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The Che Guevara of al-Qaeda
Why is it that so few people seem to be bothered by the trend of cheering a practice that may simply amount to extrajudicial killing of suspects? Is the old eye-for-an-eye revenge getting the upper hand over international justice?
Found, killed, dumped in the sea
"An old, frail-looking man sits slouched on a floor, a television remote control in his hand. He strokes his grey beard and rocks gently as he watches himself on the screen." [source]
In the early hours of 2. May 2011, a team of US army special forces, on a secret mission near Islamabad, found, killed and quickly disposed of the corpse of Osama bin Laden, one of the most sought-after men in the history. A reporter's breathless voiceover of the ABC video posted in this BBC article recalls the drama vividly: "We understand that there were 30 to 40 US Navy Seals that landed on the roof of that compound coming down on ropes from helicopters which, it is reported, had flown in from Afghanistan at a very low altitude, below Pakistani radar, and this really was a truly covert operation, and those Navy Seals, we are told, searched the compound, found the man who they quickly believed to be Osama bin Laden, in one of the rooms; when he refused to surrender, they shot him twice in the head, and the body of Osama bin Laden was then buried at sea by the Americans, after identification, as is customary in Islamic tradition, within 24 hours of his death."
Let's not dwell much on the questions about legality of deadly US incursions to Pakistan, without any knowledge of the Pakistani authorities. After all, actions like that nowadays do take place frequently, although usually without as much fanfare, simply by firing missiles into suspected militants' cars or houses from robotic airplanes ("drones") remotely operated by "pilots" with joysticks in military bunkers half a world away, in the USA.
I have been particularly puzzled by the quick killing of the frail unarmed man just for "refusing to surrender". Imagine the situation: a dark house filled with criss-crossing flashlights, shouting, cries and sporadic gunshots. US Navy Seals, armed to the teeth, finally kicked out the right door, finding a surprised man they "quickly believed" to be Osama bin Laden. Apparently, one of Bin Laden's wives ran to help her husband, and she was shot down.
Now, the following images are crucial, but very unclear. How was Bin Laden requested to surrender and how exactly did he "refuse" to do that? It is very clear that he was unarmed. There was no other "hostile" in the room, which probably was Bin Laden's bedroom, that could possibly endanger the fully armed US special forces and their mission. Yet, a US soldier decided to shoot the old man to the head. He hit Bin Laden above his left eye.
Make sure he's dead
Jordi Serra del Pino, a futurist, wrote to the WFSF mailing list: "The whole American approach to the response of the 9/11 has always seemed to be consistent with a vision of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, being Bush Wyatt Earp and al-Qaeda the cowboys. The whole idea of invading a country to eradicate a terrorist movement (which is international) seems odd, but it makes sense if you are looking for a cathartic showdown in which you kill the bad guy. This has little to do with justice and it only serves as retribution. As a futurist the aspect that stroke me the most then, is that it was a 19th century approach to a 21th century issue. By now, it is clear that the chosen action line has worsened the situation. My criticism, beyond the moral issue (that I cannot condone) is that this is deeply stupid; Bin Laden was in a situation in which the only bad option for him was to be arrested and judged as a criminal; as a free man, he could keep on defying and mocking Western supremacy; as a dead man, he is a martyr. I do not think the world is better or safer today."
A colourful expression of one's standpoint, indeed. The Wild West features of the "War On Terror" (remember e.g. the most-wanted Iraqi deck of cards?) have often been remarked upon before. However, even the bad guys in the Western movies would not shoot unarmed enemies, and only the worst hitmen in thrillers would shoot such person in the head for a second time, just to "make sure that he was dead". "That is, however, precisely what the "brave" US Navy Seal soldier did. "After this first shot, reports ABC News' The Blotter, [Osama bin Laden] was shot again, to make sure that he was dead." [source]
Assassinating unarmed man
"The US has offered two different successive accounts of the killing of Bin Laden. Originally, officials said the al-Qaeda chief had "participated" in a firefight when he was shot dead. [A day after], the White House corrected this, saying Bin Laden was unarmed. But it still insisted that he was resisting capture -- although it is unclear exactly how he did this." [source] Also this BBC article says it loud and clear: "Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was killed by US troops on Sunday after resisting capture, the White House has said."
Right to a fair trial
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him." Even more basic is the principle of presumption of innocence until the accused is proven guilty. Even schoolchildren would recite that the right to a fair trial is one of the core values for all countries that respect the rule of law.
First of all, Osama bin Laden was a suspect. He may have claimed responsibility for some incidents, other things were attributed to him or his influence. Still, he was never convicted of any crime. BBC in this article correctly says that "Bin Laden is believed to have ordered the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001 and a number of others." Most reporters and news outlets, however, seem to forget this little "detail".
But then, even if Bin Laden had been clearly convicted of some serious crimes, my reservations would hardly differ. Who has the right to kill anybody else if it's not in (self-)defence?
I have been deeply shocked by how so many people, unfortunately led by the (formerly so agreeable) US president Barack Obama, could so cheerfully celebrate the killing. Apprehension, capture -- all right. But shooting dead a frail unarmed man? ??? the trend of celebrating ...
Jim Dator, another notable futurist, wrote in the same mailing list: "Killing is never justified, and should never be a cause of celebration. Killing by the state/government is even less justifiable, in spite of obsolete conventions of international law that say otherwise. Many of us in the US and elsewhere immediately condemned our government's "war on terrorism" reaction to 9/11 as wrong, asserting, as others have already said here, that it should have been treated as an international police action and not a "war" of any kind."
Keith Hudson, a versatile writer I much admire, noted: "I suggested that it "might" have been wiser for President Obama not to have been so triumphant about the killing of Osama Bin Laden despite the temptation of enhancing his electoral credibility. I should have written that it would have been wiser not to have announced it at all but let the knowledge seep out. Obama has now succeeded in humiliating Pakistan's army, secret services, politicians -- pretty well all of the politically powerful in Pakistan. The only people who will benefit are the mullahs and the members of various quasi al-Qaeda groups in the country who will now feel strengthened in their hatred of America and anything Western. Such a public slap in the face doesn't help the situation of a failing nation-state which already has nuclear weapons and advanced missiles. A faction within the Pakistan army might already be planning some sort of action in order for the country to save its face. The country is already close to a state of war with India over Kashmir. Goodness knows how Pakistan is going to react now." [source] ??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_eye = the principle of retributive justice
On my recent trip to Paris, over lunch I brought up this topic with two US ladies making a holiday in Europe. I asked them whether they did not think it would have been better to capture Bin Laden alive and bring him to trial. "Oh, no!", they cried unisono. "Imagine the cost of the trial, and how long it would take! That guy deserves to be dead!" The only thing that troubled these ladies was that the killing markedly increased the popularity of their current president, Barack Obama. "Both of us are republicans, you know," they explained to me, as if I hadn't guessed already...
It is unacceptable that the US Attorney General Eric Holder can get away with the feeble explanation that Bin Laden was a lawful military target, whose killing was "an act of national self-defence". "It was a kill-or-capture mission. He made no attempt to surrender." [here]
The news was most captivating, and just like on 11. September 2001, on 2. May 2011 I found it difficult to concentrate on other things. But I kept feeling a growing discomfort from reading, hearing and watching the celebrations and simplistic slogans of men and women interviewed in the street. They were so full of vengeance, so uncivilized, so unjust, so disgusting. Maybe you know how difficult it sometimes is to find yourself feeling significantly differently from the large surrounding crowd. Strong social pressure tends to make us uncertain. I also started doubting my opinion. Fortunately, over the next few days after the news, many other people expressed their dismay. Some examples follow:
• A BBC correspondent in Germany writes: "Nobody I know thinks Osama bin Laden was anything but a bad lot. And nobody says he shouldn't have been killed, but there is also among the people I've met a hint of carping about the excess of celebration in Times Square and at Ground Zero. ... But then there's also a cartoon in the paper with a very different take. It shows President Obama holding a placard saying "Obama killed Osama" and underneath the caption: "This makes re-election certain." Is this a suggestion, I wonder, that killing Bin Laden was about crude politics in America?"
