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Memorial Day is remembrance of all of the U.S. dead from traumatic and transformative wars like World War II and Vietnam; obscure wars like the Sumatran pirate expeditions; past wars like Gulf War I and recently...

May 1, 2011 - Today, Osama Bin Laden was found and was apparently shot in the head.

The whereabouts of the architect of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York has alluded authorities for years.

It was rumored Bin Laden was killed in a bunker in 2003, but this is the first evidence Bin Laden survived early onslaughts on his bunker. Osama Bin Laden is now dead and the U.S. has his body.

While BP "British Petroleum" is dumping on the U.S. gulf coast to the tune of THOUSANDS of barrels of oil per day destroying ecosystem and industry in its wake, British Airways has also decided to weigh in.

British Airways has featured an ad with a graphic depicting a frequent flying boarding pass for Osama Bin Laden. See below...

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