Osama bin Laden (or somebody in his compound) apparently liked to get his freak on: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout.
The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive, according to the officials, who discussed the discovery with Reuters on condition of anonymity.
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BishopX Fri, May 13, 2011 10:09:43am |
Well duh, he had a 19 year old son living there.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, May 13, 2011 10:12:19am |
Wait, wasn’t pornography one of those hallmarks of decadent, depraved Western culture that he spent so much of his life decrying? I am shocked, SHOCKED to find hypocrisy in this man’s house./
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Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 10:13:57am |
And now, the inevitable naming of the porn found:
“Talibunnies”
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, May 13, 2011 10:15:22am |
re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
And now, the inevitable naming of the porn found:
“Talibunnies”
Clearly he was anxious for a taste of those 72 virgins he was expecting.
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lawhawk Fri, May 13, 2011 10:15:37am |
re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Taliboning.
Osama does Abbottabad…
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Achilles Tang Fri, May 13, 2011 10:16:14am |
This could be a real boon for whoever the actors/actresses are.
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Lidane Fri, May 13, 2011 10:17:14am |
re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But, Jihad…Holy Warrior…but…
He loved jihad so much he had to cheat on it by watching porn and jerking off.
/Newt
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Cankles McCellulite Fri, May 13, 2011 10:17:43am |
re: #3 thedopefishlives
Why there are straight men who still think they can be stronger than the vagina, i have no idea. Vagina will always win. Always. MWWAAAA!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, May 13, 2011 10:18:51am |
re: #11 Cankles McCellulite
Why there are straight men who still think they can be stronger than the vagina, i have no idea. Vagina will always win. Always. MWWAAA!
Any married man would testify to that.
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Laughing Gas Fri, May 13, 2011 10:19:30am |
So many of these repressed fundamentalist religious types are porn addicts.
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sattv4u2 Fri, May 13, 2011 10:20:17am |
In the coming days we’re going to discover he had a reciprocal porn video trade agreement with Kim Jong Mental Lee ill
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nines09 Fri, May 13, 2011 10:21:39am |
Oh, this is too good. I guess his book will be called; “Pocketful of Quarters, Fistful of Dreams. The Modern Jihadist.”
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lawhawk Fri, May 13, 2011 10:21:43am |
Seriously though, this isn’t surprising in the slightest. For all their talk about the West’s decadence and lack of morals or following Islam, OBL and his minions partook in more than their share of the same decadence (and he was found not in a cave, but in a well to do community in Pakistan albeit with meth-lab shabby chic decor). OBL was from a monied and elite family. Many of the 9/11 plotters were monied and from professional backgrounds. Zawahiri is from a professional background. They didn’t call for jihad because of a lack of money or resources between and among them - but because of the so-called excesses.
They all claim to adhere to a strict version of Islam, but it seems that the part that manifests most is the hatred of women’s rights and violence towards anyone they deem to be an enemy (whether it’s the West or those Muslims who don’t believe the way they do - as is all to frequently the case in Afghanistan and Pakistan).
I think this particular tidbit was released precisely because it shows OBL to be nothing more than a hypocrite who had no problems sending others to murder thousands, all while he was comfortable in Abbottabad wanking off to Hot Girls of Hydrabad II.
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calochortus Fri, May 13, 2011 10:23:52am |
I’m sure he had to watch it, no matter how much he didn’t want to. Otherwise how would he know just how evil Western society human beings everywhere are?
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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 10:23:59am |
Uh oh. We have another giant fake controversy brewing, getting hyped by all the usual suspects:
School Tells Child to Take Down Drawing of American Flag
22News tried to contact the Superintendent, Dr. Paul Burnim. He refused to go on camera, but told 22News over the phone that nobody ever told Franklin the drawing was offensive, and said the only reason it wasn’t hung was because Franklin was supposed to be doing other work; not drawing a picture. In a statement he said: “Each of our schools flies the American Flag every day. At the Butterfield School, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited by students and staff. And the other schools recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once per week.”
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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 10:26:00am |
So what’s the over/under of the amount of pron contained on the 2.7 terabytes that the SEALs hauled off after the raid?
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sattv4u2 Fri, May 13, 2011 10:26:19am |
re: #17 lawhawk
For all their talk about the West’s decadence and lack of morals or following Islam, OBL and his minions partook in more than their share of the same decadence
It’s not just OBLs minions
I’ve done work in several Mid East and Arab countries and lets just say some of the places the locals took us for nightlife were, interesting!
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, May 13, 2011 10:27:26am |
Fundamentalism, seen in jihad terror gang and mullet-coiffed mega-church alike, is about controlling people. This inevitably leads to the leadership having a special set of rules. What civilized people regard as hypocrisy is not a bug to them, it is a feature.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, May 13, 2011 10:28:02am |
Some of the titles:
Screw ewe.
Baaaad, Baaaad Blacksheep.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, May 13, 2011 10:28:53am |
oh and Virgin Wool (for hair fetishists).
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lawhawk Fri, May 13, 2011 10:29:33am |
Other titles found in the OBL porn catalog:
Kinky in Kashmir
Jammin’ in Jammu
Burkha’d Heat I-IV
Furry and Lovin’ It
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Sol Berdinowitz Fri, May 13, 2011 10:29:57am |
I will insisit that Obama publish the photos and videos as proof…
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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 10:30:52am |
re: #25 Shiplord Kirel
Fundamentalism, seen in jihad terror gang and mullet-coiffed mega-church alike, is about controlling people. This inevitably leads to the leadership having a special set of rules. What civilized people regard as hypocrisy is not a bug to them, it is a feature.
“Do as I say, not as I do.” Yeah, that’s pretty much par for the course.
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prairiefire Fri, May 13, 2011 10:31:41am |
For anybody who thinks that this post kill, humanization process isn’t important, you are wrong.
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Jimmah Fri, May 13, 2011 10:32:53am |
re: #4 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
And now, the inevitable naming of the porn found:
“Talibunnies”
“Islamic fundamentalists gone wild”?
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Vicious Babushka Fri, May 13, 2011 10:34:23am |
This reminds me of the oldie but goodie “Taliban Singles Online” (I’m at work now but you can Google it)
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Alexzander Fri, May 13, 2011 10:34:44am |
re: #25 Shiplord Kirel
Fundamentalism, seen in jihad terror gang and mullet-coiffed mega-church alike, is about controlling people. This inevitably leads to the leadership having a special set of rules. What civilized people regard as hypocrisy is not a bug to them, it is a feature.
Abuse and hypocrisy are features of nearly every single power hierarchy, from our government to our family and gender dynamics.
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lawhawk Fri, May 13, 2011 10:38:21am |
Another possibility, which comes to mind is that OBL or others in his compound were using the porn to send coded messages. It wouldn’t be the first time either.
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efuseakay Fri, May 13, 2011 10:42:05am |
re: #6 thedopefishlives
Clearly he was anxious for a taste of those 72 virgins he was expecting.
Instead, he got stuck with 72 sturgeons.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, May 13, 2011 10:46:27am |
Rosie Palm has been added to the no fly list
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theheat Fri, May 13, 2011 11:00:48am |
I called it! I knew there’d be porn! Maybe not as much as some of our own “values” politicians have squirreled away for “research,” but I knew there’d be some good old fashioned porn.
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Slap Fri, May 13, 2011 11:03:51am |
It’s proof of the ultimate jihadi activity — they’re looking for a way to infiltrate the Tea Party by aligning themselves with their values!
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Romantic Heretic Fri, May 13, 2011 11:08:53am |
A friend of mine used to manage a hotel.
Every time there was a ‘Christian’ convention booked there, the hotel’s revenue from pay per view porn went through the roof. *grin*
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Political Atheist Fri, May 13, 2011 11:09:43am |
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Tigger2005 Fri, May 13, 2011 11:33:58am |
re: #11 Cankles McCellulite
Why there are straight men who still think they can be stronger than the vagina, i have no idea. Vagina will always win. Always. MWWAAA!
The road to hell is paved with pussy, they say.
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ContinentalOp Fri, May 13, 2011 11:49:34am |
Is this report from the same anonymous official who said bin Laden was using his wife as a human shield?
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_RememberTonyC Fri, May 13, 2011 12:13:05pm |
he was also a big Three Stooges fan ….. Shemp.com was his favorite
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, May 13, 2011 12:13:48pm |
re: #46 ContinentalOp
Yeah, best to wait 24 hours. We wouldn’t want to besmirch the man’s memory.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Fri, May 13, 2011 12:42:17pm |
Give it twenty-four hours (at most) and that site where you can see Bin Laden watching the youtube video of your choice will have competition sites that show him watching RedTube videos and show his right shoulder/upper arm moving up and down.
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 1:00:07pm |
re: #3 thedopefishlives
Wait, wasn’t pornography one of those hallmarks of decadent, depraved Western culture that he spent so much of his life decrying? I am shocked, SHOCKED to find hypocrisy in this man’s house./
He was just doing research on the decadence and depravity of Western culture.
///
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Amory Blaine Fri, May 13, 2011 1:59:53pm |
Well there’s more than one picture that people are interested in now.
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chaosium Fri, May 13, 2011 2:33:04pm |
re: #48 Shiplord Kirel
I’d be more amused and willing to believe it if he was a fundie religious leader.
Really, though. ContinentalOp is right. It’s not “honoring” OBL to question this sort of bullshit propaganda after all the other anonymous reports were pushed. Why propagate unverified, snopesworthy lies? Why allow the news to become a glorified version of your grandparents’ email forwards?
It’s not worth a titter, these tabloid faux-journos can go fuck themselves for all I care. He was a Manson-like murderous nutjob without all these exaggerations, I don’t understand why that’s not enough.
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chaosium Fri, May 13, 2011 2:42:19pm |
re: #31 prairiefire
For anybody who thinks that this post kill, humanization process isn’t important, you are wrong.
Yeah, but it’s used to create a false hypocrisy (and demonize porn, I suppose.)
So to what end are you looking for humanization? Are you looking to prove he’s not a holy, intouchable figure, or are you looking to discuss the importance of human life in the wake of all that death?
If it’s the latter, this is a strange way to go about it. If it’s the former, it comes off as blatant propaganda, in the US and abroad. Even if it was true, focus on his crimes, not his sex life. I doubt what he did would even be unholy in the confines of his marriage(s).
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wrenchwench Fri, May 13, 2011 2:49:34pm |
re: #53 chaosium
Greetings, hatchling. Are you on a mission to defend Osama from scurrilous rumors? Do you think there was no porn, or that it wasn’t his?
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chaosium Fri, May 13, 2011 3:29:13pm |
re: #54 wrenchwench
Yeah, finally broke out of lurking for this :p
Are you on a mission to defend Osama from scurrilous rumors? Do you think there was no porn, or that it wasn’t his?
I think it lessens the horror of AQ and at the same time comes off as hamfisted psyops. Considering the recent fake “OBL used his wife as a human shield” stories that’ve been going around, this looks to be just as fake.
I don’t know why it would come off as “defending” Osama from anything, I just hate the tabloid rumor mill, how it’s infested the US media, and what we’re willing to gloss over if it fits our preconceptions. There’s more than enough to loathe without trying to find hypocrisy where there is likely none.
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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 4:18:03pm |
re: #55 chaosium
The story comes from Reuters, and they cite multiple sources for it.
If you don’t want to believe it, that’s your choice. But it’s as well-sourced as any other news story, and it certainly doesn’t sound far-fetched at all.
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chaosium Fri, May 13, 2011 4:26:52pm |
re: #56 Charles
It’s possible, I find it more likely that they exist for steganographic purposes, if true. I’d probably be much less annoyed with the coverage if that angle was played up. Since it hasn’t been, and since it wasn’t ever brought up by the “multiple anonymous sources”, that’s why I’m a bit more suspicious. Why would multiple anonymous sources be more reliable than one anonymous source, either way?
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TedStriker Fri, May 13, 2011 4:31:15pm |
re: #25 Shiplord Kirel
Fundamentalism, seen in jihad terror gang and mullet-coiffed mega-church alike, is about controlling people. This inevitably leads to the leadership having a special set of rules. What civilized people regard as hypocrisy is not a bug to them, it is a feature.
Think Reverend Bubba Flavel from Porky’s 2: The Next Day…that character is the stereotype or most every religious fundamentalist out there.
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TedStriker Fri, May 13, 2011 4:32:11pm |
re: #58 talon_262
Err, meant “that character is the stereotype of most every religious fundamentalist out there.”
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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 5:15:09pm |
re: #57 chaosium
It’s possible, I find it more likely that they exist for steganographic purposes, if true.
Why? Don’t you think bin Laden had a penis or something?
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, May 13, 2011 5:53:03pm |
re: #52 chaosium
I’d be more amused and willing to believe it if he was a fundie religious leader.
He was a fundy religious leader in many ways. His objective was no different from that of many of our dominionists, a theocratic authoritarian state. The crucial difference is that he did not face the legal and constitutional constraints that restrain them.
Really, though. ContinentalOp is right. It’s not “honoring” OBL to question this sort of bullshit propaganda after all the other anonymous reports were pushed. Why propagate unverified, snopesworthy lies? Why allow the news to become a glorified version of your grandparents’ email forwards?It’s not worth a titter, these tabloid faux-journos can go fuck themselves for all I care. He was a Manson-like murderous nutjob without all these exaggerations, I don’t understand why that’s not enough.
You seem to have assumed pretty definitely that this is some kind of bullshit propaganda, which is a whole different thing from reasonable skepticism. There are some crucial differences between this and the “wife as shield” story. The latter appeared from a single source in the inevitably confused aftermath of the operation. It was also similar enough to the now-accepted facts, that the wife rushed the SEALs on her own and was shot, that confusion could easily arise. The porn story has come from multiple sources after more than a week, plenty of time for the basic facts to be sorted out. It is possible but far, far less likely that is also a misinterpretation of some real finding. If it is untrue, it therefore represents a deliberate fabrication. The real extent and nature of the collection is still publicly unknown and we can never definitely know why OBL had it.
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