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The Many Deaths of Osama bin Laden

The Many Deaths of Osama bin Laden. Ian Cahall, Tanner Wolffram, Wesley Smith. How did the various media outlets create gaps in the information to contribute to the understanding of the events surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death as an assassination, murder, or killing?. The Facts.

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The Many Deaths of Osama bin Laden

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  1. The Many Deaths of Osama bin Laden Ian Cahall, Tanner Wolffram, Wesley Smith

  2. How did the various media outlets create gaps in the information to contribute to the understanding of the events surrounding Osama bin Laden’s death as an assassination, murder, or killing?

  3. The Facts • The search for Osama bin Laden began in late 2001 after the attacks on 9/11 • Over a 9 year search • The leader of terrorist organization known as Al Qaeda • Killed on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan • Seal Team 6

  4. Facts cont. • U.S. funded Pakistan search for bin Laden • Pakistan said they could not find him • U.S.-Pakistan relations were already strained • U.S. not happy that bin Laden was found 800 yards from Pakistan’s largest military academy

  5. Operation Neptune Spear • Seal Team Six • Streamed to the President via head camera • President Obama in the White House Situation room

  6. Assassination • “We condemn the assassination and killing of a Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and martyrs.” • Ismail Haniyeh, Head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip • These people saw him as their leader • Most medias were glad he was dead, but feared retaliation • Some did not like U.S. tactics • Image used as rallying point-fake or not

  7. Murder • “Getting rid of bin Laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide but what counts is to overcome the discourse in the methods-the violent methods- that were created and encouraged by bind Laden and others in the world.” • Palestine Authority Spokesman, GhassanKhatib • A woman was shot and killed • Human shield for Osama • Shot anyway • Same violence bin Laden used

  8. Killing • “And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda’s terror: Justice has been done.” • President Barrack Obama • American Media • Killing, not execution or assassination • Celebratory • Closure • Any remarks on al Qaeda retaliation were put on the back burner

  9. The Zero • Remy’s gaps • Violence left out of American media • But major point for Arab media • “This whole thing…it just became another section in the newspaper. Like movie reviews.” • Entertainment value of celebrating his death • Pg. 145

  10. Works Cited • "Osama Bin Laden's death: Political reaction in quotes." BBC. BBC News, 03 May 2011. Web. 19 Apr 2012. <http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256956>. • "Reactions: Bin Laden's death ." Aljazeera. Aljazeera, 02 May 2011. Web. 19 Apr 2012. <http://www.aljazeera.com/ news/asia/2011/05/20115241936984209.html>. • Baker, Peter, Helene Cooper, and Mark Mazzetti. "Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says." The New York Times . The New York Times, 01 May 2011. Web. 19 Apr 2012. <http:// www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/asia/osama-bin-laden-is-killed.html?pagewanted=all>. • Walter, Jess. The Zero. New York: Harper Perennial, 2007.

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