I think they should have burried him in a pig pen to give the rest of them some thought about how they could wind up without the virgins
Tom

Europeans seem to be having trouble differentiating law enforcement actions and war.

Well, I think the main difference might be, if it was a law enforcement action, the U.S. Marshals would have led the charge.  I can only speak for myself but, if I was violating another countrys territory, in the middle of the night, and I was going into what was identified as an armed compound, guarded by terrs, and was going through a door after a know armed combatant and terr, who said every American should be killed and who we had been at war with for ten years, I don't think I'd take the time to see what his intentions were.  The Seals were already shooting before they got to his room.  If he wanted to surrender, he had time.  No different than an ambush patrol.  See the enemy, shoot em.  Neither Bin Laden nor anyone else should expect that those men would act any other way.  I for one wouldnt want to be the one Seal killed because he waited for Bin Laden to shoot first.

Destruction of evidence, Obstruction of Justice??  I think you just proved my initial point.

At this stage the Paki's are only two steps from being a nuclear armed failed state. One hopes that the shock of this "invasion" of a "sovereign state" will be a wake up call for their elected government to do a housecleaning of their own rogue elements in the army and intelligence

Dave, I appreciate your feelings.  However, while all of our "friends" around the world are indignant, there was little other choice.  You may or may not recall but, several years ago, DEA did a snatch and grab on a cartel leader, I believe in Mexico.  They brought him back to the U.S. to stand charges.  The Federal Court ruled that his rights had been violated and kicked him loose.  Charges could not be brought against him for the crimes and he was free to return home.  That decision in now the law of the land.  Shift to Bin Laden.  He's a mass murdered of U.S. Citizens.  He wouldn't fight so he wasn't likely to die on the battlefield.  He wouldn't volunteer to come to the U.S. and no other country would extrdite so he wasn't going to stand trial.  If the SEALS brought him here, it might have looked nice for the Europeans but he'd be set free by the courts.  From a practical standpoint, it was either kill him or forget him.  I think it's wonderful that the Europeans are so worried about how and why a man dies.  But let's worry about the dead in order.  Starting in New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.  Once we get through the crush deaths, the burnings, the people leaping from skyscrapers, the body parts that couldn't be identified and the beheadings.  They'll think Bin Laden got a deal.  I know I do.

Was not the press telling us that the Seals "thought" that bin Laden was making a move for a gun? Oh and using a woman as a shield?
Also tell me about the timing. Was not a phony birth certificate just released? Tell me all about the publicity now from the birth cert.
Seems we sometimes have a short memory. Myself included as I get older.
Don