• The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said the killing of the unarmed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden leaves "a very uncomfortable feeling" [source]
• Noam Chomsky provokes, but not without a point: "We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic." He continues: "It's increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no opposition -- except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them. In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress "suspects." In April 2002, the head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, informed the press that after the most intensive investigation in history, the FBI could say no more than that it "believed" that the plot was hatched in Afghanistan, though implemented in the UAE and Germany." [source]
"The issue here is whether what was done was an act of legitimate self-defence," said Benjamin Ferencz, an international law specialist who served as a prosecutor during the Nuremburg trials and argued that it would have been better to capture Bin Laden and send him to court. "Killing a captive who poses no immediate threat is a crime under military law as well as all other law," he told the BBC World Service. [source]
The same article says: "US officials have suggested that Bin Laden may have been reaching for a weapon, and that the Navy Seals may have suspected that people in the compound were wearing suicide belts. But they have also said Bin Laden was not carrying a weapon - after initially saying he was. And they have told US media that just one person in the compound shot at the special forces team, in what appears to have been a fairly one-sided confrontation. Legal experts have therefore asked whether the US forces were instructed to kill, and whether Bin Laden was offered a chance to surrender." [source]
"US Attorney General Eric Holder said it was "conducted in a way that was consistent with our law, with our values". "If he had surrendered, attempted to surrender, I think we should obviously have accepted that, but there was no indication that he wanted to do that and therefore his killing was appropriate," he told the Senate judiciary committee." [source] Well, I am sorry, this sounds pretty outrageous to me. Since when is killing of suspects legal in the USA? What US values permit shooting an unarmed man in the head? Does the US approve of killing suspects just because they are not eager to surrender?
Like Mr Ferencz, British law professor Philippe Sands QC says it is impossible to make a definitive legal judgement without knowing precisely what happened. But he says the case for the raid's legality has been weakened. "The question to ask is: were the measures taken in the actual situation that pertained reasonable and proportionate given the circumstances in which the [Navy Seals] found themselves?" he told the BBC. "The facts for Bin Laden don't appear to easily meet that standard." ... The extent to which Bin Laden could have still been a key commander, given the restrictions on his movements and communictions, has been queried, though the US has said he was "active in operational planning" from Abbottabad. But the fact that Bin Laden was killed in a normally quiet town, in a country with which the US is not at war and says it was not given prior warning of the raid, has also raised questions. "As a matter of international law, one country is not free to enter another country apparently without the authorisation of that country, and intervene, whether to kidnap or kill a national of a third state," Mr Sands said. He acknowledged that under what is known as the doctrine of necessity, where there is an "overriding threat to national security", such an act might not give rise to responsibility or liability. But he said the difficulty with that argument was that it comes against a background of a rise in extrajudicial killings, including through the use of drones, and that this was not a "lawful direction to be taking". The logical conclusion of any idea that Bin Laden could be killed as an enemy combatant was "that anyone associated with al-Qaeda in any country in the world can be taken out, can be executed," Mr Sands said. "I think it's deeply troubling if we are indeed moving to a place where you can have a global assassination policy for those who are perceived to cause trouble," he added. [source]
US officials have justified Bin Laden's killing as an act committed as part of an armed conflict with al-Qaeda. Mr Holder said Bin Laden's killing was "an act of national self-defence", calling the al-Qaeda leader "a lawful military target" who had acknowledged his role in the 9/11 attacks. "It's lawful to target an enemy commander in the field," he said. Some legal experts have backed up that position. "I don't think that this is an extrajudicial killing," Philip Bobbitt, a specialist on constitutional law and international security, told the BBC's World Tonight programme. "I think this is part of an armed conflict authorised by the United Nations, authorised by both houses of Congress." [source]
However, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, and the special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, have also raised concern. "In certain exceptional cases, use of deadly force may be permissible as a measure of last resort... including in operations against terrorists," they said in statement. "However, the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially decided punishment," they added. "Actions taken by states in combating terrorism, especially in high profile cases, set precedents for the way in which the right to life will be treated in future instances." [source]
Thierry Gaudin, another notable futurist, wrote to the above mailing list: "Bin Laden claimed to be responsible for 3000 casualties, and probably is not (re-open 9/11). The Bush family, Cheyney and Kissinger could claim for more than 300,000 innocent casualties. Where are the criminals? Where is the justice? (US still refuses to sign the International Criminal Court treaty.)" In another contribution, he adds: "United states allowing themselves to kill Bin Laden, while it would have been relatively easy to catch him alive (using sleeping gases for instance) goes back to the time of tribal revenge and denies the path towards the global state of law. The crual details of this assasination, widely broadcasted, are exciting the lowest instincts of human nature, moving backwards from civilisation. United states claims to be the leader of a free and civilized world, and we europeans as allied through NATO, are supposed to follow. Let me say that I am ashamed for US, and do hope that this crime will be the last of that kind."
Saddam Hussein was tried, if somewhat tendentiously, and hanged. Timothy McVeigh was tried and executed. Nazi criminals have been hunted to this day -- but they also have stood trials instead of simply being shot dead in their homes. Doubtless, Hitler would have been tried had he not quickly committed suicide.
How come that so little seems to have been done to capture and try Osama bin Laden? Heck, why was the mighty USA really so afraid of this frail sick man that has been surviving in hiding for the past 10 years?
Just very hypothetically: what would happen if Osama bin Laden, for example in front of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, produced a credible proof that he did not order the 9/11 attacks. Who would we possibly start to hunt then? Bin Laden's death is much more convenient: the popular thirst for blood has been satisfied, the currents of vengeance discharged. Any more detail answers can be filled in by imagination and blockbuster action movies that are doubtless being sketched as we speak.
"Islamic" burial... at sea
And then, after killing, without qualms, a surprised sick old man in his bedroom, someone who could hardly have posed any threat to the perfectly armed and protected US Navy Seals, after ditching a broken helicopter and a quick escape back to Afghanistan, with the corpse and a cache of hard drives and other "evidence of terrorism", the US army, in a rather touching manner, decided to prepare a burial conforming to Islamic tradition... if at sea!
"Islamic tradition requires the dead to be buried as soon as possible, unless an autopsy is required. The US military took this requirement very seriously, burying the body within hours. ... Religious rites were carried out on the deck of a US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson. The body, shrouded in a white sheet and placed in a weighted bag, was then positioned on a flat board, tipped up, and eased into the Arabian Sea. This occurred at 0600GMT, approximately 12 hours after the firefight during which Osama Bin Laden was shot in the head. ... "A military officer read prepared religious remarks, which were translated into Arabic by a native speaker," a US defence official said." [source]
As pointed out by Noam Chomsky here: "There is also much media discussion of Washington's anger that Pakistan didn't turn over bin Laden, though surely elements of the military and security forces were aware of his presence in Abbottabad. Less is said about Pakistani anger that the U.S. invaded their territory to carry out a political assassination. Anti-American fervor is already very high in Pakistan, and these events are likely to exacerbate it. The decision to dump the body at sea is already, predictably, provoking both anger and skepticism in much of the Muslim world." [source]
After the shooting, the corpse of Osama bin Laden was flown to Afghanistan and Bin Laden's identity was confirmed. Officials say a DNA sample was taken that matched that of several other family members. Some sources say facial recognition technology was also used. From Afghanistan, the body was, it appears, flown to the USS Carl Vinson. [source]
Another interesting feature of the story is that the USA has decided not to publish photographs or videos of Bin Laden's death. President Barack Obama even said publishing photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden threatens US national security. ... Mr Obama said: "It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. That's not who we are." ... Mr Obama, who monitored the progress of the raid from the White House, saw his approval rating jump 11 points to 57% in a New York Times/CBS News poll [two days after]. [source]
I don't want to question whether or not (the right) Osama bin Laden was killed. Indeed, perhaps the USA just needed to get rid of a ghost created by the Neocon fervour of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld -- and win a few brownie points while doing that. There are few indications that has happened, so I leave it to the scores of conspirative theories that are being put together. ??? There already are news that: "Online spammers using fake videos and photos of Osama Bin Laden's death have seen their phishing scam go viral. Since the al-Qaeda leader was shot and killed by American special forces there's been speculation about exactly how he died." [source] ??? Initially, those calling for release of photographs were people, mostly in the Middle East, who accused the US of deception. "This news is only coming from one side, from Obama's office, and American has not shown any evidence or proof to support this claim," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement. Blogs, message boards and web pages - including a Facebook group entitled "Osama Bin Laden not dead" - have been filled with suggestions that the US government faked the raid. Many people in Pakistan have also expressed doubt that he has been killed, and in a debate run by the BBC's Asian Network [the day after], some British Muslims were sceptical too. But on [4. May], a growing number of voices in the US political scene joined the fray, saying there was an inevitability about the pictures emerging at some point. [source]
What worries me more is the contrast between the actual assassination, which is deemed to be a cause for celebration, and the plain two-dimensional static or moving picture display of it. In other words, it is no problem to kill an unarmed foreign suspect by shooting him in the head, then shooting him second time "to make sure that he was dead", all that without even informing the host country, but there are qualms about showing the world the pictures of what exactly they are celebrating. I am pretty sure the jubilatory atmosphere at Times Square would cool down a few notches if that big screen above the crowd screened, just for a while between all the advertisements, the scene where a brave US Navy Seal shoots dead an unarmed old man and his wife in a shabby house. I would think that killing a person, an unreversible, brutal act, is far more shocking than showing pictures of it. But of course, in today's world, what is not seen matters less.
