Osama Bin Laden confirmed DEAD

one less foreign buyer.....

There was a $52 million reward for his capture, so I'd say one or more new potential buyers!

r u a borker goldie?

cuz you sound stuuuupid.

Yes, yes, you caught me w67, I am a broker trying to sell a $52 million apartment. It took a real genius to see through my post and determine I'm a broker. So you can ignore all the people who just thought you're an idiot troll, you're clearly much better than that!

I celebrate his death.
Does w67thstreet not celebrate his death?

It's about time that the bastard died!!!! All of us who lived thru 9/11 are rejoicing!!
Now the USA should pull our troops out from all over the world and use that money in this country!!

sounds to me like Pakistan has a little explaining to do

"sounds to me like Pakistan has a little explaining to do"

exactly...when will people start talking about this? 60 miles from islamabad? A town known for retired Pakistan generals and other military personnel? They had to know he was there. Crazy

i was surprised at all the demonstrations in the cities...people were very, very happy!

I wonder what a compound like that goes for in an estate sale. Might also need to discount it for the cost of a reno if the SEALs blew some stuff up

Awesome! Let the world celebrations begin! Navy Seals are the best. Watch Navy Seals BUDS Training on The Discovery Channel and you'll see how tough these guys are.

**Now the USA should pull our troops out from all over the world and use that money in this country!!**

That would be an enormous mistake. The death of one a-hole isn't going to stop the countless other anti-American a-holes from trying to launch their ill-conceived jihads against us. This isn't a chess match, where you kill the other guy's king and declare game over. If anything we will need to be even more vigilant now.

Could anyone possibly believe no one in the Pakistan government knew where bin Laden was? I'll bet the American intel had to run circles around its "allies" to keep their discoveries top secret from the people supposedly cooperating with us.

Could anyone possibly believe no one in the Pakistan government knew where bin Laden was? I'll bet the American intel had to run circles around its "allies" to keep their discoveries top secret from the people supposedly cooperating with us.

"That would be an enormous mistake. The death of one a-hole isn't going to stop the countless other anti-American a-holes from trying to launch their ill-conceived jihads against us."

Not to mention the countless other anti-American a-holes in Europe and right here on East 68th Street who are really responsible for 9/11.

And right on schedule, the Republicans are crediting BUSH for killing bin Laden:

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued a statement praising Bush, writing, "I commend President Obama who has followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice."

This morning, Fox and Friends approvingly played a clip of Bush from shortly after 9/11, saying, “President George W. Bush promised to the nation that Osama bin Laden would be caught any way possible.” “We did finally get him,” host Brian Kilmeade said after the clip.

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Maybe Reagan was also responsible for killing bin Laden. I heard he had a time machine, allowing him to go to 2011 and kill bin Laden.

I read that he was captured at an open house in Islamabad.
The quick thinking broker sensing a fast sale did a credit check based on a cash offer.
When asked by the Pakistani Post as to why he called the police," it was the hardest decision I've ever made...I had to give up an all cash deal"!

Update: Hero Broker's license revoked for giving up all cash deal.

and here comes socialist right on cue. regardless of the headline, time to beat the drums of the partisanship. so far gone so don't miss an opportunity to inject your political leanings. what a maroon.

job well done by our military, intellegence and executive branches of government. period. and a little bit of consolation to those families affected by 9/11.

e 68th st??

hunter college? Ny hospital? sloan kettering? the armony?

pls clarify, matt

Pratt House, headquarters for the Council on Foreign Relations.

Frankly I think the reactions are unbelievable, do you honestly think this changes anything? Will his death bring back the thousands that died? The celebrations last night were like some retard scence from Team America World Police.

It is not so black and white, an a*hole he may have been, but an a*hole your government employed and trained over many years to fight the scary commies. The whole mess has been caused by governments drunk on power and money, literally sickening. To top it all off the liberties you have given up for this pathetic vengeful persuit will never be seen again, whether democrat or republican in the white house.
The troops will never come home, you will never stop paying for the war machine and you will always be scared, because that is how your government wants you to be.

America grow the f*ck up.

Bin Laden should have been captured alive and tortured, then executed.

Don't love hearing the truth do you? You'd rather just lash out without bringing any facts to the table, what's the matter your government got you scared? Not that many other western governments are any better.

