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Vox Media reports:
[May 10], the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh finally released a story that he has been rumored to have been working on for years: the truth about the killing of Osama bin Laden. According to Hersh's 10,000-word story in the London Review of Books, the official history of bin Laden's death--in which the US tracked him to a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan; killed him in a secret raid that infuriated Pakistan; and then buried him at sea--is a lie.
Hersh's story is amazing to read, alleging a vast American-Pakistani conspiracy to stage the raid and even to fake high-level diplomatic incidents as a sort of cover. But his allegations are largely supported only by two sources, neither of whom has direct knowledge of what happened, both of whom are retired, and one of whom is anonymous. The story is riven with internal contradictions and inconsistencies.
Zero Hedge says:
In a nutshell--and one really needs to read Hersh's magnum opus, as no amount of abbreviation will do it justice--Hersh accuses Obama of not only taking credit for the al Qaeda leader's death, but fabricating the story that resulted from what has been widely reported to have been a Navy SEAL incursion into bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan. As a result the military and intelligence communities were forced to scramble and then corroborate the president's version of events.
Needless to say, the White House did not respond to Hersh's requests for comment.
Among the many allegations of Hersh's report are that:
- bin Laden had been a prisoner of the Pakistan intelligence at the Abbottabad compound since 2006 (something revealed previously in "Osama bin Laden 'protected by Pakistan in return for Saudi cash")
- that the two most senior Pakistani military leaders knew of the raid in advance and had made sure that the two helicopters delivering the SEALs to Abbottabad could cross Pakistani airspace without triggering any alarms;
- that the CIA did not learn of bin Laden's whereabouts by tracking his couriers, as the White House has claimed since May 2011, but from a former senior Pakistani intelligence officer who betrayed the secret in return for much of the $25 million reward offered by the US,
- and that, while Obama did order the raid and the SEAL team did carry it out, many other aspects of the administration's account were false.
[...] bin Laden was murdered, plain and simple: [...] A former SEAL commander, who has led and participated in dozens of similar missions over the past decade, assured me that 'we were not going to keep bin Laden alive--to allow the terrorist to live. By law, we know what we're doing inside Pakistan is a homicide. We've come to grips with that. Each one of us, when we do these missions, say to ourselves, "Let's face it. We're going to commit a murder."'
The big, slow, noisy helicopters they used had me convinced from the start that the official narrative was garbage... and I think everyone recognizes that these "special operations" teams are simply assassination squads.
takyon adds:
• R.J. Hillhouse Reported Essentials of Hersh's bin Laden Story in 2011 - With Seemingly Different Sources
• The Detail in Seymour Hersh's Bin Laden Story That Rings True
• A Crank Theory of Seymour Hersh: To understand the legendary national security reporter, you need to understand an archetype of the intelligence world: the crank.
• Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing & Responds to White House, Media Backlash
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Tork on Wednesday May 13 2015, @06:59AM
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Your official guide to the Jigaboo presidency
Congratulations on your purchase of a brand new nigger! If handled
properly, your apeman will give years of valuable, if reluctant, service.
INSTALLING YOUR NIGGER.
You should install your nigger differently according to whether you have
purchased the field or house model. Field niggers work best in a serial
configuration, i.e. chained together. Chain your nigger to another
nigger immediately after unpacking it, and don't even think about taking
that chain off, ever. Many niggers start singing as soon as you put a
chain on them. This habit can usually be thrashed out of them if nipped
in the bud. House niggers work best as standalone units, but should be
hobbled or hamstrung to prevent attempts at escape. At this stage, your
nigger can also be given a name. Most owners use the same names over and
over, since niggers become confused by too much data. Rufus, Rastus,
Remus, Toby, Carslisle, Carlton, Hey-You!-Yes-you!, Yeller, Blackstar,
and Sambo are all effective names for your new buck nigger. If your
nigger is a ho, it should be called Latrelle, L'Tanya, or Jemima. Some
owners call their nigger hoes Latrine for a joke. Pearl, Blossom, and
Ivory are also righteous names for nigger hoes. These names go straight
over your nigger's head, by the way.
CONFIGURING YOUR NIGGER
Owing to a design error, your nigger comes equipped with a tongue and
vocal chords. Most niggers can master only a few basic human phrases
with this apparatus - "muh dick" being the most popular. However, others
make barking, yelping, yapping noises and appear to be in some pain, so
you should probably call a vet and have him remove your nigger's tongue.
Once de-tongued your nigger will be a lot happier - at least, you won't
hear it complaining anywhere near as much. Niggers have nothing
interesting to say, anyway. Many owners also castrate their niggers for
health reasons (yours, mine, and that of women, not the nigger's). This
is strongly recommended, and frankly, it's a mystery why this is not
done on the boat
HOUSING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger can be accommodated in cages with stout iron bars. Make
sure, however, that the bars are wide enough to push pieces of nigger
food through. The rule of thumb is, four niggers per square yard of
cage. So a fifteen foot by thirty foot nigger cage can accommodate two
hundred niggers. You can site a nigger cage anywhere, even on soft
ground. Don't worry about your nigger fashioning makeshift shovels out
of odd pieces of wood and digging an escape tunnel under the bars of the
cage. Niggers never invented the shovel before and they're not about to
now. In any case, your nigger is certainly too lazy to attempt escape.
As long as the free food holds out, your nigger is living better than it
did in Africa, so it will stay put. Buck niggers and hoe niggers can be
safely accommodated in the same cage, as bucks never attempt sex with
black hoes.
FEEDING YOUR NIGGER.
Your Nigger likes fried chicken, corn bread, and watermelon. You should
therefore give it none of these things because its lazy ass almost
certainly doesn't deserve it. Instead, feed it on porridge with salt,
and creek water. Your nigger will supplement its diet with whatever it
finds in the fields, other niggers, etc. Experienced nigger owners
sometimes push watermelon slices through the bars of the nigger cage at
the end of the day as a treat, but only if all niggers have worked well
and nothing has been stolen that day. Mike of the Old Ranch Plantation
reports that this last one is a killer, since all niggers steal
something almost every single day of their lives. He reports he doesn't
have to spend much on free watermelon for his niggers as a result. You
should never allow your nigger meal breaks while at work, since if it
stops work for more than ten minutes it will need to be retrained. You
would be surprised how long it takes to teach a nigger to pick cotton.
You really would. Coffee beans? Don't ask. You have no idea.
MAKING YOUR NIGGER WORK.
Niggers are very, very averse to work of any kind. The nigger's most
prominent anatomical feature, after all, its oversized buttocks, which
have evolved to make it more comfortable for your nigger to sit around
all day doing nothing for its entire life. Niggers are often good
runners, too, to enable them to sprint quickly in the opposite direction
if they see work heading their way. The solution to this is to *dupe*
your nigger into working. After installation, encourage it towards the
cotton field with blows of a wooden club, fence post, baseball bat,
etc., and then tell it that all that cotton belongs to a white man, who
won't be back until tomorrow. Your nigger will then frantically compete
with the other field niggers to steal as much of that cotton as it can
before the white man returns. At the end of the day, return your nigger
to its cage and laugh at its stupidity, then repeat the same trick every
day indefinitely. Your nigger comes equipped with the standard nigger IQ
of 75 and a memory to match, so it will forget this trick overnight.
Niggers can start work at around 5am. You should then return to bed and
come back at around 10am. Your niggers can then work through until
around 10pm or whenever the light fades.
ENTERTAINING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger enjoys play, like most animals, so you should play with it
regularly. A happy smiling nigger works best. Games niggers enjoy
include: 1) A good thrashing: every few days, take your nigger's pants
down, hang it up by its heels, and have some of your other niggers
thrash it with a club or whip. Your nigger will signal its intense
enjoyment by shrieking and sobbing. 2) Lynch the nigger: niggers are
cheap and there are millions more where yours came from. So every now
and then, push the boat out a bit and lynch a nigger.
Lynchings are best done with a rope over the branch of a tree, and
niggers just love to be lynched. It makes them feel special. Make your
other niggers watch. They'll be so grateful, they'll work harder for a
day or two (and then you can lynch another one). 3) Nigger dragging: Tie
your nigger by one wrist to the tow bar on the back of suitable vehicle,
then drive away at approximately 50mph. Your nigger's shrieks of
enjoyment will be heard for miles. It will shriek until it falls apart.
To prolong the fun for the nigger, do *NOT* drag him by his feet, as his
head comes off too soon. This is painless for the nigger, but spoils the
fun. Always wear a seatbelt and never exceed the speed limit. 4) Playing
on the PNL: a variation on (2), except you can lynch your nigger out in
the fields, thus saving work time. Niggers enjoy this game best if the
PNL is operated by a man in a tall white hood. 5) Hunt the nigger: a
variation of Hunt the Slipper, but played outdoors, with Dobermans.
WARNING: do not let your Dobermans bite a nigger, as they are highly toxic.
DISPOSAL OF DEAD NIGGERS.
Niggers die on average at around 40, which some might say is 40 years
too late, but there you go. Most people prefer their niggers dead, in
fact. When yours dies, report the license number of the car that did the
drive-by shooting of your nigger. The police will collect the nigger and
dispose of it for you.
COMMON PROBLEMS WITH NIGGERS - MY NIGGER IS VERY AGGRESIVE
Have it put down, for god's sake. Who needs an uppity nigger? What are
we, short of niggers or something?
MY NIGGER KEEPS RAPING WHITE WOMEN
They all do this. Shorten your nigger's chain so it can't reach any
white women, and arm heavily any white women who might go near it.
WILL MY NIGGER ATTACK ME?
Not unless it outnumbers you 20 to 1, and even then, it's not likely. If
niggers successfully overthrew their owners, they'd have to sort out
their own food. This is probably why nigger uprisings were nonexistent
(until some fool gave them rights).
MY NIGGER BITCHES ABOUT ITS "RIGHTS" AND "RACISM".
Yeah, well, it would. Tell it to shut the fuck up.
MY NIGGER'S HIDE IS A FUNNY COLOR. - WHAT IS THE CORRECT SHADE FOR A NIGGER?
A nigger's skin is actually more or less transparent. That brown color
you can see is the shit your nigger is full of. This is why some models
of nigger are sold as "The Shitskin".
MY NIGGER ACTS LIKE A NIGGER, BUT IS WHITE.
What you have there is a "wigger". Rough crowd. WOW!
IS THAT LIKE AN ALBINO? ARE THEY RARE?
They're as common as dog shit and about as valuable. In fact, one of
them was President between 1992 and 2000. Put your wigger in a cage with
a few hundred genuine niggers and you'll soon find it stops acting like
a nigger. However, leave it in the cage and let the niggers dispose of
it. The best thing for any wigger is a dose of TNB.
MY NIGGER SMELLS REALLY BAD
And you were expecting what?
SHOULD I STORE MY DEAD NIGGER?
When you came in here, did you see a sign that said "Dead nigger
storage"? .That's because there ain't no goddamn sign.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Tork on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:19AM
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 13 2015, @07:22AM
Good, you recognize copypasta. Now mod it up, asshole. Aren't you one of those stupid fuckers who likes familiar shit just because it's familiar?