If you’re a firm believer in the illuminati and believe that 9/11 “was an inside job” then you better listen up as journalist Seymour Hersh is claiming everything we know about Osama Bin Laden’s 2011 death, including Operation Geronimo carried out by special U.S. Navy SEALs which led to Bin Laden's arrest, and the media's reporting of the event, is a lie. In the London Review of Books Hersh debunked Bin Laden’s death saying that:
- Bin Laden was not buried at sea.
- There wasn’t a firefight when Bin Laden was captured.
- Pakistan knew about the mission, and assisted with it.
- Bin Laden was not gunned down.
- Bin Laden was found after someone snitched on him.
- There was no evidence of al-Qaeda intelligence found at Bin Laden’s compound at the time of his capture.
Hersh, who cites anonymous sources, isn’t the first to make claims like these—in 2011 national security writer R.J. Hillhouse wrote about them.
The White House has since responded to Hersh’s report saying via a statement delivered by National Security spokesman Ned Price:
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Here's what Hersh said specifically of each claim:
Bin Laden was not buried at sea.
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There wasn’t a firefight when Bin Laden was captured.
As the SEALs entered Bin Laden's compound, a fire fight reportedly broke out. This from the New York Times, May 2011:
"Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, Osama bin Laden’s courier, opens fire from behind a door of the guesthouse. Commandos kill the courier. His wife is caught in the cross-fire and killed."
Hersh wrote:
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Pakistan knew about the mission, and assisted with it.
From a New Yorker story:
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Hersh wrote:
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Bin Laden was not gunned down.
From a NYT article, May 2011:
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Hersh wrote:
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Bin Laden was found after someone snitched on him.
From a May 2011 NYT article:
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Hersh wrote:
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There was no evidence of al-Qaeda intelligence found at Bin Laden’s compound at the time of his capture.
According to CNN in May 2012:
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Hersh wrote: