Seized Bin Laden documents go online
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The Los Angeles Times reports a slim and tightly-controlled
release of documents showed the al-Qaida leader fret about his own legacy and
wanted to kill the president. It also noted what was missing from release made
public today by the Combating Terrorism Center,
a think tank within U.S. Military Academy at West Point: how bin Laden evaded
detection just one mile from Pakistan’s
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Bin Laden worried about legacy and sought to kill ObamaAnd as well, he schemed to kill the man who would, in the end, give the order to shoot him dead: Barack Obama. That's the portrait of…
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The AP’s ‘at a glance’-style article provides a few highlights of the documents released Thursday. His camp was mindful of media matters, and the letters released included feedback from an al-Qaida adviser on news outlets like Fox, CNN and ABC. http://tinyurl.com/7jnz56o.
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“Documents reveal what bin Laden’s spokesman thought about Fox News (and the other U.S. news networks): http://apne.ws/J07loo -CC
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Fox? “…falls in to the abyss” and “lacks neutrality. ABC is “all right” and CNN appears to be “closely collaborating with the U.S. government, the adviser said. In conclusion, “there is no single channel we can rely on for our messages.”
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Below, the NYT provides a pdf of the documents released today by the military.
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Letters From the Bin Laden Compound – Document – NYTimes.com
10 hours ago … On May 3, 2012, the Combating Terrorism Center at the United States Military Academy released a selection of documents… -
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And from Al Jazeera English: “The documents, totaling 175 pages in the original Arabic, were part of
over 6,000 documents seized in last year’s raid on bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan.” -
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Al Jazeera also reports that the al-Qaida leader wanted to reduce attacks that led to the deaths
of Muslims and instead aim efforts at the US. The article concludes “White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan said this week that bin
Laden’s own words confirm that America is safer with him gone.”
Group of 150 Oklahoma soldiers to return home Saturday
More Oklahoma National Guard soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will be returning home this weekend.
Officials announced Thursday morning that about 150 soldiers will return from Afghanistan and Kuwait on Saturday. This group will be the final large group of Oklahoma National Guard soldiers to return to Oklahoma following deployments to Afghanistan and Kuwait. (more…)
Oklahoma soldiers to return from Afghanistan, Kuwait
The Oklahoma National Guard announced Thursday that about 130 members of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will return from Afghanistan and Kuwait on Saturday.
This is the fifth group of 45th Soldiers to return to Oklahoma as part of their end of mission demobilization process.
Soldiers are expected to arrive at the Army Aviation hanger at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base at 10 a.m. Saturday. Will Rogers ANG Base is located on SW 54 west of Will Rogers World Airport.
Nearly 2,200 Oklahoma Army National Guardsmen from the 45th deployed to Afghanistan in June and are currently in various stages of the demobilization process. An additional 800 Oklahoma Guardsmen from the 45th deployed to Kuwait at the same time and are also in the process of demobilization
Photo by Steve Sisney: Oklahoma National Guardsmen Staff Sgt. David Hornback is greeted by wife Angela and three-year-old daughter Emma on his return from Afghanistan on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Norman, Okla. Hornback is from Broken Arrow.
Oklahoma soldiers return home from Afghanistan
More than 40 Oklahoma National Guard soldiers will return from Afghanistan Thursday, military officials announced Tuesday.
The soldiers are with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and will be the second group of soldiers to return to Oklahoma because of a “surge reduction” that was mandated by the Department of Defense. About 33 Oklahoma Guardsmen were the first to return to U.S. soil as part of the reduction on Dec. 15. The majority of the Brigade is expected to return in March.
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Oklahomans mourn loss of two soldiers
Oklahoma has lost another National Guardsmen in combat.
Spc. Francisco J. Briseno-Alvarez Jr., 27, of Oklahoma City, died Sunday in Laghman province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Brigade Combat Team in Stillwater.
Briseno-Alvarez Jr. was the 12th member of the Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to die in Afghanistan since July 29.
Three other soldiers were also injured in the attack, according to a release from the Oklahoma National Guard.
Briseno-Alvarez graduated from U.S. Grant High School in 2003 and joined the Oklahoma National Guard on Sept. 11, 2010, the Oklahoma National Guard release states.
He attended advanced individual training to become a truck driver, the release states.
His death was announced on the same day that Sgt. Mycal L. Prince was laid to rest. Reporter Bryan Dean attended the funeral for the fallen soldier Monday at The Bridge Assembly of God in Mustang.
Prince, 28, died Sept. 15 in Afghanistan when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire.
“Mycal Prince was a soldier. He wasn’t looking for glory or fame. He was simply willing and ready when his country called,” said Capt. Jeremy Dunn, an Army chaplain who officiated the service Monday.
We’ll have more on Briseno-Alvarez Jr. and Prince in tomorrow’s print edition of The Oklahoman.
Photo by Jim Beckel: Bill Trammell, a Vietnam vet and retired from the US Air Force, stands at attention while the hearse carrying the casket of Sgt. Mycal L. Prince travels west on SH 152 after leaving the church. Trammel was among hundreds of people who stood along the path of the funeral procession.