It is possible that he US government decided not to repeat mistakes that took place in relation to the other well-known terrorist / revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. He was executed in a similar hasty manner, by Bolivian soldiers trained, equipped and guided by the US Green Beret and CIA operatives, in 1967. [source] But in his case, there is a story of brave resistance, unconquered idealism, there are quotations and last words. His photographs are idolized and turned into art pieces, and even the post mortem photos of Che Guevara continue to inspire generations of young people that believe that a radical change of the old ways is necessary. And so the last photos of Bin Laden show no more than a worn-out little old man narcissistically watching himself on TV screen.
Of course, the pictures and stories of Bin Laden's assassination will surface as well one day, either through a controlled or an accidental leak. But the current unwillingness of the US government to produce them by way of transparency seems to constitute a textbook example of a manipulatory double standard.
Geronimo and other myths
Although the raid was euphemistically dubbed "Operation Neptune Spear", it became known as "Operation Geronimo", since "Geronimo" was the code name US code name for Osama bin Laden. The question why did they choose just the name "Geronimo" is indeed amusing. First of all, the Apache warrior's name conjures up an image of the American Wild West, the world over. Second, it was this fearless warrior that led the last band of Apache resistance to the white Americans. [source]
With a touch of sad disbelief, Noam Chomsky also comments on the poor choice of the US mission's code name. "Same with the name, Operation Geronimo. The imperial mentality is so profound, throughout western society, that no one can perceive that they are glorifying bin Laden by identifying him with courageous resistance against genocidal invaders. It's like naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk... It's as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes "Jew" and "Gypsy."" [source]
It's as if the US spin doctors themselves were sowing a little seed of thought in people's minds. A convenient shadowy myth that will prompt even tighter security and civil freedom limitations, perhaps?
If Osama bin Laden was a criminal, he should have been tried before an international court of justice, and handed an appropriate sentence. Killing him like a rat is not worthy the image of the democratic countries that sponsored the manhunt, and it runs the risk of creating another martyr. There should have been a fair trial, however complicated, costly, long, or embarrassing. Consider the difference between Che Guevara and Saddam Hussein. Saddam, having received a chance to defend himself in a trial, will hardly appear on t-shirts of the future youth. But I suspect Bin Laden may soon join Che Guevara as a mythical freedom fighter and martyr killed in a covert US operation.
- 'Bin Laden' blames US for global warming — A new message said to be from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has blamed global warming on the US and other big industrial nations. (29. January 2010)
- 'Osama Bin Laden alive and well' (15. June 2005)
- Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead - Barack Obama — On Sunday, US forces said to be from the elite Navy Seal Team Six undertook the operation in Abbottabad, 100km north-east of Islamabad. US officials said Bin Laden was shot in the head after resisting. ... US media reports said that the body was buried at sea to conform with Islamic practice of a burial within 24 hours and to prevent any grave becoming a shrine. Giving more details of the raid, one senior US official said a small US team conducted the attack in about 40 minutes. Three other men - one of Bin Laden's sons and two couriers - were killed in the raid, the official said, adding that one woman was also killed when she was used as "a shield" and two other women were injured. One helicopter was lost due to "technical failure". The team destroyed it and left in its other aircraft. (2. May 2011)
- Al-Qaeda posts fresh warning from al-Zawahiri to US — Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's number two, has warned that Osama Bin Laden will continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave. (8. June 2011)
- Archbishop 'uncomfortable' over Bin Laden unarmed death — Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says the US killing of unarmed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has left "a very uncomfortable feeling". (5. May 2011)
- Armed US 'Bin Laden hunter' is held in Pakistan — He had a pistol, dagger and a sword and was carrying night-vision equipment as well as Christian literature. (15. June 2010)
- BA apologises for Bin Laden 'boarding pass' gaffe — A happy passenger arriving at check-in while another holds up his iPhone showing a virtual boarding pass bearing Osama Bin Laden's name. It classes the world's most wanted terrorist and leader of al-Qaeda as a "frequent flyer", and his seat number places him at the front of the plane, most likely in first class. The pass has him flying on 26 October 2010 to an unspecified destination. (3. June 2010)
- Bin Laden '9/11 video' broadcast (7. September 2006)
- Bin Laden 'aide' Sulaiman Abu Ghaith pleads not guilty — The man described as a spokesman for Osama Bin Laden has pleaded not guilty in New York to charges he helped plot the 9/11 attacks on the US. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, 47, was turned over to US officials in Jordan within the last week while on his way to Kuwait, authorities have said.
