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Oops!

But "He said he is 'fully responsible for this strike and the tragic outcome.'"

"We apologize, and we will endeavor to learn from this horrible mistake," another guy said. I'm sure they will.. uh huh

But hey! "at least one of those people that were killed was an ISIS facilitator.". Not even, eh?

The 10 dead were all members of the same extended family, relatives told NBC News, and included the seven children. Some were as young as 2 and 3.

Milley said "Trump is nuts", no wait, I'm sorry, that's a misquote, what he really said was, "... at this point, we think the procedures were correctly followed, and it was a righteous strike." (from "over the horizon")

Way to go, guys!

And the press! There's speculation the story was delayed/ignored for some time...

EDIT:
Hmm, The Silence of the Dems is so deafening! *Can't Touch This!*

EDIT 2:
AOC - democrat socialist? Hardly! democrat socialite..

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @02:19AM (42 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @02:19AM (#1179562) Journal

    The war itself was predicated on his guilt, which was assumed, not proven

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 20 2021, @04:27AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 20 2021, @04:27AM (#1179591)

    Here you are repeating Taliban talking points [washingtonpost.com]. There actually is evidence linking Osama bin Laden to the 9/11 attacks [npr.org]. For that matter, Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility [theguardian.com] for the 9/11 attacks.

    I'll certainly agree that the war was horribly planned from the start, that it was mismanaged over and over again, and that multiple administrations lied about the situation in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Papers [washingtonpost.com] make a pretty good case that the American people were repeatedly lied to about the war. I will certainly agree that the war was botched at every turn and that both Bush-era AUMFs have been repeatedly stretched to Goatse-level proportions to justify absurd abuses of military power. But repeating Taliban talking points that imply Osama bin Laden might have been innocent is just asinine.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @05:31AM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @05:31AM (#1179597) Journal

      There actually is evidence...

      No, there isn't. Those vids are unreliable.

      Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.

      He did not. "purported to be..." That's not evidence. You have nothing

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 20 2021, @04:32AM (39 children)

    by khallow (3766) on Monday September 20 2021, @04:32AM (#1179592) Journal
    "Assumed not proven"? Sounds like you just condemned your own post. Here's my take. We've had twenty years to find evidence of bin Laden's innocence. Hasn't happened yet. And law enforcement remains a poor tool for handling wars.
    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @05:38AM (38 children)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @05:38AM (#1179600) Journal

      We've had twenty years to find evidence of bin Laden's innocence. Hasn't happened yet.

      You had twenty years to find evidence of bin Laden's guilt. Hasn't happened yet. And you circled back around on your war bullshit. It was started on a lie. They (and you) assumed guilt to sell and start the whole affair. You are merely parroting the same hearsay broadcast by one of the belligerents in the war effort. You have no evidence

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      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 20 2021, @04:37PM (37 children)

        by khallow (3766) on Monday September 20 2021, @04:37PM (#1179721) Journal
        Like here [soylentnews.org]? Sorry, not buying your excuses.
        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @04:48PM (36 children)

          by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @04:48PM (#1179731) Journal

          As already pointed out, all hearsay, no evidence.. not buying your bullshit

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          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 20 2021, @06:18PM (35 children)

            by khallow (3766) on Monday September 20 2021, @06:18PM (#1179769) Journal

            The videotape -- discovered in a private home in Jalalabad, Afghanistan -- shows a relaxed bin Laden discussing the attacks in Arabic with another man who appears to be a cleric. On the tape, bin Laden says he was pleasantly surprised by the amount of destruction caused at the World Trade Center; he only expected the top portion of the twin towers to collapse.

            According to a translated transcript issued by the Pentagon, bin Laden says the attacks on the World Trade Center did more damage than expected. "...we calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower," he says, according to the transcript. "We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all. (...Inaudible...) due to my experience in this field, I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for."

            Video of bin Laden not under duress stating that the 911 attacks caused more damage than he expected (particularly, the line "we calculated in advance" is strong evidence of planning and conspiracy. To call it "hearsay" is abuse of the language.

