Osama's death, great victory in the war on terror: Bush

'We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass".


Afp May 13, 2011

WASHINGTON: Former US president George W. Bush this week reportedly praised President Barack Obama's decision to order the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and declared: "The guy is dead. That is good”, at a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas.

"Osama's death is a great victory in the war on terror. He was held up as a leader."

Bush, who famously declared after the September 11 terrorist attacks that he wanted bin Laden "dead or alive", spoke out on the Al-Qaeda leader, ABC news reported.

The former president said he was "not overjoyed" to hear that elite US commandos had taken out bin Laden in Pakistan, explaining that the covert strike had been carried out not "out of hatred but to exact judgment."

Asked about the accuracy of the report, a spokesman for the former president, David Sherzer, said "Most of the quotes are not accurate. But the general tenor of the piece accurately reflects President Bush's views."

Bush said he was eating in a restaurant with wife Laura Bush and two friends when he received Obama's telephone call to inform him of the raid, and hastened home to take the call.

"Obama simply said 'Osama Bin Laden is dead,'" ABC's source quoted Bush as saying.

After Obama had detailed his decision to order the raid on bin Laden's fortified compound in Pakistan, Bush had replied: "Good call."

The former president praised US intelligence services and recalled a meeting with the secretive and deadly US Navy Seal "Team Six" in Afghanistan.

"I said, 'I hope you have everything you need. One guy said, 'We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass,'" ABC quoted Bush.

 

COMMENTS (6)

Zahid Aslam | 12 years ago | Reply @chebbo: You r right man i agree with u........One on Taliban Commander Reveal that Bin Laden blow himself when he saw USA Navy SEALs.. therefore USA Unable to publish his picz......
chebbo | 12 years ago | Reply They not only killed Osama bin Laden but they descareted his body. I am sure the Americans are hiding details on throwing Osama's body in the sea: a sea burial has a point. The Americans amputated some body parts and in order to avoid another autopsy or afraid of being detected and maligned, they threw the dead body into the sea.
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