- Bin Laden 'likes hugs not kisses' (27. February 2006)
- Bin Laden 'to issue 9/11 video'
- Bin Laden among latest Wikileaks Afghan revelations — Several files track Bin Laden, although the US has said it had received no reliable information on him "in years". (27. July 2010)
- Bin Laden and The IT Crowd: Anatomy of a Twitter hoax — Rumours circulating on Twitter that Osama Bin Laden was a fan of The IT Crowd sitcom were an elaborate new media hoax. Here comedian Graham Linehan explains how he organised the ruse. I spread a story on Twitter that in some of the videos seized from his compound during the Navy Seals raid, Osama Bin Laden was watching my sitcom The IT Crowd. I did it to illustrate the lightning speed at which a rumour can circulate and mutate on Twitter. Only joking! I did it because I thought it would be funny, but it did circulate and mutate really quickly so maybe there's a good lesson for us here. I mean really, it's scary what Twitter can do. You can't get more offline than my mother, and even she said to my brother, the day after the story "broke", "Did you hear about your brother and Osama?" So! It appears that one good way of starting a rumour is to pretend that the story is already circulating. (24. May 2011)
- Bin Laden book No Easy Day 'contradicts official account' (29. August 2012)
- Bin Laden daughter 'in Saudi embassy in Iran' — Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says he has been informed that Osama Bin Laden's daughter Iman is currently staying in Tehran. (25. December 2009)
- Bin Laden death: 'CIA doctor' accused of treason — A Pakistani commission investigating the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden says a doctor accused of helping the CIA should be tried for high treason. ... Pakistan, which was deeply embarrassed by the raid, has described the covert US special forces operation as a violation of its sovereignty. ... Washington has been arguing that Dr Afridi should be freed and allowed to live in the US. (6. October 2011)
- Bin Laden death: Images could pose 'US security risk' — President Barack Obama has said publishing photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden threatens US national security. (5. May 2011)
- Bin Laden death: Security fears for US Navy Seal team — Mr Gates, addressing US marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, said he had met the Seal team last week and they raised the issue of their security "and particularly with respect to their families". "We are looking at what measures can be taken to pump up the security," he said. Mr Gates said threats against US forces had increased since Bin Laden's death. "As a result, there has been a consistent and effective effort to protect the identities of those who participated in the raid. I think that has to continue," he added. (12. May 2011)
- Bin Laden death: What did Pakistan know? — The Pakistanis have consistently denied ever having any links to al-Qaeda or their former hosts in Afghanistan, the Taliban, whose leadership has had sanctuary in Pakistan since 2002. And yet the discovery that Osama Bin Laden had been living in a large, custom-built compound close to Pakistan's military academy once again raises an obvious question. What did the intelligence arm of the Pakistan military - the Inter Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) - know and when did it know it? The compound is reported to have had high walls, barbed wire and security cameras. Who built it? Did none of the local authorities, including the police and the military academy, never have their suspicions? (2. May 2011)
- Bin Laden family charged and sentenced in Pakistan — Osama Bin Laden's three widows and two eldest daughters have been charged and sentenced for living in Pakistan illegally. (2. April 2012)
- Bin Laden film attacked for 'perpetuating torture myth' (20. December 2012)
- Bin Laden killing: German unease over US reaction — Nobody I know thinks Osama Bin Laden was anything but a bad lot. And nobody says he shouldn't have been killed, but there is also among the people I've met a hint of carping about the excess of celebration in Times Square and at Ground Zero. (4. May 2011)
- Bin Laden niece in glamour shots — The niece of Osama Bin Laden has posed for provocative photographs for an American magazine. Wafah Dufour, an aspiring musician and model, is the daughter of the al-Qaeda leader's half-brother Yeslam. (23. December 2005)
- Bin Laden raid: China denies inspecting US helicopter — China has denied a report that Pakistan gave it access to the wreckage of a US "stealth" helicopter used in the covert raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in May. (17. August 2011)
- Bin Laden threatens new attacks — I think there is a growing awareness of US arrogance in dealing with other nations and cultures. Bin Laden just happens to be somebody who symbolizes the natural response of large masses. I wish the US government listened to their enemy at least as much as they are trying to kill him. Even if they exterminate Bin Laden, the problem will remain. [vacilando:tf] (29. October 2004)
- Bin Laden wives and children deported to Saudi Arabia — The three widows and children of Osama Bin Laden have been deported to Saudi Arabia from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials say. (26. April 2012)
- Bin Laden's Tora Bora escape, just months after 9/11 — Only a few months after 9/11, American troops located Osama Bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan - so how was he able to evade them? (21. July 2011)
- Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda leader was unarmed when shot - US — Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was killed by US troops on Sunday after resisting capture, the White House has said. (3. May 2011)
- Bin Laden: How he haunted the US psyche — The death of Osama Bin Laden prompted jubilation across the US. The emotion was a reflection that not only was he the man behind the 9/11 attacks but also a shadowy figure who for 10 years had haunted the national psyche. His face became one of the most recognisable in the world.
- Bin Laden: The team that killed him (3. May 2011)
- Bin Laden: US now in control of al-Qaeda image — By showing a frail and weak Bin Laden, the US is undoubtedly trying to tarnish the image of the al-Qaeda leader in the eyes of his supporters around the world. (7. May 2011)
- Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges Speaks on Osama bin Laden's Death (1. May 2011)
- CIA 'knows Bin Laden whereabouts' — The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has said he has an "excellent idea" where Osama Bin Laden is hiding. (20. June 2005)
- CIA's 'fake vaccine drive' to get Bin Laden family DNA — The CIA ran a fake vaccine programme in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad to try to get a DNA sample from the family of Osama Bin Laden, media reports say. (12. July 2011)
- Dead or alive? US indecision over killing Bin Laden (15. July 2011)
- Death of Bin Laden (12. May 2011)
- Excerpts: Bin Laden address (29. October 2004)
- Full text: 'Bin Laden tape' (15. April 2004)
- Have we been told the truth about Bin Laden's death? — I have been investigating al-Qaeda and Bin Laden for the BBC for nearly two decades - a quest which has taken me from the caves of Tora Bora to the high-walled Pakistani compound where he met his bloody end. So is there any truth in this latest theory?
- Iconic Extrajudicial Execution of Jesus through Osama by US? (9. May 2011)
- In pictures: Osama Bin Laden's life (2. May 2011)
- Iran president makes 9/11 claims after UN walkout — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he believes - as an engineer - the World Trade Center towers could not have been brought down by aircraft. ... But he stopped short of saying the US staged the disaster 10 years ago. He had been widely condemned for using his UN address to brand the US killing of Osama Bin Laden a 9/11 cover-up. ... [H]e was fiercely critical of the operation against Osama Bin Laden, when, he said, the US "killed the main perpetrator [of 9/11] and threw his body into the sea". "Would it not have been reasonable to bring to justice and openly bring to trial the main perpetrator of the incident in order to identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Center towers?" he had told the assembly. The Iranian president has previously called the 9/11 attack a "suspect event" and a "big fabrication" used to justify the US war on terrorism. (23. September 2011)
- Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive? — The theory that has developed on the web since 9/11 is that US intelligence services are manufacturing the Bin Laden statements to create an evil bogeyman, to justify the so-called war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and back at home. So is the world's most wanted man still alive? For a decade, Osama bin Laden has managed to evade the world's superpower and the biggest manhunt in history. Bruce Riedel, who chaired President Barack Obama's Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review, and who has seen the intelligence on Bin Laden, says the trail has not so much gone cold as "frozen over". "We don't have a clue where he is," he says. In the absence of any concrete intelligence, Bin Laden has become shrouded in myth and rumour. (9. January 2010)
- Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive? — Osama Bin Laden died eight years ago during the battle for Tora Bora in Afghanistan, either from a US bomb or from a serious kidney disease. Or so the conspiracy theory goes. The theory that has developed on the web since 9/11 is that US intelligence services are manufacturing the Bin Laden statements to create an evil bogeyman, to justify the so-called war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and back at home. (9. January 2010)
- Joe Biden adjusts account of decision to kill Bin Laden — US Vice-President Joe Biden has said he supported carrying out the operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, a change from previous accounts.
- Kathryn Bigelow Osama Bin Laden film faces US probe (5. January 2012)
- Lawyer for doctor in Bin Laden case quits over security — The lawyer for a doctor accused of helping the US find Osama Bin Laden has told the BBC that he has quit the case after receiving frequent death threats. Lawyer Samiullah Afridi also cited US pressure on Pakistan for the release of Dr Shakil Afridi as another reason for his decision.
- Leon Panetta concern over Bin Laden 'informer' Shikal Afridi — US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden last year. (28. January 2012)
- Libya: Gaddafi blames Osama Bin Laden for protests — Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country. In a phone call from the town of al-Zawiya played live on TV, Col Gaddafi said young people were being duped with drugs and alcohol to take part in "destruction and sabotage". (24. February 2011)
- Marketable Tales of the Exploits of Osama bin Laden — Regrets are now being expressed by the western media -- notably The New York Times as newspaper of record -- concerning their role in misrepresenting the threat of Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction [more | ].
