'Bring bin Laden's head on ice'

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0%2C%2C2-10-1462_1699282%2C00.html

'Bring bin Laden's head on ice'
03/05/2005 20:36 - (SA)



Washington - United States spy chiefs ordered agents to deliver Osama bin Laden's severed head in a box of dry ice and hoist heads of other al-Qaeda leaders on pikes, a retired field officer has disclosed.

As America reeled in shock days after the September 11 attacks in 2001, former CIA officer Gary Schroen was sent to Afghanistan to help the opposition Northern Alliance to topple bin Laden's hosts, the Taliban.

He told National Public Radio (NPR) in an interview broadcast on Monday and Tuesday that he stopped at the office of then-director of the CIA counter-terrorism centre, Cofer Black, for final instructions.

He was told : "Your basic marching orders are to link up with the Northern Alliance and get their co-operation militarily and they will take on the Taliban.

Also ordered to kill the other leaders

"When we break the Taliban, your job is to capture bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box full of dry ice."

Schroen was also ordered to kill other al-Qaeda leaders suspected in the plot which saw terrorists slam planes into New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3 000 people.

It was the first time in 30 years with the CIA he had been ordered to set out to kill a target rather than try to bring them in alive, Schroen told NPR's station's Morning Edition programme.

He said he told Black: "Sir, those are the clearest orders I have ever received.

"I can certainly make pikes out in the field, but I don't know what I'll do about dry ice to bring the head back, but we will manage something."

Wanted posters

A week after the 9/11 attacks, President George W Bush told reporters he wanted Osama bin Laden and recalled Wild West posters that demanded suspects "dead or alive".

But the suspected terror mastermind was never caught and Schroen told NPR that CIA operatives found it hard to get close enough to strike bin Laden, partly because of his ability to move quickly around the country.

"We had could never tell where the man was going to be that night," said Schroen, who is promoting a new book and believes bin Laden is now hiding out in tribal areas of Pakistan.

Edited by Elmarie Jack

[Panamark]

It would have been funny if they succeeded in their mission..
Imagine the Presidents Speech !

I wonder if he would have pulled the head out of the bucket
by the hair and held it up for national TV !

[Nickdfresh]

Maybe we could march him throught the center of Washington, DC and Bush could publicy strangle him.

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Maybe we could march him throught the center of Washington, DC and Bush could publicy strangle him.

Pay per view.

[Seshmeister]

Yet it took over two months before they managed to get a single US soldier into Afghanistan...

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Yet it took over two months before they managed to get a single US soldier into Afghanistan...

Halliburton quoted 1.6 Billion dollars for the bucket of dry ice



AND WAS GRANTED THE CONTRACT

[Mezro]

Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Halliburton quoted 1.6 Billion dollars for the bucket of dry ice



AND WAS GRANTED THE CONTRACT

Mezro...LOL...pretty fucking funny LM...

[lucky wilbury]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Yet it took over two months before they managed to get a single US soldier into Afghanistan...

nope. a little three weeks to guy troops in the region. even less for special forces. they were in country in about ten days making contacts and gathering targting info on the taliban. how do you expect to get guys there? teleportation?

[coke]

Re: 'Bring bin Laden's head on ice'

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/N...9282%2C00.html

'Bring bin Laden's head on ice'
03/05/2005 20:36 - (SA)



Washington - United States spy chiefs ordered agents to deliver Osama bin Laden's severed head in a box of dry ice and hoist heads of other al-Qaeda leaders on pikes, a retired field officer has disclosed.

As America reeled in shock days after the September 11 attacks in 2001, former CIA officer Gary Schroen was sent to Afghanistan to help the opposition Northern Alliance to topple bin Laden's hosts, the Taliban.

He told National Public Radio (NPR) in an interview broadcast on Monday and Tuesday that he stopped at the office of then-director of the CIA counter-terrorism centre, Cofer Black, for final instructions.

He was told : "Your basic marching orders are to link up with the Northern Alliance and get their co-operation militarily and they will take on the Taliban.

Also ordered to kill the other leaders

"When we break the Taliban, your job is to capture bin Laden, kill him and bring his head back in a box full of dry ice."

Schroen was also ordered to kill other al-Qaeda leaders suspected in the plot which saw terrorists slam planes into New York's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3 000 people.

It was the first time in 30 years with the CIA he had been ordered to set out to kill a target rather than try to bring them in alive, Schroen told NPR's station's Morning Edition programme.

He said he told Black: "Sir, those are the clearest orders I have ever received.

"I can certainly make pikes out in the field, but I don't know what I'll do about dry ice to bring the head back, but we will manage something."

Wanted posters

A week after the 9/11 attacks, President George W Bush told reporters he wanted Osama bin Laden and recalled Wild West posters that demanded suspects "dead or alive".

But the suspected terror mastermind was never caught and Schroen told NPR that CIA operatives found it hard to get close enough to strike bin Laden, partly because of his ability to move quickly around the country.

"We had could never tell where the man was going to be that night," said Schroen, who is promoting a new book and believes bin Laden is now hiding out in tribal areas of Pakistan.

Edited by Elmarie Jack

Bin Laden will never be found, alive. By all accounts he was in bad shape with kidney or liver problems a few years ago.

[ODShowtime]

it really is shameful that the god-forsaken, louse-ridden piece of trash hasn't been verified dead yet.

[Panamark]

You know, it wouldnt surprise me if the fucker was dead.
Ive worked for Arabs before, and its a way of life to shaft
everyone, even your own brother..

Whats the reward now ? 50 Mill ????
And not one Arab has come forward ??

That doesnt make any sense at all..

[DrMaddVibe]

Sorry, I saw the headline and all I could think of was...Must be 5 o' clock somewhere...HAPPY HOUR...2-4-1!

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by Panamark
You know, it wouldnt surprise me if the fucker was dead.
Ive worked for Arabs before, and its a way of life to shaft
everyone, even your own brother..

Whats the reward now ? 50 Mill ????
And not one Arab has come forward ??

That doesnt make any sense at all..

Dude, I have thought that a million times over. $25 Million? Not ONE of those bastards didn't decide to get his paradise a little earlier? Come on.

There's a least a 50% chance he's already dead. What info do we have that he's alive? Arab people's statements and audio/visual documents. And Lucky told us Osama's tapes are always real shitty quality .

[lucky wilbury]

there no electricity in the area where he is so they don't get the radio or tv broadcasts about the money.

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
there no electricity in the area where he is so they don't get the radio or tv broadcasts about the money.

You need a wall socket to receive TV / Radio broadcasts?

And no print, word of mouth, or smoke fucking signals?

highly unlikely