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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 17
BY SENATORS MORRELL, ADLEY, ALARIO, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME,
CHABERT, CHAISSON, CHEEK, CLAITOR, CROWE, DONAHUE,
DORSEY, ERDEY, GAUTREAUX, GUILLORY, HEITMEIER,
JACKSON, KOSTELKA, LAFLEUR, LONG, MARIONNEAUX,
MARTINY, MCPHERSON, MICHOT, MILLS, MORRISH, MOUNT,
MURRAY, NEVERS, PERRY, PETERSON, QUINN, RISER, SHAW,
SMITH, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH AND WILLARD-LEWIS
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend President Barack Obama, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States
military and Congress for the quick decisive steps taken in the mission culminating
in the death of terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
WHEREAS, Osama Bin Laden was the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group and was
the mastermind behind the infamous 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York
City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.; and
WHEREAS, the search for the terrorist leader continued for more than nine years as
he successfully eluded capture on several occasions and stayed on the move in the rugged
area of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; and
WHEREAS, new leads and intelligence on Bin Laden began to emerge several years
ago, including the identity of a courier he trusted without question and who had frequent
contact with the al-Qaida leader; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama, relying on information from multiple sources,
became convinced that Bin Laden was hiding in a compound in Northwestern Pakistan and
began to pursue an aggressive course of action that would ultimately bring the world's most
wanted fugitive to justice; and
WHEREAS, the president then held a series of meetings of the National Security
Council and formulated a plan that would involve operatives from the Central Intelligence
Agency and members of the United States Navy SEAL Team 6 conducting a dangerous,
night-time helicopter raid on the custom built compound in the suburbs of Abbottabad,
Pakistan; and SCR NO. 17 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, President Obama gave the final directive to begin the top secret mission
on Friday, April 29, before flying to inspect tornado destruction in Alabama, telling no one
outside a small circle within the United States government, and the elite, black operatives
who would participate in the raid; and
WHEREAS, in the predawn darkness of Sunday, May 1, 2011, CIA paramilitary
forces and two dozen members of the legendary Naval Special Warfare Development Group,
unofficially known as ST-6, a tier-one class, counter-terrorist team comprised of the best of
the best of the best SEAL members, began their assault on Bin Laden's hideout, starting a
fierce firefight that ended the terrorist's life; and
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has vigorously supported and funded the
hunt for Osama Bin Laden during the more than nine years of searching by the CIA and the
various military entities fighting the nation's Global War On Terrorism; and
WHEREAS, SEAL Team 6 has played vital roles in hunting down terrorist forces
in Afghanistan, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Iraq, employing highly classified
operations and using top secret tactics to accomplish their missions.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
extend its highest commendations and congratulations to President Barack Obama, the
United States Congress, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Naval Special Warfare
Development Group, ST-6, for all their tireless efforts in bringing the world's most wanted
terrorist to justice.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to
President Barack Obama, both houses of the United States Congress, the Central Intelligence
Agency and to the Department of the Navy Special Warfare Development Group.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES