It's both. Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin is his full name.
Marcus Summers
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Originally posted by Durrrtysouth
Something that I have been wondering, If Pakistan knew Bin Laden was there then why was there no kind of response from police, army...etc during the raid. 40 Mins is a long time. If there were helicopters flying around my neighborhood with explosions going off in the middle of the night, for 40 mins nonetheless I would think someone would be calling 911 and the police would be surrounding my neighborhood. Is Pakistan local authorities that incompetent?
Maybe they don't have a 911 system there, but still I would think some patrol detail would have seen something going down and called it in, no?
Seriously, this is one of the dumbest things I have heard in this thread. I'm trying to stay out of this considering I don't have enough time to argue on the internet and also because I'm up to my forehead in the .
Concerning Bin Laden's naming convention:
It is simply a phonetic interpretation into Latin alphabet from Arabic. For example, I've seen Kandahar spelled Qandahar. Does it really matter? No. As long as it is said correctly, afghans will know what you are talking about. Romanization of Arabic, Pashto, Dari, Urdu, etc. sucks and can't really truly interpret the language based on it's tones and sounds, etc (I'm sure Lira can explain it better than I)
Not that you would write to Bin Laden, but in a letter, you would not address him as Osama Bin Laden, would you? أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن is his name. "Osama Bin Laden" is just an interpretation. The U and the O wouldn't really change the fact that his name is pronounced as you hear it from the Arabs themselves. Watch Al Jazeera every once in a while, jesus.
Kaidreas
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Totally - When they capture a US soldier, they give them a fair trial before beheading them live on the internet. They so should have mirandized Osama as he was arrested, then give him due process and then at least a decade on death row while he files his appeals with his court appointed, US taxpayer funder lawyer.
Too many trolls in this thread.
i'm not saying what they did was wrong (in my eyes), i'm saying it's against humanitary rules etc. We shouldn't lower our standards and do the same cruel, inhuman filthy things. if we did things like that, we should have dropped some nukes in afghanistan instead of sending troops. I just don't understand why they just didn't say he was killed in the heat of battle instead of: "we killed him, he was unarmed"
The17sss
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Totally - When they capture a US soldier, they give them a fair trial before beheading them live on the internet. They so should have mirandized Osama as he was arrested, then give him due process and then at least a decade on death row while he files his appeals with his court appointed, US taxpayer funder lawyer.
Too many trolls in this thread.
Awww how thoughtful... they get a "fair trial" before having their heads sawed off on camera. I guess Daniel Pearl got what was fair; you know, being a photo journalist definitely warrants having your head cut off with a rusty blade. Yeah let's mirandize Osama and give him a taxpayer funded attorney and 3 squares a day for a decade. You're a ing moron.
Tasty Onions
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Originally posted by The17sss
Awww how thoughtful... they get a "fair trial" before having their heads sawed off on camera. I guess Daniel Pearl got what was fair; you know, being a photo journalist definitely warrants having your head cut off with a rusty blade. Yeah let's mirandize Osama and give him a taxpayer funded attorney and 3 squares a day for a decade. You're a ing moron.
srussell0018
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Originally posted by The17sss
Awww how thoughtful... they get a "fair trial" before having their heads sawed off on camera. I guess Daniel Pearl got what was fair; you know, being a photo journalist definitely warrants having your head cut off with a rusty blade. Yeah let's mirandize Osama and give him a taxpayer funded attorney and 3 squares a day for a decade. You're a ing moron.
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
The17sss
I'm so used to incredibly stupid statements coming from him, it's hard to tell when he's being sarcastic. :p
nefardec
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Originally posted by Vernon Wanderer
So, is it Osama Bin Laden or Usama Bin Ladin? Al Qaeda or Al Quaida?
you know arabic doesn't use the roman alphabet, right?
:p