“Navy SEALs may have taken down Osama bin Laden, but not without a fierce four-legged friend by their side. Accompanying the SEAL’s was a dog, whose breed is speculated to be either German shepherd or Belgian Malinois.

Gerry Proctor, an officer at Lackland Air Force Base where the dog was trained, answered questions about the training process for these dogs, what they can do and why having a military dog was valuable to the Navy SEALs while taking down Osama bin Laden.

• What exactly does a dog do on a mission like this?
• How do dogs go down on helicopter ropes with soldiers, like the dog when they captured Bin Laden?
• Are Malinois’ suitable for family life?
• What breed, age and gender was this MWD hero?

http://live.washingtonpost.com/osama-bin-laden-dog-hunter.html

( US NAVY ) - Vice Adm.William H. McRaven’s forces have killed or captured hundreds of insurgents over the past year, mostly in nighttime raids.

“Vice Adm. William H. McRaven, one of the most experienced terrorist hunters in the U.S. government, had tapped a special unit of Navy SEALs for the mission two months earlier. A former SEAL himself, McRaven had overseen weeks of intensive training for a covert operation that could cripple al-Qaeda if it worked, or strain an already troubled alliance with Pakistan if it went awry.

He has worked almost exclusively on counterterrorism operations and strategy since 2001, when as a Navy captain he was assigned to the White House shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. The author of a textbook titled “Spec Ops,” McRaven had long emphasized six key requirements for any successful mission: surprise, speed, security, simplicity, purpose and repetition.

For the especially risky bin Laden operation, he insisted on another: precision.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/adm-william-mcraven-the-terrorist-hunter-on-whose-shoulders-osama-bin-laden-raid-rested/2011/05/04/AFsEv4rF_story.html

By Jim Meyers

“Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has warned the United States against further incursions into his country following the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, saying that future strikes would be met with “full force.”

“Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate with full force. No one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation and armed forces to defend our sacred homeland.”

Gilani also warned against any attacks on Pakistan’s “strategic assets,” a term the government uses in reference to the nation’s nuclear weapons, according to the Arab network Al-Jazeera.

Pakistan scrambled jet fighters and sent forces to bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad as soon as they were aware of the raid, but they did not arrive in time to interdict American forces, Gilani said.”

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/pakistan-usraid-osamabinladen-yousafrazagilani/2011/05/09/id/395691?s=al&promo_code=C3C3-1

“The killing of Osama bin Laden has raised new concerns over an earlier al-Qaida threat to detonate a nuclear weapon in Europe if the terrorist leader was killed or captured.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, told Guantanamo Bay interrogators that al-Qaida would unleash a “nuclear hellstorm,” according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

“A senior al-Qaida commander claimed that the terrorist group has hidden a nuclear bomb somewhere in Europe which will be detonated if Osama bin Laden is ever caught or assassinated,” the newspaper reported. The claim came to light in classified files released by the WikiLeaks website, according to AFP.

There was also a plot to put cyanide into the air-conditioning units of public buildings in the United States.”

http://news.newsmax.com/?Z6CvYteauzFQmsOe2pNYj6E-6Qbftfv1Z

“If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, it is because your tactics suck.”

– First Sergeant Jim Reifinger, RET

Quoted here:

http://youtu.be/xhOzIQ1-CmQ