You should be the ones upset, after all its your freedoms you are giving up.

btw im not from europe, and don't like coffee, so guess again.

debugoz,
You're wrong. An evil human being has been exterminated. Unfortunalty the human species does spawn these "things". Had Hitler been exterminated earlier then 50 million lives would have been saved. Did the world celebrate when WWII ended? Yes, b/c the Nazi menace was dead and it's leader gone. Bin Laden was an evil man preaching evil. He was an attention-seeking evil madman manipulating those around him to do his deeds. We've seen that before and the sooner these sickos are killed the better for the world.

Bin Laden being alive was good for no one. Bid Laden dead is good for everyone. Peace.

"We need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama. President Obama has done something extremely effective, and when he does, this needs to be pointed out."

--Keith OLbermann

Oh no, wait a second, the above came from RUSH LIMBAUGH!

"Bin Laden being alive was good for no one. Bid Laden dead is good for everyone. Peace."

Bin Laden was a scapegoat, and the American sheeple are lapping this up like ice cream on a July Tuesday.

Now that they've successfully provided America its boogeyman on a silver platter, the real men behind 9/11 are in the clear.

the only government that has me scared is the nys legislature and its uncanny ability to make dollars vanish but thats another thread. other than that, i am fine but appreciate your concern.

what facts do you want? you want to lecture me on foriegn policy? capitalism? theology? civics? what, what great insights do you have that you think are so unique? asshole.

i dont care where you are from, just so long as you take your arrogance and shove it up your ass and then please crawl back into your hole.

Bin Laden was captured thanks to the diligent work and perseverance of President Taft. Obama is just trying to take credit now.

Are you a truther Matt?

And then you'll crawl back to Long Island, rangersfan?

I can just see Obama getting on the phone with the President of Pakistan and saying in his best Ricky Ricardo voice ... "Asif, you got some 'splainin' to do."

alan, you really gonna jump on that bandwagon? i sorta liked your playful banter but now you are just going full retard.

"Are you a truther Matt?"

As a journalist, I have always considered myself a Truth Seeker.

As a journalist, is my vocation.

Was the govt. directly esponsible for 9/11? Yes or no?

matt, where have you been published? readers digest summer spruicing tips?

Face it: you're just looking for an excuse to drop the façade and get retarded

I don't know.

I don't have that answer.

And don't let the other "journalists" out there tell you that they "know" for sure who WAS responsible for 9/11.

They are only regurgitating what government "officials" have told them.

steveF, what about the innocent iraqi's, afgani's and pakistani's who have been killed in this war on terror? Should we not be condeming to death the men who ordered them? Has it even made American safer?

Talking about killing Hitler and all that is, well tricky at best, there were plenty of nasty men who could have stepped right in, some better military leaders to boot, Hilter made a lot of mistakes, so again .... not quite so black and white.

The real measure of a civilisation is not how it treats the best of its kind, that is easy, but how it treats the worst. If America wanted to be seen as the bastion of liberty, equality and freedom then perhaps it should concentrate on more important humanitarian things instead of spending 10 years, countless lives and money to kill just one man, is that the actions of a rational, mature civilisation? Who knows maybe supporting humanitarian action for the right reasons will actually stop people hating Americans.

maybe i am. whats your point? just following me around or is there a point to your comments?

So you don't know what happened on 9/11? Did a cruise missle crash into the WTC? Did a predator drone crash into the Pentagon? How can you not know what happened when virtually everythign that took place was recorded? Do you think that Bush could have successfully pulled 9/11 off while being in office for only 7 full months? Do you think such an operation could be planned and executed in such a short time?

rangersfan you really aren't worth the words.

Ignorance is your hole and you seem pretty happy in there.

Socialist, do you really know how it all happened?

Back on topic:

Q:
"What does this mean for NYC R.E.?"

A:
* Brokers will crow that NYC is now safe because an evil man was brought down. PSF will go up by 50% YOY.
* Bulls will say this event marks an end of an era and NYC is now fully recovered from specter of evil. PSF will go up by 25% YOY.
* Bears will say that NYC is now an even bigger terrorist target and you shouldn't buy and should move to Jersey. PSF will drop by 50% YOY.
* Realists will say this brings emotional closure, but in reality, nothing has changed. PSF will continue to drop by single digit percentage points as our economy continues to circle the drain.

Or something...

ah, thank you for that brilliant insight. take your soapbox which maybe will get you to a full five foot tall and go to the next town where someone may give a shit. my "ignorance" on these worldly affairs is no doubt not as sophisticted or as nuanced as your informed point of view. vive la revolucion!

How do we know Bin Laden is really dead? I want to see his death certificate... the long form, please.

Well, assuming 9/11 was a deliberate aviation disaster, I guess the men REALLY behind it were the ones in those airplanes, but there aren't any survivors, so I guess they've been in the clear for nearly 10 years. Just what are you getting at, Matt?

"Now that they've successfully provided America its boogeyman on a silver platter, the real men behind 9/11 are in the clear."

Who, the men in the airplanes? They died on 9/11/01, didn't they?

Matt is a truther and thinks that Bush was behind 9/11.

Let's have a contest - the birthers vs those who think that Bush was behind 9/11. The winners will be officially declared "The Dumbest Person/People in the World".

lowery,

Agree, Pakistan has explaining to do!

Bush came into office and within 7 months planned and executed the biggest attack on US soil. He then somehow managed to prevent everyone from finding out despite the fact that there are more leaks inside the govt. than on the Titanic. He then used 9/11 as an excuse to invade Iraq to take their oil, expcept that he never did take their oil. Bush invaded Iraq so that he could bog down our military in Iraq so that he could allow Iran and North Korea to build nukes uninterrupted. Make sense?

to recap, debedouchebag seized his opportunity to spew his anti-americanism from his two foot soapbox that elevated him to a full five feet. he is now debating socialist (of all people) on "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" ON 9/11. Matt wasnt far behind with his truther theory that has long been debunked by most reational media - yet, he is citing his authority as a journalist. alan joined the fray with a couple of not so quippy cheap shots just for the fun of it.

Obama was taken out, good for America. Good for Obama, good for intel and slightly better for those who truly suffered on 9/11. Now, let the crazies continue..............

How is the stock market looking, today?

oh, and I forgot the part about Bush putting explosives int the WTC and Pentagon without anyone knowing.

It's mildly amusing ... but mostly alarming ... that so many Americans believe the buck stops at the White House.

This is a great think, the killing of Bin Laden. I'm thrilled, elated, joyful. And I remain saddened by 9-11, I am still saddened by the attack on our men and women at the USS Cole, I still remember how angry I felt in 93 during the attack on my city at the WTC the first time.
I was thinking this morning, this can unite Americans, if only briefly, who could not imagine this is a good thing. Here though we see examples of America's haters or America's self haters. Alanhart, W67thsteet, NYCMatt, and a newcomer debugoz.

Think = thing. And "who could..." is a question (rhetorical)

I don't believe that anyone in the White House actually sat there and plotted to do this. My point is that we don't live in some Disney movie, where the American Government is the good handsome King and Osama Bin Laden is the ugly evil wizard. He didn't just wake up one day and say hey guys I've got a great idea let go fly some planes into some buildings. America and a many other western governments have been f*cking over their poor cousin for many years, injustice tends to breed hate.

Unfortunately I have to agree Matt, at least about the power behind this country, the corruption and incompetance are staggering. I mean what kind of idiot tacs on a "we have to check if they are terrorists first" clause to the first responsers health bill???? REALLY? We'd have better government from a room full of chimps.

rangersfan, can i recommend anger management? personal attacks on someone you don't know and have never met really don't hit the mark so well.

and rangersfan, while you're at, take a careful look at your last paragraph.

Also I don't hate America, I love America, I want to see it be GREAT. I chose to move here, I chose to marry an American and I continue to choose to pay tax here.

9/11 was awful yes 100%, did Bin Laden deserve justice, yes 100%. Were there better ways to go about doing that and protecting America from future attacks, yes 100000%.

I'm with you, debogoz.

I love this country, and I am a *true* Patriot.

I'm also not naive enough to believe everything my government tells me. I have enough sense to see with my own two eyes that there are quite a few people in this world who have made obscene profits from going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a journalist I know for a fact that many, many questions surrounding 9/11 have gone unanswered. Do I know the answers? Of course not. But other journalists merely parroting the official government line doesn't mean THEY know the answers, either.

And the REAL people behind 9/11 benefit greatly from the vast majority of Americans who refuse to believe that anyone BUT a crazy American-hating Muslim could have possibly carried out such an atrocity as the terrorism attacks on 9/11.

Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for 9/11. But claiming responsibility and actually BEING responsible is apparently an important distinction lost on the vast majority of the public.

"body would be handled in accordance with Muslim traditions"

Didnt understand this part, should have been fed to pigs, paradise lost.

I can't believe I'm agreeing with some of Matt's comments, but here I am. I have a very hard time reconciling chants of "USA! USA!" and beaming joy in the face of killing (however cathartic it might be), with our supposed American values - specifically Judeo-Christian Commandments and the whole "two wrongs don't make a right" thing. While I'm glad bin Laden can't kill/preach hate anymore, this day probably represents very little change and is more symbolic than anything. I just hope no one uses it as an excuse for anything drastic/tragic in response.

What a brilliant success for the American government: the military, the intelligence community, and President Obama and his aids. An incredible victory. Was Usama a major threat to the United States in recent years? No. But the victory is huge nonetheless. America maintains the ability to project its power around the world, to take out our enemies essentially anywhere on the face of the globe once we find them.

President Obama personally oversaw and green-lighted this operation. He led five separate meetings in recent months to review evidence that Usama was located in the compound, and to determine the best course of action to capture or kill him. A magnificent performance by everyone involved in planning and executing this mission.

As for the Pakistanis, well, let's just say that this is not a good day for the Pakistani government. We will learn a lot more in the coming days.

Further on the truther aspect of this discussion, of all the popular conspiracies, I found JFK the most palatable,however, history channel's latest forensics destroyed all of it and Im totally convinced Oswald was the only shooter.

It's so hard to keep a true conspiracy a) quiet and b) continously ongoing.
You guys watch too much tv. Prison Break was a great show, but "the company?" ....please...

Again I don't believe this is an American government plot or anything quite that extreme, but the governments actions certainly lead to it. America, at least the government, is not entirely innocent vitcims in all this.

Once you all are done debating here, there're a bunch of screaming crazies around Penn Station who'd also like to be validated. Go do a good deed: they need to feel as if they're normal, too.

Did anyone see the listing in the Islamabad 'Street Easy' for a 3 house compound for sale recently owned by an internationally know figure?

>I have a very hard time reconciling chants of "USA! USA!" and beaming joy in the face of killing (however cathartic it might be), with our supposed American values - specifically Judeo-Christian Commandments and the whole "two wrongs don't make a right" thing

bjw, no surprise you are a pacifist. You can barely defend yourself on streeteasy from harsh words.

What did you want for Osama? A trial downtown? Counseling?

A suggested name change for the city to Islamagood, for marketing sake...at least Islamanosobad

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report abuse and rangersfan, while you're at, take a careful look at your last paragraph.

So is columbiacounty also the extreme radical America hater debugoz?

Islamomeh

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to recap, debedouchebag seized his opportunity to spew his anti-americanism from his two foot soapbox that elevated him to a full five feet. he is now debating socialist (of all people) on "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" ON 9/11. Matt wasnt far behind with his truther theory that has long been debunked by most reational media - yet, he is citing his authority as a journalist. alan joined the fray with a couple of not so quippy cheap shots just for the fun of it.

Obama was taken out, good for America. Good for Obama, good for intel and slightly better for those who truly suffered on 9/11. Now, let the crazies continue..............

I am my own extreme radical America hater. It's been my life long ambition to destroy the country my family will grow up in, so obvious really. Maybe I should run for President, though the long form birth certificate could be tough to forge, anyone know the guy Obama got?

Islam omeh = over mountain east of hindus?

(for shiites and giggles)

"bjw, no surprise you are a pacifist. You can barely defend yourself on streeteasy from harsh words."

Dunno, thought I was doing ok. I do bite my tongue sometimes, but it's for the best I think.

"What did you want for Osama? A trial downtown? Counseling?"

Trial and rotting in prison would be ok. I don't even really mind the killing. I just think it might be a bit classier to avoid driving downtown and wave large flags, and whoop and holler because of that. But I'm not good at these things anyway.

"(for shiites and giggles)"

+1!

debedouchebag, you "chose" to move here and marry? did you do that for your green card? we don't want your taxes - er, maybe socialist and alanhart do so i say head on the next on the next slow boat leaving our shores.

matt continues his conspiriacy illustions - is the syfy channel your major source of hard news? matt - i am not suggestings the the house is haunted and ghosts have campfires in the backyard every sunday night, but i know that i saw kindling and a sandpit so how could i be wrong?

De Bug Oz, are you a relative of w67thstreet, you both hate America? All you need to do is add a few more z's at the end of your name and fart all day.

Nope I have no need of a green card, my visa is renewable indefinitely.

"Again I don't believe this is an American government plot or anything quite that extreme, but the governments actions certainly lead to it. America, at least the government, is not entirely innocent vitcims in all this. "

Pitiful attempt to try and dillute your spewed hatred of america. American policy created this monster, drove him and his band of merryman to homicidal mania, created the petri dish that was like a bad science experiment gone awry....Yet, I LOVE America - an america that I can be proud of for my children. Horseshit. Your an immigrant that came here for a money grab but under it all you hate it here. But yet you continue to cash your check. We don't want you, we don't need you. Do us a favor and take matt back with you - he will be a great houseboy. We welcome those with open arms that are not the cynical, angry lot who have come here for nothing more than a quick cash grab.....

huntersburg, truely you are the master of comedy.

If only people actually paid attention to you.

it is good that we took out OBL, for many reasons

it is not good that some are, in effect, cheapening the deaths of OBL's US victims with their antics

totally agree Wbottom - thats why I did get worked up with dbd. Will stop now as really your point is all that matters.

And you're an arogant American. Do you actually have any idea what your government has done in the last 70 years, or are you just standing there with your finger in your ears and eyes closed? What about your rights for god sake?? Don't you care that you are slowly loosing your freedom? Don't you care that companies can now offically fund election campaigns? If its wrong to want a fairer society and better way of life then I'm guilty as hell.

If I wanted more money then I'd be in Europe in a flash. I've lived in many countries around the world, but have chosen NY as my home, there is just no place like it, its just a pity about the rangers fans though, but no wheres perfect right?

They all pay attention. As do you. You despicable America hater.

debugoz...you should learn manners..when you visit or live in another country show respect..

bjw- the American military hunted down and brough to justice a wickedly evil mass murderer who killed thousands of innocent American civilians, and who was a leader of an organization attempting to conduct more mass harm on Americans. I don't see anything wrong with people cheering.

LICC, maybe they could have had a counseling session?

You go julia girl. You are still the most clever fake character on streeteasy, kudos to you, and than you for of course being on the right side of this subject, who would have thought it would be even remotely controversial.

"If I wanted more money then I'd be in Europe in a flash."

Countless swarthy immigrant have told me over the years how much nicer/richer/better it is in XYZ, but you can't for the life of you get them to actually GO to XYZ...

LICC: Which president killed Bin Laden. Come on say it.... I know you don't want to praise Obama, but which president killed Bin Laden???

When did I say it was nicer/richer/better in Europe? It's just the nature of my work the pay is better in London, yet I'm still here. I believe I actually said there is no place like NY, I prefer it to every other place I have lived, but don't let my actual words get in the way of the chest thumping going on in here.

Julia, maybe after Americans show some respect when they go overseas, they will get a little back.

Nobody seems to want to comment on the errosion of freedoms? Funny that.

Socialist:
Osama 0
NJ Transit guy who burned Koran 1

Erosion of freedoms? We still let asses like you in, and allow you to give your despicable points of view.

I wonder what a compound like that goes for in an estate sale. Might also need to discount it for the cost of a reno if the SEALs blew some stuff up

fox says its a million dollar mansion. Is Easy Street OK with that estimate? Or do they need to show comps and price to rent ratios?

LICC, I'm quite happy bin Laden doesn't have the chance to inflict any more harm. That's definitely worth cheering about. But something about the spectacle doesn't sit totally right with me. I think a lot of people are cheering just because he's dead and "We GOT HIM!" - not sure that's the kind of sentiment I would want my children to be behind.

I was very impressed with the 2-story white Bauhaus masterpiece they've been showing in the news. I can only imagine what the rest of the magnificent compound is like. Do you suppose it's more Kennedybunkport, more Neverland, or just kinda Gracelandish? Or is only the first of those a true compound?

Also, why is that W neglected to catch & kill bin Laden? It's so unlike him to fail at something.

Sure do like the Bauhaus place, anyway.

RS, you do realize that "Easy Street" was for one day only, right? Actually, "EasyStreet", but who's nitpicking?