- Massive claim for US terror attacks — Relatives of victims of the 11 September attacks have filed a trillion-dollar lawsuit against various parties, accusing them of financing Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network and Afghanistan's former Taleban regime. (16. August 2002)
- Memories of Abbottabad, Bin Laden's hideout (7. May 2011)
- Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death — We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. It's increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no opposition—except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them. In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress "suspects." (6. May 2011)
- Obama's Bin Laden coup risks becoming PR defeat — First, officials say Bin Laden went down in a firefight, shooting back while using a woman as a human shield. Then, it turns out he was unarmed when shot. The woman also turned out to be his wife and she was running at US troops when she was shot. First, there was a fierce, 40-minute firefight in the Abbottabad villa. Then, it turns out only one of the people slain in the raid had a gun that he fired and he was killed in the first few minutes. First, Bin Laden's son Hamza was meant to have been killed. Then, it was changed to Khalid. First, Bin Laden's house was said to be worth a million dollars, but local real estate experts valued it at $250,000. (5. May 2011)
- Osama bin Laden
- Osama Bin Laden 'death film' goes viral (5. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden compound being demolished in Pakistan (25. February 2012)
- Osama Bin Laden death: World a 'safer place' — The compound in Abbottabad is just a few hundred metres from the Pakistan Military Academy - the country's equivalent of West Point or Sandhurst. US officials said Bin Laden was shot in the head after resisting. His body was consigned to the sea after a burial service on the USS Carl Vinson. "The deceased's body was washed and then placed in a white sheet. The body was placed in a weighted bag. A military officer read prepared religious remarks which were translatedinto Arabic by a native speaker," a US defence official said. "After the words were complete, the body was place on a prepared flat board, tipped up, whereupon the deceased's body eased into the sea," the official said. Photographs of Bin Laden's body have not been released. (2. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad house 'was al-Qaeda hub' — Of the five clips released by the Pentagon, and said by them to have been seized from Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, only one is truly remarkable. It appears to show an aged and frail Bin Laden squatting on the floor of a very basic room with jerry-rigged electrical wiring, watching television. There is nothing glamorous about his surroundings, which resemble an urban squat. Yet a senior but unnamed US intelligence official has told journalists in Washington they now believe the compound raided by US Navy Seals last Monday was an al-Qaeda command and control centre. (8. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden's family tree (12. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda releases posthumous message — A recording purported to have been made by Osama Bin Laden shortly before he died has been released by al-Qaeda. In the message, he praises the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and speaks of a "rare historic opportunity" for Muslims to rise up. (19. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden: Legality of killing questioned — Killing a captive who poses no immediate threat is a crime under military law as well as all other law.
- Osama Bin Laden: The long hunt for the al-Qaeda leader (2. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden: The night he came for dinner (2. May 2012)
- Osama Bin Laden: What happened to his body? (2. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Laden: Why Geronimo? — It was back in 2001 that the narrative for America's hunt for the al-Qaeda leader became strewn with Wild West imagery. George W Bush's call for Bin Laden to be caught "dead or alive" mimicked the posters of the old Hollywood westerns, while borderland Pakistan became the Old West reincarnated in the minds of many commentators. Bin Laden was referred to by one as a "21st-Century Geronimo, trying to elude the US military somewhere in a dry mountain range that could easily pass for the American West". (3. May 2011)
- Osama Bin Ladin
- Pakistan 'lost' Bin Laden trail (15. March 2005)
- Pakistan jails doctor who helped CIA find Bin Laden (23. May 2012)
- Pakistan library named 'Bin Laden' in Islamic school — An Islamic seminary for women in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has renamed its library after Osama Bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda chief. The Jamia Hafsa Madrassa is linked to the Red Mosque, known for its alleged links with militants.
- Peter King queries Bin Laden film White House access — A senior Republican has called for an inquiry into reports the White House fed secrets about the killing of Osama Bin Laden to Hollywood film-makers. Peter King, chair of the House of Representatives homeland security committee, cited a report suggesting the White House hopes the film will boost President Obama's election bid. New York Times writer Maureen Dowd said film-makers had "top-level access". (11. August 2011)
- Phantom authors still showing up (26. February 2011)
- Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak (23. September 2006)
- Seymour Hersh: US version of Bin Laden raid is 'full of lies' — The charges are explosive - and cut against a heroic narrative that defined, in part, arguably the greatest foreign policy success of President Barack Obama's first term in office.
- Should photos of Bin Laden's corpse be released? — President Barack Obama has announced he will not release photos that show Osama Bin Laden with a bullet hole in his head, but a heated debate in the US about whether they should be publicly shown goes on. (4. May 2011)
- Spanish MP's photo used for Osama Bin Laden poster — A Spanish politician has said he was shocked to find out the FBI had used his photo for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look. ... The FBI admitted a forensic artist had obtained certain facial features "from a photograph he found on the internet". The digitally-altered photos of the al-Qaeda leader, showing how he might look now, aged 52, were published on the state department's Rewards for Justice website on Friday. (16. January 2010)
- Take a "crack" at bin Laden — ... and let him know, "hey dude, this butts for you!" This web site is being endorsed by radio and T.V. stations around America. Our Osama bin Laden toilet paper is made right here in the USA. Each roll features many of his pictures with all of the following slogans: Wipe out bin Laden! Listen to your mamma...wipe with Osama! If he wants to attack...he can start with my crack! If your butt gets to cloddin....use some bin Laden! You will find bin Laden toilet paper an exuberating experience you don't want to miss. Many claim "just one swipe" and your hooked. It is for sale exclusively in our "Twin Cheeks" online store. (12. October 2001)
- The al-Qaeda job application form — Fed up with your current job? Feel you're not properly challenged? Bored of the 9-5 routine? Al-Qaeda has a job application for you.
- The Bin Laden danger in all countries (2. May 2011)
- The Bin Laden family on the run (5. May 2012)
- The Cost of Bin Laden: $3 Trillion Over 15 Years — By conservative estimates, bin Laden cost the United States at least $3 trillion over the past 15 years, counting the disruptions he wrought on the domestic economy, the wars and heightened security triggered by the terrorist attacks he engineered, and the direct efforts to hunt him down. (7. May 2011)
- The Magic of Bin Laden (20. February 2007)
- The school that says Osama Bin Laden was hero — A hardline cleric in Pakistan is teaching the ideas of Osama Bin Laden in religious schools for about 5,000 children. Even while the Pakistani government fights the Taliban in the north-west of the country, it has no plans to close schools educating the next generation of pro-Taliban jihadis.
- The search for Bin Laden (1. November 2004)
- US probes Afghanistan special forces helicopter crash — The US military is trying to confirm whether insurgent fire brought down a helicopter in Afghanistan with the loss of 38 people, most of them Americans. The dead included Navy Seals, Afghan commandos, US Air Force personnel, a dog handler, the Chinook crew and a civilian interpreter. The 30 US deaths are the largest single American loss of life in the conflict. (7. August 2011)
- US releases Bin Laden raid documents — US officials have released documents that they say were found at Osama Bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan during a raid in 2011. Special operators killed the al-Qaeda chief during that operation and recovered the documents that officials have branded Bin Laden's Bookshelf.
- US Seals dispute over Bin Laden killing — A public row has arisen over which US commando fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden, more than three years after the al-Qaeda leader's death. Ex-Navy Seal Robert O'Neill, 38, has told the Washington Post in a new interview he fired the fatal shot.
- US special forces Afghan helicopter downed 'by Taliban' — Thirty US troops, said to be mostly special forces, have been killed, reportedly when a Taliban rocket downed their helicopter in east Afghanistan. Seven Afghan commandos and a civilian interpreter were also on the Chinook, officials say. US sources say the special forces were from the Navy Seal unit which killed Osama Bin Laden, but are "unlikely" to be the same personnel. This is the largest single US loss of life in the Afghan conflict. (6. August 2011)
- Viewpoint: What is Osama Bin Laden's place in history? (3. May 2011)
- Was 'Bin Laden doctor' Shakil Afridi an unsuspecting pawn? (24. May 2012)
- What was in Osama Bin Laden's tape collection? — After the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Osama Bin Laden was forced to flee the city of Kandahar, where he had been based since 1997. Several compounds were hastily vacated, including one, opposite the Taliban foreign ministry, where al-Qaeda bigwigs met.
- What was life like in the Bin Laden compound? (3. May 2011)
- What was on Osama Bin Laden's bookshelf? — Osama Bin Laden was a fan of 9/11 conspiracy theories, according to a newly released list of English language books found in his Pakistan hideout. The list was among documents belonging to the former al-Qaeda chief published by the US government this week.
- Will Osama Bin Laden continue to haunt the US? (2. May 2011)
- Zarqawi 'shows Bin Laden loyalty' (18. October 2004)
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How To Make A Slimming World Syn Free Cheese Toastie In The Air Fryer. A delicious simple recipe showing you how to make the best cheese toastie in the air fryer. Syn Free on Slimming World and perfect for a comforting lunch or supper.
Cheese Toasties are one of many things that we must all cook in the air fryer. I am always talking about how the air fryer replaces all these different kitchen gadgets, well one of those gadgets is the toastie machine.
