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[RockMont]

Originally Posted by shakman

As a Muslim, I am very happy to hear the demise of bin laden. He and his organization(s) have desecrated my faith for years. I as a Muslim would like to thank those involved for protecting my religion's integrety. Regardless who thinks what, we are a peaceful religion and will remain peaceful.

I believe you. I wish there were more of you, as outspoken about that, as you are.

[sterlippo1]

Originally Posted by animatedmartian

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Taken about 40 minutes ago from this post. There's a lot of attention down there. I find it interesting that everyone I've seen on TV mostly uses WTC 4 as the backdrop.

i thought the same thing watching it last night and this morning. of all the times they went to Lower Manhattan only once did i see 1WTC being shown........

[11thFloor]

This is the only thing that has been on the news/radio! I'm not sure how/if it will affect something like construction of what this event will mean in regards to the WTC site, but it is a historic moment of some kind. I'll be Obama's been feeling pretty proud of himself sitting around and watching all the reactions.

[animatedmartian]

Psychologically, it might motivate people to finish the construction more proudly, but I doubt anything would change drastically. Then again, you never can exactly tell what happens when large groups of people become emotionally excited.

[11thFloor]

You know one thing that kind of weirds me out about the news? It's about a person who has basically been nothing but smoke since 9/11 happened. All anyone here has known about him since has basically been ephemera. Then Obama comes on the screen and says, "Alright, we've done it!" and everyone gets excited. We've generally trusted Obama partly just because of his projection of conviction/confidence, but it's not like we're getting any inner view whatsoever of the mechanics behind this...not trusting Obama less, per se, but how do we know that he wasn't just hunting some kind of figment also? How can we tell for sure if anything about this is real?

[NYCLuver]

May 1st, 2011

From Staten Island.

[jthornton17]

Originally Posted by RockMont

I believe you. I wish there were more of you, as outspoken about that, as you are.

I agree. there are fanatics in any group. Just like those westboro baptist church people. It doesn't mean all baptist are total idiots, just that one group. Same way with muslims. It's the fanatics that are the problem. I thought about how Osama died and how appropriate it was. Just as the 9/11 attacks were so sudden and unexpected.................so was his death!

[RockMont]

Originally Posted by jthornton17

I agree. there are fanatics in any group. Just like those westboro baptist church people. It doesn't mean all baptist are total idiots, just that one group. Same way with muslims. It's the fanatics that are the problem. I thought about how Osama died and how appropriate it was. Just as the 9/11 attacks were so sudden and unexpected.................so was his death!

Westboro Baptist Church + Ward Churchill = the same thing. Home grown haters.

[UrbanImpressionist]

Taken by an old H.S. classmate. Practically Pulitzer Prize worthy, no?

WTC following Bin Laden's death announcement, by Rob Boudon, from Flickr

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[sterlippo1]

F****NG ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!! there arent words to describe it!!!

[steveve]

This is absolutely win win!!!
A terrorist eliminated, and news coverage at GROUND ZERO!!! Prepare for some awesome views/news coverage at the site!

[Don098]

Originally Posted by 11thFloor

You know one thing that kind of weirds me out about the news? It's about a person who has basically been nothing but smoke since 9/11 happened. All anyone here has known about him since has basically been ephemera. Then Obama comes on the screen and says, "Alright, we've done it!" and everyone gets excited. We've generally trusted Obama partly just because of his projection of conviction/confidence, but it's not like we're getting any inner view whatsoever of the mechanics behind this...not trusting Obama less, per se, but how do we know that he wasn't just hunting some kind of figment also? How can we tell for sure if anything about this is real?

Are you kidding me?

[dar124]

That is an awesome pic UrbanImpressionist!!! It was great to hear the news last night and great to see the celebrations in front of the White House and down at Ground Zero.

Thank you Navy Seals and US Military.

[djlx2v2]

j'adore la photo! c'est chouette

félicitations new york!

[Don098]

Turn NBC Nightly News on right now. They're doing the show from the backdrop of ground zero, and they have shown some incredible shots of the construction so far.