            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @06:28PM (34 children)

              by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @06:28PM (#1179777) Journal

              The videotape -- discovered in a private home

              Uh huh... just *fell out of the truck...* Did they find the missing Al Gore votes too? Putting an official seal on your conspiracy theories doesn't make them any less wacky. You still have only hearsay. It's ok, we know it's strictly business, as all wars are

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              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 20 2021, @07:43PM (33 children)

                by khallow (3766) on Monday September 20 2021, @07:43PM (#1179809) Journal
                Sorry, that's not what hearsay means. Hearsay means stuff like rumors, which can't be substantiated. A video is physical evidence. I gather you're trying to claim that the video is faked, but have no words in your language to describe that.
                • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 20 2021, @08:08PM (32 children)

                  by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 20 2021, @08:08PM (#1179822) Journal

                  You are merely defending people with the means and very powerful motives to lie. Just another case of the cops planting the "evidence" [themarshallproject.org] (list only shows who got caught). You take everything they say on pure faith, no questions asked, and demand conformity from the rest of us.

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                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 21 2021, @02:13AM (31 children)

                    by khallow (3766) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @02:13AM (#1179900) Journal

                    You are merely defending people with the means and very powerful motives to lie.

                    And has already been noted, so are you. That's why I go to evidence, not hearsay, such as the video that was mentioned. You meanwhile are a creator of hearsay, telling us to disregard evidence because an involved party has interests. We'd have all kinds of exciting crime, if we stooped to that level of foolishness in law.

                    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday September 21 2021, @02:35AM (30 children)

                      by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @02:35AM (#1179904) Journal

                      And has already been noted, so are you.

                      Nope, I am defending nobody, just a concept of truth, which is absent in your assertions. Everything you have presented so far is hearsay until it is cross examined.

                      Here's a link that you won't read. But in case anyone else is interested... [smh.com.au]

                      You are merely reciting *agreed upon fiction*

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                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 21 2021, @03:53AM (29 children)

                        by khallow (3766) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @03:53AM (#1179920) Journal

                        just a concept of truth, which is absent in your assertions

                        Sounds like your "concept" should be, if it isn't already, absent from your assertions too. /sarc

                        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday September 21 2021, @04:06AM (28 children)

                          by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday September 21 2021, @04:06AM (#1179930) Journal

                          :-) Wake me when you find evidence

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                          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:34PM (27 children)

                            by khallow (3766) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:34PM (#1180461) Journal
                            Wakey wakey. Check that AC post. It had evidence!
                            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:45PM

                              by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:45PM (#1180466) Journal

                              No so.. I already linked to the story of the fakes.

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                            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:49PM

                              by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:49PM (#1180467) Journal
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                            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:53PM (24 children)

                              by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 22 2021, @06:53PM (#1180468) Journal

                              Sorry, just can't stop!

                              But US experts who have heard it generally support the conclusion by US law enforcement officials that it probably is bin Laden speaking.

                              That is hardly "evidence" by any rational standard. But, war mongers unite!

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                              • (Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Thursday September 23 2021, @01:57AM (23 children)

                                by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 23 2021, @01:57AM (#1180632) Journal
                                Of course, it's evidence. Sorry, you need more than that.
                                • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:18AM (22 children)

                                  by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:18AM (#1180636) Journal

                                  :-) You win the internet. Can't argue with a goof

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                                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:31AM (21 children)

                                    by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:31AM (#1180641) Journal
                                    I just did that and won.

                                    To summarize my side, videos of admission of guilt are evidence. Further, we have a lot more than just that, such as transfers of funds from Al Qaeda associates to the 911 teams. One could say that the evidence is weak due to the US's capability to fake shit or the weak provenance of the evidence. But to just declare that evidence is not evidence is just irrational and wrong.
                                    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:42AM (20 children)

                                      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 23 2021, @02:42AM (#1180647) Journal

                                      You failed to prove the veracity of the videos. The other tapes were already proven to be fake by the same standards you use. Destroys all your credibility. You merely choose to believe what the conspiracy theorists tell you. You lose. You get nothing. But go ahead and believe you won, whatever it is you think you "won". I like to watch

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                                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 23 2021, @12:32PM (19 children)

                                        by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 23 2021, @12:32PM (#1180713) Journal

                                        You failed to prove the veracity of the videos.

                                        So what? It's still evidence.

                                        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 23 2021, @06:14PM (18 children)

                                          by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 23 2021, @06:14PM (#1180795) Journal

                                          Most likely false "evidence". You are making the proverbial "bad faith argument", and yet another appeal to authority, with no attempt to find the truth.

