Presidential Election Odds: Osama bin Laden Dead
Monday, May 02, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
The mastermind behind 911 is dead, sources are now saying. Apparently Osama bin Laden was killed a week ago by a U.S. bomb, but U.S. military officials had kept quiet about his death while DNA tests were pending..
Yes, the manhunt for the Al Qaeda leader is finally over. Osama bin Laden was reportedly killed in Pakistan as the result of a US special forces and CIA operation, according to the first leaks from the media. His body is reportedly in the possession of U.S. special forces.
As the word has got around via social networking, crowds gathered outside the gates of the White House in Washington DC, singing the national anthem and cheering, while President Obama is preparing for a speech on the matter later this evening, scheduled for 11.30 p.m. ET.
The news of bin Laden's demise comes eight years to the day when President Bush embarrassingly declared "Mission accomplished" in Iraq. This is good news for Obama, who has had a tough time in the polls lately but during his presidential campaign back in 2008, Obama repeatedly promised: "We will kill Osama bin Laden."
Bin Laden was a Saudi-born zealot who commanded an organized, terrorism campaign with subsidiaries operating all over the Middle East, recruiting young Muslim men and boys to train in bootcamp-like terror schools. They raised money and plotted terror against mostly westernized countries, mainly the U.S.
Bin Laden's terrorism was funded by an inheritance he got from his family, estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. His ultimate goal was to finance al Qaedat for a new pan-Islamic religious state.
Do you think Osama bin Laden's death will help Barack Obama sustain his presidency in 2012? Currently, in the Bodog Sportsbook, Obama is the heavy favorite with 4/7 presidential election odds. Place your bets before the elections, folks!
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