Reply #7: I don't really... I do believe they would have captured alive if possible..

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But, I think they are secretly sighing a sigh of relief that he came out of this dead. After all the BS they have had to take from the RW about trying the others involved in 911 and all the hysteria that doing so on American soil would unleash a violent backlash (of "biblical proportions"), he would very likely have languished with the others at Gitmo. Killing him in a firefight lessons the opportunities for his followers to create a martyr. Executing him, on the other hand, would likely be the ticket they need to foment more hate and potentially recruit more misguided followers.