'Geronimo': Code name for bin Laden blasted

[Concord]

'Geronimo': Code name for bin Laden blasted


WASHINGTON — The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and a Native American tribe are objecting to the U.S. military's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed the al-Qaida leader.

After bin Laden was killed, the military sent a message back to the White House: "Geronimo EKIA" — enemy killed in action.

Geronimo was an Apache leader in the 19th century who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until his surrender in 1886.

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[CowboyWay]

Always sumthin.

 

[CowboyDan]

:bang2:

 

[Doomsday101]

They were going to go with BUCKWHEAT but changed it at the last second. :laugh2:

 

[vta]

Maybe they should start using names of universally hated figures, like Operation Caligula or Slobodan.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Wow, people should also be shot for being stupid. It was a freaking code name.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Maybe they should start using names of universally hated figures, like Operation Caligula or Slobodan.

Maybe they should have called it "Operation Kill Osama bin Laden" and the terrorist would have thought it was actually a code name for something else! :laugh2:

 

[Concord]

Operation Limbaugh...sounds good.

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[Doomsday101]

Operation Limbaugh...sounds good.

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Operation Tressel sounds even better. :laugh2:

 

[Concord]

Operation Tressel sounds even better. :laugh2:

There will be no death photo's...you won't be able to see the blood on his Sweater Vest.

 

[bbgun]

Guess they're still sore about trading Manhattan for some fire water and shiny beads.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Operation Abbottabad and Costello?

 

[zrinkill]

I like Operation Palin too.

Operation Polar bear is a good one .....

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Wow, people should also be shot for being stupid. It was a freaking code name.

If they had used the name George Washington would you have been a little perturbed?

I realize you arn't Native American.. but Geronimo is a cultural hero to them.

 

[vta]

Operation Abbottabad and Costello?

:laugh2:

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Guess they're still sore about trading Manhattan for some fire water and shiny beads.

Im not even Native American and im offended by the ignorance of this comment.

 

[Concord]

Operation Polar bear is a good one .....

:laugh2:

I just spit pop on my screen.

 

[bbgun]

Im not even Native American and im offended by the ignorance of this comment.

Um, it was a joke, not an assertion of historical fact--although in retrospect they did get fleeced. What say we bury the hatchet? Oops, sorry.

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[zrinkill]

If they had used the name George Washington would you have been a little perturbed?

I realize you aren't Native American.. but Geronimo is a cultural hero to them.

Goyahkla was a tribal leader who made war with the USA and committed acts of Terrorism to try and win.

Do not see a difference except that Goyahkla gave up and died an old man after living like a celebrity in his later years.

 

[CowboyDan]

Though I think this is a ridiculous protest, and I'm not offended by the thought of using George Washington as a code name, I'm surprised we don't use fictional characters. Maybe they should not this for the future.

Operation Snuffaluffagus wouldn't draw too much blowback, except from maybe the Sesame Street crowd.