'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more

Imagine the Taliban/AQ's horror when the raiders appear out of nowhere in the pitch black night looking like this:

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The survivors (if there'd by any) would probably say: "I am telling you, Azziz! The raiders that came to the safe house -- they had FOUR EYES!!" :D
I actually saw a quote about this very thing, and I wanna say Iraq around 2004-ish, taken from a guy they took off target. Later in the interview, he was asked to give an account of the raid. I'll paraphrase, cause I can't remember the specific quote.

"They came in the night, silently. They were huge- terrifying. I could not move. Swift, terrifying giants- and they brought lions with them."

He was talking about the assaulter's dogs. He didn't believe them when they told him they were dogs, and not lions. I don't care if that story isn't 100% true, that's just awesome.
 
Just read the review for this movie in Rolling Stone (yes, I subscribe) and I must admit, I'm looking forward to it. Peter Travers is usually the only movie critic that I'll put stock into, and he rated it 4/4 stars. Consequently it could be a major pile of shit (see also: Hurt Locker) but I'll be seeing it when it opens.
 
Several news outlets have the CIA protesting the "enhanced interrogation" methods shown in the movie, i.e. "torture is not how we developed the info to find UBL".

Kind of ironic when you think about it given the players and politics involved.
 
I actually saw a quote about this very thing, and I wanna say Iraq around 2004-ish, taken from a guy they took off target. Later in the interview, he was asked to give an account of the raid. I'll paraphrase, cause I can't remember the specific quote.

"They came in the night, silently. They were huge- terrifying. I could not move. Swift, terrifying giants- and they brought lions with them."

He was talking about the assaulter's dogs. He didn't believe them when they told him they were dogs, and not lions. I don't care if that story isn't 100% true, that's just awesome.

Reminds me of the German Officer's diary at Anzio and the "devils with baggy pants" comment.
 
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