But I must admit the air fryer is like 100* better than the toastie machine because it doesn't stick like the toastie machine does. You don't to spend all day cleaning your toastie machine. Instead a quick clean is all the air fryer basket needs!
Like many kids that grew up in the 1990's the cheese toastie was a staple comfort food that you had on a regular basis.
I could write an essay on all the different places that I have had cheese toasties.
In the kitchen made lovingly by my mum, in British cafes, on holidays abroad and of course when we got our own, we would make them ourselves.
You would butter one side and then it would cook while you sliced the cheese, that side would then have a lot more colour on it than the other! Then you would add the cheese, load up the other slice of buttered bread and then press down on the toastie machine.
It never closed properly though, as it could never cope with thick slices of bread! Then when it was cooked, and that cheese melted out of it, there was no better smell or taste in the world.
Looking back over everything that I ate throughout childhood I would say the cheese toastie was my favourite comfort food.
In fact, I am making myself hungry just thinking about one of them now!
Best Syn Free Cheese Toastie
I bet you are wondering how you can make a cheese toastie syn free? Well simply put, the air fryer can cook without oil.
Toasties taste amazing as they are without the butter or the olive oil splattered over them. In fact, I think they taste better without.
Then you use cheese from your allowance and hey presto you have Syn Free Cheese Toasties!
How To Make A Cheese Toastie In The Air Fryer
Making a cheese toastie in the air fryer is much easier than in a toastie machine. You see with a toastie machine you must remember which side to butter and where to put it, then trim it down because its gone over the edges, or that your type of bread is the wrong size for it.
However, when you make a cheese toastie in the air fryer, you simply make it like a cheese sandwich and then warm it up in the air fryer.
The air fryer will melt the cheese and crust up the bread for you. Doing 2 jobs at once.
You can also use this air fryer cheese toastie recipe, as your base for all your favourite toastie recipes. Whether that is tuna melts, chicken and cheese or cheese and ham. Just load it up and let the air fryer do the hard work for you.
How To Make A Cheese Toastie In The Air Fryer
- Air Fryer
- 8 Slices Wholemeal Bread
- 150 g Cheddar Cheese
- Load up your bread and cheese into yummy cheese sandwiches.
- Place 2 at a time into the air fryer and cook for 4 minutes on each side at 180c/360f.
- Serve while still warm.

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Butterflies are such a delight and they can even help pollinate flowers, but they won't just visit any old garden. If you want to attract butterflies to your garden you've got to provide food, water and habitat for the adult butterflies as well as the caterpillar larvae. By choosing butterfly-attracting plants and plants that their caterpillars like to munch on from this selection of butterfly plants, you'll be well on your way to attracting an array of delightful butterflies to your garden.
Butterfly Plants are known for having bright color blooms
If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, follow these simple steps:
- Stop using pesticides. In particular, don't use malathion, Sevin or diazinon as these are known to kill butterflies.
- Grow some native plants. Native butterflies have evolved to feed and lay their eggs on native plants so they're often the best choices when it comes to butterfly-attracting plants.
- Grow plants that provide food for the adult butterflies. Growing native plants is important but you also have to make sure you're growing the specific plants that butterflies like to feed from.
- Grow plants that feed the caterpillars. Butterflies will seek out plants that they need for food but they'll also want to hang out around plants that will suit their larvae so you need plants for both life stages if you want continuously attract butterflies to your garden.
- Grow flowers with the right colors. Butterflies prefer bright colors, especially red, orange, yellow, pink and purple.
- Grow flowers that are the right shape. Butterflies need flowers that either have a short flowering tube or are flat at the top.
- Create butterfly zones. Butterflies feed in the sun so make sure you plant butterfly-attracting plants in sunny spots. Placing attractive rocks in these spots will also give butterflies somewhere to rest. Importantly, butterflies need water to drink and they also enjoy 'puddling' where they fossick around in mud or damp sand. If you can include shallow dishes of water and damp patches of sand or mud in these zones, you'll have created the perfect space for butterflies to hang out in.
Butterfly Plants include Milkweek, Goose Berry, Blueberry, and many more
So now you know how to attract butterflies to your garden, which plants should you grow? Here's a list of butterfly-attracting plants and caterpillar host plants. In brackets next to each plant is the butterfly (or butterflies) that are most strongly attracted by the plant.
- milkweed (Monarch butterflies)
- gooseberry (Gray Comma butterflies)
- blueberry (Henry's Elfin butterflies)
- grasses (Woodland Skipper butterflies)
- lobelia (a wide variety of butterflies)
- Japanese honeysuckle (Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies, Swallowtail butterflies, Hemaris difficult and Hemaris thysbe)
- Echinacea (a wide variety of butterflies)
- Touch me not (Netted Carpet Moth)
- Bee balm Monarda (a wide variety of butterflies but especially Swallowtail butterflies)
- Dove's Foot geranium (Cacyreus marshalli, Brown Argus butterfly)
- Siberian iris (a variety of butterflies)
Pro tip:
Milkweed is the only source of food for the monarch butterfly so grow this if you'd like to attract monarch butterflies.
Pro tip:
Caterpillars eat leaves. This may sound obvious but sometimes when people decide they want to attract butterflies to their garden, they overlook the fact that this means that caterpillars will chew holes in plant leaves. This can make certain plants or areas of your garden look a little untidy.
If this bothers you, there are steps you can take to overcome the issue while still attracting butterflies to your garden. For example, you can plant other plants that the caterpillars don't like to eat in front of the caterpillar host plants so that no one can see the host plant. If you do this, just make sure you plant the butterflies' food plants in full view so you have the best chance of seeing the butterflies.
The Many Advantages Of Planting Butterfly Plants
Numerous environmental challenges, including habitat loss and toxins, don't make it easy to be a butterfly these days. Property owners can help by planting vegetation that are food sources for these insects. These plants don't just provide nourishment for butterflies in both their larval and adult stages. The beautiful blooms of these plants also attract hummingbirds and other useful insects, as well as enhance the appearance of properties. But not just any flower is a "butterfly plant." Read on to learn more about some that do attract these insects, and what is required to grow them.
Bee Balm (Monarda)
This plant is also commonly known as bergamot, monarda, and Oswego tea. As its name indicates, bees and other pollinating animals find their blossoms attractive. Reaching heights anywhere from one to eight feet and two feet in width, bee balm's flowers have multiple petals than come in an array of vivid colors. These hues range from white to scarlet, and the plant has striking blue, green foliage. Bee balm is a late-blooming plant, with flowers visible in summer through early autumn. This is a drought, deer, and rabbit resistant plant that requires little maintenance.
Bee balm falls within the 3-9 range of the USDA growing chart. Although it can survive dry times, it prefers regular moisture when possible. The plant does best in full sunlight, and grows and spreads quickly. The plant is susceptible to some disease and mildew strains. Fortunately, horticulturists have developed several new bee balm varieties over the last decade that is both beautiful and disease resistant.
Marigolds (Tagetes patula)
Properly known as "French marigolds," this beautiful and familiar garden staple both attracts pollinators and repels an infamous garden predator. Marigolds like lots of sunlight, are drought and deer resistant and do as well in containers as they do in yards. The plant grows to a height of six to ten inches, and generally is ten inches in diameter. Marigolds proliferate and do well in clusters. They should be "dead-headed" in late summer to help conserve growing energy. Marigolds should be monitored and treated for mildew in dry summers as well. Marigolds have blooms in vivid hues of gold, orange, and red. The plant grows within the USDA's 9-11 "hardy" zone, and often blossoms until there is frost. Marigolds also produce chemicals that repel nematodes, a notorious garden pest.
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
Initially, from the Middle East and prominently mentioned in the Bible, this tall plant attracts many birds and butterflies. A tall plant that can grow from one to eight feet, the hyssop is two to three feet in diameter. It blooms in the summer and early fall and produces spiky blooms that range from pale blue to fuchsia in color. The hyssop falls within the USDA growing range of 4-10. Because of its desert origins, this is a plant that likes full sunlight and needs little water. And while some animals like the hyssop, deer are not among them. This is also a great container plant, with several varieties.