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                                          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 27 2021, @04:45PM (17 children)

                                            by khallow (3766) on Monday September 27 2021, @04:45PM (#1181905) Journal
                                            Says the guy who only focused on the video and his alleged disputation of that video.
                                            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday September 27 2021, @10:03PM (16 children)

                                              by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday September 27 2021, @10:03PM (#1182014) Journal

                                              Still false until publicly, transparently cross examined, along with all the other "evidence" that was quickly buried in the landfill. Too many secrets to believe the lies. You simply choose to believe otherwise, a simple and, typical for you, appeal to authority all the way.

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                                              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:23PM (15 children)

                                                by khallow (3766) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:23PM (#1182393) Journal

                                                Still false until publicly, transparently cross examined, along with all the other "evidence" that was quickly buried in the landfill.

                                                "Quickly buried in the landfill"? What would you be referring to? I find it remarkable how little effort you put into any justification, much less this one. So what of these narrative elements that apparently doesn't meet your approval? Are you willing to provide any evidence to support your claims instead of cliches?

                                                • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:30PM (1 child)

                                                  by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:30PM (#1182400) Journal

                                                  The remains of the towers/planes were quickly hauled off and buried before real, "disinterested" investigators could see. What you have is garbage, simply a view from one side. The secrecy discredits all accusations. Why are you so gullible? Is it convenience?

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                                                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 05 2021, @12:17PM

                                                    by khallow (3766) on Tuesday October 05 2021, @12:17PM (#1184423) Journal

                                                    The remains of the towers/planes were quickly hauled off and buried before real, "disinterested" investigators could see.

                                                    They had to. You can't keep these environmental messes in dense urban areas forever.

                                                    And what real, "disinterested" investigators are you referring to? Say the dudes who were convinced the Jews were behind it before the first plane hit?

                                                    The secrecy discredits all accusations.

                                                    What secrecy was involved in the above "quickly hauled off" narrative?

                                                • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:51PM (12 children)

                                                  by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @07:51PM (#1182409) Journal

                                                  Are you willing to provide any evidence to support your claims instead of cliches?

                                                  Show yours and I'll show you mine. Opps, we already have. All you have shown is speculation. At least I give something plausible, more probable than official conspiracy theories. In no way, can you justify the invasion

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                                                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 28 2021, @09:46PM (11 children)

                                                    by khallow (3766) on Tuesday September 28 2021, @09:46PM (#1182458) Journal
                                                    Ok. Glancing [wikipedia.org] at Wikipedia, I see the following:
                                                    • First, we have motive. For example, bin Laden issued two fatwas in 1996 and 1998 against the US. The latter stated "We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian. As far as we are concerned, they [Americans] are all targets." The [sic] is from Wikipedia.
                                                    • There are other attacks on civilian targets traced to Al Qaeda such as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the embassy bombings of 1998 in Africa. So a history of attacking civilian targets and a previous attack on the World Trade Center.
                                                    • A detailed history of planning the 911 attacks, including interrogation of the alleged planners.
                                                    • Communication and support between the "Hamburg cell" that formed the core of the 911 attack group and al Qaeda, including several meetings between the head of the 911 attack group and bin Laden.
                                                    • Funding for the group (they allegedly spent up to half a million dollars) is vague, but some has allegedly been traced to a high ranking Pakistani intelligence officer friendly with the Taliban - who in turn were employing Al Qaeda soldiers at the time.

                                                    I grant that this is poor for a civilian target. But good enough for a military target.

                                                    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 29 2021, @01:51AM (10 children)

                                                      by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 29 2021, @01:51AM (#1182539) Journal

                                                      The motive for lying to invade Afghanistan and the domestic power grab is much greater. The means? Please! But yeah, putting an official seal on your story makes it much more believable, right? All you still have are "allegedly"s and "supposedly"s... Ya can't prove a thing, not without getting caught in your own net

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                                                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday September 29 2021, @12:01PM

                                                        by khallow (3766) on Wednesday September 29 2021, @12:01PM (#1182700) Journal

                                                        The motive for lying to invade Afghanistan and the domestic power grab is much greater.

                                                        Greater than what? You can't even be bothered to put a complete argument out there.

                                                        But yeah, putting an official seal on your story makes it much more believable, right?

                                                        Evidence that you continue to claim isn't there, in other words. Sorry, buddy, but evidence for anything like this always has an official seal to it. Even if it's merely after the fact with someone else doing most of the work.

