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President of the United States Barack Obama has decided not to release photographs of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s body, a senior administration official told NBC News on Wednesday.
“We don’t need to spike the football” he said about the decision.
Having looked at the photos himself, Pres. Obama says “there is no doubt we killed Osama bin-Laden.”
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has created a stir within the twitterverse and the NFL community with bizarre, off-the-wall comments on his official Twitter page regarding Sunday’s death of Osama Bin Laden.
The former Illinois Fighting Illini and Skokie, IL (a northern suburb of Chicago) native tweeted Monday:
“What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side…”
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Face of the WWF (the precursor to WWE) Hulk Hogan had an entrance song entitled “I am a Real American.” Former WWF superstar Hacksaw Jim Duggan was about as aggressively flag-waving as a Bush-Cheney ’04 supporter. So wrestling and jingoism have gone hand in hand for decades.
But this video after the jump may be as American as an Apple Pie in a tin made from a Chevy, with a crust of baseballs. WWE Champion John Cena takes the time to announce the capture/execution of Osama Bin Laden, as “Stars and Stripes Forever” plays him out on his ring exit.
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You will always remember where you were when President Barack Obama informed the nation at about 11:45 p.m. ET on May 1st, 2011. His announcement that U.S. military operatives had caught and killed Osama Bin Laden is a generation defining moment.
Although the war on terrorism is far from over, the killing of Bin Laden, and the reaction of the American people, is a symbol of the continued healing America is still going through nearly 10 years after the horrific events of September 11th, 2001.
For those who lost loved ones on 9/11, it is a bittersweet moment. President Obama said it is “a good day” for America, but it is also one that brings back haunting images and memories of what happened at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and an empty field in Pennsylvania.
Where does our realm, the world of sports fit into all of this?
Rashard Mendenhall Releases Blog Explaining his Bin Laden, 9/11 Tweets
Rashard Mendenhall was one of the top national stories of the day, and for all the wrong reasons. It didn’t help that we’re in the midst of a NFL lockout, so football news is pretty slow. But even if it were Super Bowl week, any time a star tailback tweets something that makes him sound like a 9/11 was a hoax conspiracy theorist, and an Osama bin Laden apologist/defender, it would be huge in the media.
Here’s an excerpt from his EBlogger post entitled “Clarification.”
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