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In 2007,[3] it was announced that in revisions to Dáil Constituency boundaries for 2012, Bettystown and Laytown as far as the River Nanny would be ceded from the three-seat constituency of Meath East to the five-seat constituency of Louth.
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A professional painter will also know the substances which are required to do the job right. Which primer will provide the right coverage? Oil or latex? Which primer foundation is required? What paint base? Should the wall be prepared with drywall compound or plaster? Spray or roller?
A professional painter will be able to recommend materials that are best to achieve the look you need, while avoiding any damage to your surfaces. With this information, you can achieve a greater quality finish that will endure.
For outdoor tasks, a professional will know the right weather, temperature and sunlight conditions to finish the job with the best results. Stains respond differently in direct sunlight than when it is overcast, and at several temperatures. While rain obviously affects the job, heat and humidity can also affect the quality of exterior paint finishes. A regional professional painter will know the right stuff to use to produce your exterior last as long as you can in Dublin's climate.
Increasing on ladders while trying to apply paint correctly is a skilled job that requires careful focus and attention to avoid serious harm and damage. The greater the website which needs painting, the higher the danger of an accident. For inside jobs with large areas or outside jobs, an expert painter may have all the resources and experience required to perform the job correctly and safely, including the right dimensions and layout of ladder and scaffolding.
Your time is precious and painting yourself requires a significant amount of time. Using a professional painter and decorator deal with the job for you can save you days and times of work, and can usually be done in a far shorter time period.
A study from Trinity College Dublin indicates the average Irish person needs 28 hours daily to accomplish all his or her tasks. Prevent adding a paint job into this and talk to a professional painter about your needs.


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Dr. Wanda Karriker, author of Morning Come Quickly, has written a superb book addressing the very serious issue or organized and sadistic abuse against children.This fast moving page-turner is written in fiction, making it palpable for all audiences.Dr. Karriker transports the reader into the very darkest side of human behavior: ritual abuse and mind control of children.As the secret lives of the main characters unfold, the reader feels the heightened emotion of every frightening moment.
Only a few professionals, those who have witnessed the devastation to victims who often spend their entire lives in recovery - know the reality of these crimes.That is not because it is not real.Victims across the country and around the world are telling their stories of suffering at the hands of organized groups.
Morning Come Quickly educates on many levels.It should be enlightening for professionals in the mental health fields, law enforcement, attorneys, teachers, child advocates, and anyone who is concerned with the health, welfare and safety of children.
It is riveting as the reader is catapulted into another world, it is brilliantly researched with extensive documentation.
The truth will set you free and the truth explodes in this superlative tome, a wonderful validation to all survivors of unspeakable crimes.
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A love story. A spiritual journey. A psychological thriller. Triggered by clients' stories of extreme trauma, a therapist recovers memories of abuse by pillars of her Bible Belt community. For ten years, she drags her husband along with her as she investigates a world of murder, satanic ritual abuse, child pornography and horrific government-sponsored mind control experiments on children. During their journey, the couple learn that they had been much more than childhood sweethearts.
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TfL have produced a website showing likely congestion hotspots during the Olympics.
Meanwhile a Mr Ouch writes...
These posters have appeared near my home in Bolton – 200 miles from London!
It looks like Londoners and visitors alike will need a healthy dose of the Blitz spirit during the days of chaos to come.
Perhaps better to ask: "Is your journey really necessary?".
UPDATE: Oh great joy!
There is a Get Ahead of the Games Twitter account: @GAOTG
UPDATE: Oh great joy!
There is a Get Ahead of the Games Twitter account: @GAOTG
Today it tweeted out these asinine missives:
"Brand new update: Our impact line tool shows impact on each tube line (busiest section, most affected, busiest dates) ow.ly/arj7X"
Impact line tool? WTF!
And this...
"New Feature: We now have a National Rail visualiser that shows you predicted busy periods during the Games ow.ly/arjj1"
National Rail visualiser? FFS!
Chaps, stop making up smartarse marketing terms for perfectly serviceable and well understood English words like 'congestion', 'delay' and 'map'.
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Job Description
We are looking for:
- A comms professional with demonstrated experience writing and implementing communication strategies for complex projects with multiple stakeholders
- Experience of working closely with clients to develop the strategy and providing advice and guiding the approach
- Very good stakeholder relationship skills; able to negotiate and influence outcomes
- Knows when to manage upwards; comes to leaders with option and ideas – is a self-starter
- Local, state or federal government experience ideal, but not necessary
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Used to working in a fast-paced environment; ability to 'change direction' quickly
Our contribution: The Communication and Engagement unit provides corporate governance, strategic direction and professional advice on communication to corporate and business areas within the department.Our focus: developing and managing internal and external communication activities, including communication strategies, policies and processes, media relations, online and multi-media communication, publications, events, and client and community engagement strategies.Your contribution: Work collaboratively and engage with a range of stakeholders to deliver strategic communication, engagement and marketing services by:
- developing and managing integrated communication strategies and initiatives aimed at informing departmental staff, clients, stakeholders and the general public of departmental programs, policies and initiatives
- providing strategic advice to senior management and other departmental staff on the effective management of communication and media issues and opportunities
- providing strategic advice and direction on, and managing the publication of content across the department's key communication channels, including its internet and intranet sites, Queensland Government web franchises, and social media channels
- identifying and encouraging the development of opportunities to promote departmental programs and initiatives through the use of existing and new cost-efficient channels
- managing the department's participation in public events and community engagement initiatives.
- provide strategic communication, engagement and marketing advice, and plan, implement and evaluate integrated complex communication strategies that meet the needs of a wide range of audiences (Vision)
- develop and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external to the department, including senior executives and managers, project team members, specialist consultants, regional staff, suppliers and the media, responding to changes in client needs and expectations (Vision)
- research, write and edit a wide range of documents and communication resources to a high professional standard, including speeches, media releases, marketing/advertising copy, feature articles and web content, as well as ministerial correspondence, briefing papers and complex submissions (Results)
- manage and coordinate high level, wide-reaching communication projects, including campaigns, publications and events, from inception to completion, to ensure delivery within timeframes and budget. Communicate in a clear, concise and articulate manner, structuring written and oral communication to ensure clarity (Results)
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The Application of Fit Characteristics to Mentor-Protege Relationships
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To test the hypothesis that congruence of regulatory focus orientation would improve ratings of a mentor's effectiveness by a protégé, 110 participants completed a two part study in which they interacted with a potential mentor and provided evaluations of that mentor's effectiveness based on the initial interaction. The results of this study indicate that effectiveness ratings are not impacted by congruence of regulatory focus orientation, whether chronic or primed. Conscientiousness was not found to moderate this relationship.
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All right, here's warps to listings about the cast and crew in the Internet Movie Database. Check them every so often to see if they've been updated.
Matt Hill - Kevin Keene / Narrator
Venus Terzo - Princess Lana
Jonathan Potts - Link
Cyndy Preston - Princess Zelda
Levi Stubbs - Mother Brain
Gary Chalk - King Hippo
Michael Donovan III - Eggplant Wizard
Ian James Corlett - Dr. Wily
Len Carlson - Ganon
Dorian Barag - Kevin Keene (live-action)
Andrew Kavadas - Simon Belmont
Doug Parker - Mega Man
Alessandro Juliani - Kid Icarus
Tomm Wright - Duke
Colin Fox - King Harkinian
Elizabeth Hanna - The Triforce of Wisdom
Allan Stewart Coates - The Triforce of Power
John Grusd - Producer / Director
Kit Hudson - Director
Chuck Patton - Director
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Captain N: The Game Master (1989)
Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Captain N and the New Super Mario World (1991)
If the actual actors stop by this site, please e-mail me! I'd love to hear from you!


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Hello! I am LilShootDawg and you may know me from YouTube (probably not), I have a WinBoards(WinWorldPC) account, BA (BetaArchive) account, EmuGen (Emulation General) account, and a Sonic Retro account. I love skateboarding. My sandbox.
- Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHdAwqkGIbt0-LBfCb1_FdA
- Extra Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWEGwhsEuFxEhptkbdMFcOw
- WinBoards(WinWorldPC): https://forum.winworldpc.com/profile/LilShootDawg
- BetaArchive: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=30480
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- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 @ 3.2GHz (4 cores)
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- Storage: 500GB SDD, 2TB HDD, and 4TB HDD.
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Bubba's Cheesy Mashed Potato Casserole November 16 2018
Potatoes AND cheese? We can't think of a better pair! Our Cheesy Mashed Potato Casserole is the creamy, cheesy, buttery Casserole of your dreams, and it tastes great with just about anything! With its easy preparation and delicious taste, all that's left to do is sit back, relax, and dig in!
5 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
(1) 3-oz pack cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup green onion, diced
6 Tbsps melted butter
1/2 tsp salt*
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 cup milk
1 dash paprika
1/2 cup sharp cheddar, shredded
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Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender. Drain and mash. Stir in cream cheese, sour cream, onions, melted butter, salt, garlic powder, and pepper.
Place in a greased 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with cheese and dot with butter. Bake, uncovered, at 375°F for 20 minutes.
Voila! You've made a delicious Casserole that will serve 8 guests at your next gathering. Enjoy!
Serves 8
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Author(s): New Holland New Holland Publishers
Stunning photography The book explores reptiles living in a wide range of habitats. Reptiles come in all shapes and sizes, They include crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tortoises. All regularly shed the outer layer of their skin. Reptiles can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Many turtles live in the ocean, while others live in freshwater or on land. The book explores the nature of terrestrial lizards, their habitats ranging from deserts to rainforests, and from underground burrows to the tops of trees. All photographed to highlight the diversity of these wonderful creatures.


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I took the PE exam on Friday, didn't lose all my gambling money on Friday night. As a treat for my MBA semester winding down and feeling like I did well on the PE.
I'm taking a day off of work and going to the track. Can't wait. The Daytona needs to stretch its legs. HPR here we come!


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Hustler Publisher Took Out a Full-Page Ad Offering $10 Million for Information to Impeach Trump
In the Sunday edition of the Washington Post
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt will pay top dollar for information that could lead to the impeachment of President Trump, and he took out a full-page ad to say so in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post.
The ad is a block of text from Flynt and Hustler magazine, offering a $10 million reward for the intel. At the bottom of the page is an email to a tipline as well as a 1-800 hotline number.
"We've gotten quite a lot of calls," said freelance staffer running the hotline, who noted that it will be staffed Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT time. (The staffer declined to give his name, instead referring Adweek to a PR director for Larry Flynt Publications.) "Of course, the ad just came out yesterday. I've already received over 150 emails, and I haven't even gotten to the voicemail yet."
In the ad, Flynt explained why he believes President Trump should be impeached and calls out what he believes is the racist foundation of the electoral college and the Trump team's "cryptical collusion with Russian agents to influence the election. Flynt also noted "it's not his first time at the rodeo," citing and his history with cash rewards for damaging information about politicians. Flynt takes credit in the ad for offering a reward that led to the resignation of former Speaker of the House-elect Bob Livingston (who spearheaded the Clinton impeachment effort).
"The attempt to impeach Donald Trump will strike many as a sour-grapes plot by the Democrats to overturn a legitimate election," wrote Flynt, who is the founder, president and publisher of Larry Flynt Publications. "But there is a strong case to be made that the last election was illegitimate."
It's unclear how much the ad cost, as Minda Gowen, a spokeswoman for Larry Flynt Publications and, Kris Coratti, The Post's spokeswoman, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Coratti did explain to The Post that the paper gives "advertisers wide latitude to have their say," and that, "generally, if the ads are not illegal or advocating illegal actions, we try not to place limits on speech or content."
"Impeachment would be a messy, contentious affair, but the alternative—three more years of destabilizing dysfunction—is worse," wrote Flynt.
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When you start at Whirlpool Corporation as an intern or as a full-time employee post graduation, you will find a role that is immediately impactful. Every role is designed to make a difference.
Meet four of our 2020 summer interns, we're proud of them!
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Professional Growth
Our programs are designed to provide a foundation to your successful career. That starts with an outstanding Internship, focused on adding business value within a 12 week period. Managers and Projects for internships are selected in a highly competitive environment, so students can expect a great experience learning and interacting with top leaders.
Holiday Pay
Interns on Whirlpool Corporation payroll will be given the same Holiday Pay as all other employees within their work site (varies by location). Typically in the summer, interns will be paid for Memorial Day (start date dependent), Independence Day holiday and possibly one floating holiday.
Product Discounts
During your Internship with Whirlpool Corporation, you will receive and will be able to give to your Friends & Family the Whirlpool Corporation Inside Pass Discount. This discount is on all products Whirlpool Corporation manufactures including small appliances.
Community Service
Community Service is one of the key activities Whirlpool Corporation wants our employees to invest in. We provide opportunities for Interns to experience volunteerism first hand. You may get to go on a Habitat for Humanity build or you may get to work in a local Art Fair or something just as interesting. We know you will benefit from giving back.
During your 12 week internship, you will be provided housing. If your undergraduate internship is at Global Headquarters in Southwest Michigan, you will be provided housing at our local Community College in their contemporary housing. For your graduate internship, you will have the choice of housing at the community college or provided a housing stipend. For interns that are at our manufacturing locations, you will be provided a housing stipend for local accommodations. Please note; lodging is a taxable income item.
Our Student Hiring Process
Undergraduate Programs
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The BUILD (Bridging Unity, Inclusion, Leadership & Diversity) Externship is an informational, developmental and highly interactive conference held at our Global and North American Headquarter Buildings in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Participants experience the culture and rhythms of business, and learn how Whirlpool Corporation creates moments that matter for its employees and customers.


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Based on the success of the last post and some of the comments, we decide to continue with our Project Management Satire :). This post is about some of the 'silly' project management questions that we see online and how these questions reflects negatively on the dynamic field of project management. Continue reading
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Management competence, in the age of knowledge worker
When we talk about competence, we almost always automatically think about technical or operational competence, how good people are at performing their jobs. This is quite natural, as analyzing and improving competence is seen as a management responsibility, and therefore reflects on the people that are managed, i.e. people in the operational part of the organization.[1] Continue reading


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Four of the five people who had been reported missing following the July 20 San Marcos apartment fire have now been identified as victims, according to a city of San Marcos press release.
As authorities continue to comb through the rubble, an investigation involving multiple state and federal entities is starting to ramp up.
On July 26, San Marcos officials identified Haley Michele Frizzell, 19, of San Angelo, David Ortiz, 21, of Pasadena, Dru Estes, 20, of San Antonio, and James Miranda, 24, of Mount Pleasant, as victims in the fire. Frizzell, Ortiz and Estes were all Texas State University students; all four victims lived in building 500 of the Iconic Village Apartments, which was the most heavily damaged. A fifth victim recovered from the scene remains unidentified pending DNA analysis, according to officials.
The four victims were identified by the Travis County Medical Examiner's office in conjunction with Hays County Pct. 1.2 Justice of the Peace Maggie H. Moreno.
Belinda Moats, 22, of Big Wells, remains listed as missing by authorities.
More than 200 people were displaced by the fire, which heavily damaged the Iconic Village and Vintage Pads apartments, located near the Texas State campus. In a statement, Dr. Joanne Smith, Texas State vice president of student affairs, said a number of services were made available to students affected by the fire.
Smith extended condolences to the families and friends of the victims, mirroring sentiments expressed earlier in the week from Texas State University President Denise Trauth
"The support and comfort accorded to them and everyone affected, has come from the San Marcos community and hundreds of people like you who have donated funds to assist in their recovery," Smith said in her statement. "Thank you to those who have lent a helping hand, and if you are able to make a contribution to the Student Emergency Services fund to aid students, please do so."
A cause of the fire is unknown at this time. However, the San Marcos Fire Marshal's Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Respone Team (ATF) and the State Fire Marshal's office, continue investigative operations at the scene.
According to San Marcos officials, once the scene has been processed and clean-up efforts starts, the investigation into the fire could continue for months.