European discomfort grows about bin Laden killing

[steve2470]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/uk-binladen-europe-idUKTRE7434N720110504

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Television and radio hosts zeroed in Washington's revision of certain details of the operation, such as the fact that bin Laden was not armed and that the woman killed had not been used as a shield, saying his death looked more now like an execution.

Speakers on a Spanish talk show questioned the official version of the burial at sea of bin Laden's body and said Obama's image would suffer among Europeans who would rather have seen a capture and trial.

Europeans also jumped into the renewed debate over torture and so-called enhanced interrogation technique after U.S. officials said key sources of initial information that led to bin Laden came from at least one prisoner that was tortured.

"What stands out to me is the White House attempt to whitewash Guantanamo. They are saying that information that led them to bin Laden came from there and that it was obtained through torture," Manuel Erice, deputy director of Spain's ABC newspaper said on a talk show on TVE state television.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. That's not right either. No woman was killed. One of his wives was shot in the leg.

[MasonJar]

9. A woman was killed, but not in the room with bin laden.

[virgogal]

2. No surprise here.

[tridim]

3. The big lie is spreading fast.

Wise the fuck up Europe.

[Diclotican]

8. tridim

tridim

First of all, an american are in no way able to tell Europe anything after you managed to vote in not just ONE, but TWICE the worst President US ever could be able to have for the next thousand years... After GWB US must work hard to get UP to the standard the rest of the world have for elected leaders!

Second of this.. Most europeans are not "sad" that mr osama are not with us anymore.. Most of us could not care, and even tho we are not selebrating the fact that mr Osama is dead, we are not excactly sad either... He is dead...

Diclotican

[hardcover]

4. Some in Europe will find fault with anything the U.S. does. It's the nature of the beast.

Any reason will do. They're petty and jealous, just ignore them. Let them wallow in their misery.

[RC]

5. The rest of the world has good reason not to trust anything we say.

All the "corrections" of the 'misinformation coming coming out of the White House isn't helping any.

[raccoon]

6. Jealous? Of our "health care" system maybe? LMAO. nt

[MasonJar]

10. Europe has no reason to be jealous of the USA. They have the

history, the art, the present life of governments which provide for their people, not just corporations. Why should they envy us? Three of the happiest peoples in the world live in Europe: Norway, Sweden and Finland. The other two are Australia and New Zealand.

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

7. Were the 3000 civillians killed on 9/11 armed?

Osama got what was coming to him. Don't really care what Europe thinks about this one.