[patriotizzy]

Originally Posted by 11thFloor

You know one thing that kind of weirds me out about the news? It's about a person who has basically been nothing but smoke since 9/11 happened. All anyone here has known about him since has basically been ephemera. Then Obama comes on the screen and says, "Alright, we've done it!" and everyone gets excited. We've generally trusted Obama partly just because of his projection of conviction/confidence, but it's not like we're getting any inner view whatsoever of the mechanics behind this...not trusting Obama less, per se, but how do we know that he wasn't just hunting some kind of figment also? How can we tell for sure if anything about this is real?

You're not alone friend. The government dropped the body in the ocean without showing any real proof that they killed Osama. Why would they do that? Knowing that the whole world would want proof, well some of the world. There are the incredibly gullible who will believe anything they see on the news without doing their own research. I love Obama, for his work he's done, but this whole thing seems a little weird to me. Not to mention Benazir Bhutto, the prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated only 25 days after mentioning that Osama had been killed on the BBC on the 2nd of December. Seems to me like something is being hidden from us. On a brighter note, It's nice to see our country so unified and patriotic. It's always heart warming to see crowds of people chanting "USA USA."

On topic: I never imagined seeing this tower taller than 7WTC. Seems to me like I was so anxious to see it pass that milestone, that it felt like forever to get there.

[sterlippo1]

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

You're not alone friend. The government dropped the body in the ocean without showing any real proof that they killed Osama. Why would they do that? Knowing that the whole world would want proof, well some of the world. There are the incredibly gullible who will believe anything they see on the news without doing their own research. I love Obama, for his work he's done, but this whole thing seems a little weird to me. Not to mention Benazir Bhutto, the prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated only 25 days after mentioning that Osama had been killed on the BBC on the 2nd of December. Seems to me like something is being hidden from us. On a brighter note, It's nice to see our country so unified and patriotic. It's always heart warming to see crowds of people chanting "USA USA."

On topic: I never imagined seeing this tower taller than 7WTC. Seems to me like I was so anxious to see it pass that milestone, that it felt like forever to get there.

you will get your proof soon when they release it and you'll also probably get to watch the entire video at some point...........

[WillPostPix]

I also got a kick of crowds cheering at WTC. That site has been so much about memorials, focusing on the past, and mourning of the dead for such a long time that watching something like people cheering in the streets can't help but make you feel up-lifted just by virtue of its sheer enthusiasm.

But yeah, also, the covert way this has all been handled gave me a lot of immediate doubt too (even the DNA reports on the news have evidence only from "unnamed sources"). Not being a downer--just saying, yeah, there's doubts we may as well acknowledge. And the potential effects of this are also probably why Obama put intelligence units on high alert as soon as it happened.

But again, I'm just happy seeing the enthusiasm and really hoping it is true, so I'm riding with that also.

I'm sure we'll be seeing video any day now. But then, I've also seen a lot of videos of UFO landings.

[Don098]

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

You're not alone friend. The government dropped the body in the ocean without showing any real proof that they killed Osama. Why would they do that? Knowing that the whole world would want proof, well some of the world. There are the incredibly gullible who will believe anything they see on the news without doing their own research. I love Obama, for his work he's done, but this whole thing seems a little weird to me. Not to mention Benazir Bhutto, the prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated only 25 days after mentioning that Osama had been killed on the BBC on the 2nd of December. Seems to me like something is being hidden from us. On a brighter note, It's nice to see our country so unified and patriotic. It's always heart warming to see crowds of people chanting "USA USA."

They dumped his body in the ocean because they didn't want a burial site to become a shrine to future jihadists. Also, Muslim tradition requires prompt burial, usually within 24 hours, and they wanted to adhere to that to, again, avoid angering terrorists and the Muslim world. It was a very smart thing to do, especially because people would be asking for the body to be returned to family, republicans would find some way to criticize it (like taking up space in a high-security "tax-payer financed" morgue with extra security or some bullshit like that), etc. etc. Come on, people. Let's use our brains a little bit here and not turn into birthers, people who believe we didn't land on the moon, or the people that think 9/11 was an inside job.

And for the record, what kind of proof do you want? Even if a picture is released, people will think it's fake. DNA evidence? Well surely the government can fake that... I mean what could possibly be provided to the public that is definitively a record of his death?? Tour his body around the country? Cadavers can be faked too...I mean where does it stop?

[mrnyc]

big day today so I went to the WTC site briefly after work: