Did latest Wikileaks revelations force U.S. to take out Bin Laden?

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This is kind of interesting.

By Neil Sears
Last updated at 12:27 AM on 3rd May 2011



Controversial: The Wikileaks site, founded by Julian Assange, has been attacked by countries for its publication of secret documents

Controversial: The Wikileaks site, founded by Julian Assange, has been attacked by countries for its publication of secret documents

Wikileaks may have triggered the killing of Osama Bin Laden, it was suggested last night.

For although the CIA has thought since September that he was in hiding in Abbottabad, special forces stormed his fortress only days after the website published new secret documents.

These made reference to named ‘couriers’ carrying Bin Laden’s message to his followers, and also to Abbottabad as a possible Al Qaeda bolthole.

America has already revealed that it was led to Bin Laden by tracking a man identified as his key courier.

When that courier was found in Abbottabad, the CIA began surveillance that led to the raid.

As a result, last night it was suggested the operation had to be launched before Bin Laden knew the game was up.

The theory is based on a leaked U.S. Defence Department assessment of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Abu Faraj al-Libi, 40.

The assessment, currently available on the internet, was among information first released to newspapers including the Guardian and the Telegraph, and identifies al-Libi as an operational chief of Al Qaeda, and long-term close associate of Bin Laden.

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Although the document does not suggest Bin Laden has hidden in Abbottabad, it clearly identifies the city as known to the Americans as a possible Al Qaeda leadership bolthole, and identifies by name several couriers.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382908/Osama-Bin-Laden-Death-Did-latest-Wikileaks-revelations-force-U-S-out.html

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1. It may well be that unfolding Wikileaks docs were about to compromise this operation...

...and thus hastened its execution.

So I wouldn't credit them with anything greater than impacting the timing.

:patriot:

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2. "...Al Qaeda bolthole..."

I seriously read that as "Al Qaeda butthole"

Either way.

[tabatha]

3. Nope. Wrong.

The courier's name was known in 2007. The courier was located in August 2010. This info has been in reports about this undertaking. People love making shit up.

[pnwmom]

4. No, the opposite is true. They have been planning this for months,

including building a model of the compound to rehearse in. This wasn't something that was dreamed up a week ago. Wikileaks' publication of important details could have RUINED the action.

Do you realize that the Daily Mail is a National Enquirer type publication? Not something to take seriously.