                                                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday September 29 2021, @12:11PM (8 children)

                                                        by khallow (3766) on Wednesday September 29 2021, @12:11PM (#1182702) Journal
                                                        I also find it amusing that you're more concerned about the evidence provider (classic ad hominem) than whether the evidence is wrong.
                                                        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 29 2021, @07:40PM (7 children)

                                                          by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday September 29 2021, @07:40PM (#1182893) Journal

                                                          The provider has a long history of lying before and since Afghanistan, Iraq is a classic case, no reason is given to believe that story any more or less than your Bin Laden one. There's no reason to believe anything they say. The "ad hominem" is well earned. In fact it's not an ad hominem, it's the truth. Your liars are unbelievable. They are lying right now, about war, the "debt", public health, it's a pretty long list.

                                                          The simple fact is that you choose to believe lies, because of where they come from, yours is the proverbial appeal to authority

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                                                          • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 30 2021, @12:59AM (6 children)

                                                            by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 30 2021, @12:59AM (#1182998) Journal

                                                            The provider has a long history of lying before and since Afghanistan, Iraq is a classic case, no reason is given to believe that story any more or less than your Bin Laden one.

                                                            That's why I went off the evidence not off the provider.

                                                            • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 30 2021, @01:04AM (5 children)

                                                              by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 30 2021, @01:04AM (#1182999) Journal

                                                              The "evidence", by nature of its "provider", is likely false. Your simple appeal to authority does not make it otherwise.

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                                                              • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 30 2021, @03:32AM (4 children)

                                                                by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 30 2021, @03:32AM (#1183018) Journal

                                                                The "evidence", by nature of its "provider", is likely false.

                                                                Based on what evidence?

                                                                • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 30 2021, @03:42AM (3 children)

                                                                  by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 30 2021, @03:42AM (#1183019) Journal

                                                                  Previous history. It's definitely a good indicator of present/future performance. Your "evidence" is presented by people with very big reasons to lie. As was already shown by the link I provided, that you probably didn't read... You just want to believe lies from certain people and parrot their propaganda here

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                                                                  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday September 30 2021, @05:30AM (2 children)

                                                                    by khallow (3766) on Thursday September 30 2021, @05:30AM (#1183037) Journal
                                                                    Again, where's your evidence? I'll note that your refutation of the evidence above just focused on the video of the NPR story. even providing a dubious counterstudy without even considering the rest of the evidence. Second, now you're claiming that all this evidence was fully provided by the US, as if that were true.

                                                                    Googling around, I see that bin Laden has claimed responsibility in more places than just a video found in a home. For example, we have this video [wikipedia.org]:

                                                                    On October 29, 2004, at 21:00 UTC, Al Jazeera broadcast excerpts allegedly from a videotape of Osama bin Laden addressing the people of the United States; in this video, he accepts responsibility for the September 11 attacks, condemns the Bush government's response to those attacks, and presents those attacks as part of a campaign of revenge and deterrence motivated by his witnessing of the destruction in the Lebanese Civil War in 1982. News analysts speculated that the release of the video was timed to influence the 2004 U.S. presidential election, which would take place four days later.

                                                                    This was aired on a Qatar radio station, not a US source.

                                                                    Since you have refused to discuss the rest of my evidence list, those points remain uncontested.

                                                                    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 30 2021, @06:02AM (1 child)

                                                                      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday September 30 2021, @06:02AM (#1183046) Journal

                                                                      allegedly from a videotape of Osama bin Laden.. You always leave out the inconvenient parts

                                                                      When I become more interested, I'll look into your "Qatar radio station".. I hope you don't consider them to be "neutral" or anything...

                                                                      News analysts speculated that the release of the video was timed to influence the 2004 U.S. presidential election, which would take place four days later.

                                                                      Yes, very interesting point there, not in your favor either.

                                                                      You still have nothing but conjecture, but to you, if it's official it is fact. That is called *appeal to authority*. You epitomize it.

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                                                                      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 01 2021, @01:04AM

                                                                        by khallow (3766) on Friday October 01 2021, @01:04AM (#1183252) Journal

                                                                        When I become more interested, I'll look into your "Qatar radio station".. I hope you don't consider them to be "neutral" or anything...

                                                                        I consider them to not be the US.

                                                                        You still have nothing but conjecture, but to you, if it's official it is fact. That is called *appeal to authority*. You epitomize it.

                                                                        "Conjecture" which happens to be from bin Laden. And what's the point of tarring all my evidence with the "official" label? Have you even thought about what wouldn't be official?