from: octimotor

Inet discussion boards, public radio this morning Eastern Daylight time in USA, and the news trailers (MSN) upon signing out of an email service, are filled with coverage about the US special forces raid which Loudly! heralded the demise of Osama bin Laden. The radio coverage featured the audio clip in which US Pres. Obama said, in essence, ‘Justice has now been rendered’.

I suspect, too, the mortuary images will be making the rounds. They did before, in another prior similar, but by no means as high profile, situation. Life magazine carried the photos of the local army troops, clients of the USA intelligence community agencies, posing with the deceased remains of Che’ Gravara – – a leftist political revolutionary chieftain in one of the Latin American insurgencies of the 1960’s.

All in all, here we have well orchestrated Public Theatre in the realm of international relations (and perhaps social engineering). Some speculations have even pondered whether the bin Laden character had multiple copies, and had perhaps one already been deceased as of several years ago from various medical problems. Scripted, it might be, for some public opinion and foreign relations effects. Passage of time will be required to judge the eventual impact.

In this morning’s reported reactions, some of them sounded interesting, and potentially positive. There had been some purported public expressions from folks gathering in Washington DC, and NY City, to give voice to their joyful reaction to the news. Emotional reactions in the US national and international markets were reported, as leaning toward greater confidence – – Gold prices declining with US-Dollar strength increasing, oil prices lowering.

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[*] W.O.T stands for “war on terrorism”

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From Ghazi Air Base in Pakistan, the modified MH-60 helicopters made their way to the garrison suburb of Abbottabad, about 30 miles from the center of Islamabad.

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After bursts of fire over 40 minutes, 22 people were killed or captured. One of the dead was Osama bin Laden, done in by a double tap — boom, boom — to the left side of his face. His body was aboard the choppers that made the trip back. One had experienced mechanical failure and was destroyed by U.S. forces, military and White House officials tell NationalJournal.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42858824/ns/world_news-death_of_bin_laden//?GT1=43001

The article, “The secret team that killed bin Laden,” first appeared in the National Journal, said MSN.