar posted: "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” From the article: "During the raid, Athar speculates that he was two or three kilometers away from the shooting that took place. Once news broke that bin Laden had been killed in Abbottabad, Athar tweeted, 'Uh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it.'”
one of the 4 choppers was hit by enemy fire
sources said that it was hit by a giant swatter
moi
Osama had an iPhone and it kept track of his location. Good job, Steve!
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Awww... No street view?
Why didn't we just search Google for his location? It is even marked! ;)
U.S. Intelligence really sucks for not being able to find this place. Google Maps clearly labels it, "Osama bin Laden's Compound", yet the U.S. still couldn't find it?
I thought Marines were only capable of grunts.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
But where is the death certificate?
the reviews for that place are awesome:
- Free HBO, but "death to America! " chants were getting old. Better options nearby.
- Cold and drafty at night, walls full of holes.
- I heard that this place is now available (prior residents left suddenly and unexpectedly).
Donald Trump is hard at work on this.
Long signatures suck.
celebrating death is never a good thing
You're obviously not Irish
Force Recon Marines have been observed to speak up to a dozen words. Guess that's what makes them the elite of their branch.
The US Military went over it's bandwidth cap with AT&T and was confined to 56k for all their web traffic.
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Damned good question! And it better be the long form, too, by golly.
But if it says this went down in Hawaii, I'm calling bullshit!
a seamans grave.
Is that kind of like a bukkake?