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Today the Golden Throne announced the intragalactic terrorist mastermind Ezekyle Bin Abaddon was killed in a daring dawn raid by Imperial special forces.




File photo of Ezekyle Bin Abaddon

Abaddon has long been sought by Inquisition, Imperial Guard and Astres forces for several Black Crusades including the infamous M31 attacks on the Imperial Palace, the Black Ministry and a field on Holy Terra.

The success is seen as a triumph for Warmaster Obamacus who has been beset with criticism lately including allegations from Rogue Trader D. Ronald Trumpticus he was was born outside the borders of the Imperium. However those critics were silent today as he described how a small force of 4 Storm Ravens descended on Abaddon's walled compound in a resort town on Cadia. There an elite team of Grey Knights succeeded in finding and killing Abaddon even as the Arch Heretic used a woman as a human shield. A single storm bolter shot to the head finished the job. "In hindsight" Obamicus said "he probably should have worn his helmet."

Three hundred other heretics were killing the operation. One Storm Raven was lost due to mechanical failure but no Imperial forces were lost.

There had been speculation for millennia where Abaddon was hiding with many suspecting he was in a cave in the Tribal Regions of the Eye of Terror and others suspecting he was dead. Many were shocked to find he was living in this sprawling compound just miles from the Cadian Military Academy of Cadia. The 88 acre compound was ringed with a wall in the shape of an eight-pointed star and had a central bunker shaped like a skull.


Bin Abaddon's compound


Local residents reported the compound had no vox or Worlds Wide Webway connection, the inhabitants always burned their garbage and occasionally truck-loads of screaming babies would enter and none would leave. "We always figured they were some harmless eccentrics" one resident said "y'know pensioners or maybe musicians or something, sure I'd heard of Abaddon, who hasn't but I never thought he could be hiding in my neighborhood. Though now that you mention it, it does explain the daemonic howling and fountains of blood..."

For Imperial subjects it was a day of jubilation. Jubulent crowds assembled outside the White Citadel waving banners and singing Imperial anthems. Warmaster Obamacus declared a half day of rest for weary Imperial workers and a double ration of grog. "I had my doubts about Warmaster Obamacus, y'know what with him being a Black Templar and all that, but he did OK, he's a real credit to his Chapter" said Lord Militant McKayne who once opposed Warmaster Obamacus' ascention.

Abaddon's corpse was quietly dumped in a black hole to deny it to his remaining loyalists.

When I first heard the news of Bin...ummmm, I mean Abaddon's demise, I had a Queen song running through my head.

"And another one down,
And another one down,
And another one bites the dust! Yeah, yeah!!!"

Now, just as long as his death doesn't spark another "Black Crusade" in retaliation...

Padre^.

PS. New name for him..."Bin Dun Breathing..." or "Dun bin shot"!

Do I need to lighten up or is this tasteless? Alot of people died throughout the world because of this dude(OBL).

Can I make a 40k themed story about the planet Jaypon being caught in a freak Warp Storm then what was left was contaminated by Warp energy, thereby dooming survivors to generations of warp energy exposure and possibly mutations/cancers? Is that totally cool and clever?

This isn't even remotely funny.

Interesting!

I chuckled a bit.

Am I terrible?

NELS1031 wrote:Do I need to lighten up or is this tasteless? Alot of people died throughout the world because of this dude(OBL).

Can I make a 40k themed story about the planet Jaypon being caught in a freak Warp Storm then what was left was contaminated by Warp energy, thereby dooming survivors to generations of warp energy exposure and possibly mutations/cancers? Is that totally cool and clever?

Sure you can. I'm sure someone somewhere that plays 40k would find it interesting. It's not like the people of "Jaypon" haven't been exposed to radiation before. Lighten up man.

I chuckled, too. And agree with Hückleberry... lighten up! Personally, I need the humor to cope with things like this, and I think we all could use some of it.

NELS1031 wrote:Do I need to lighten up or is this tasteless? Alot of people died throughout the world because of this dude(OBL).

Can I make a 40k themed story about the planet Jaypon being caught in a freak Warp Storm then what was left was contaminated by Warp energy, thereby dooming survivors to generations of warp energy exposure and possibly mutations/cancers? Is that totally cool and clever?

I'm going for cute here, mildly amusing.

Mocking our enemies has an old and honored tradition, look up some WWII Disney or Looney Tunes cartoons some time to see what I mean. I kind of like the idea of Osama Bin Laden as a cartoonish Cobra Commander type villain in his evil fortress of evil being undone by heroic navy SEALs. After 10+ years of fearing this man lurking in the shadows with fanatical terrorists and suicide bombers, I enjoyed the idea of turning him into an ineffective joke.

Sorry if it offended.

And one difference between the Sendai tsunami and Osama is first the Sendai disaster is ongoing while Osama is being eaten by fish. Which is also why I wouldn't use Gaddafi this way. Second there's no human being to mock in the Sendai disaster, only vast impersonal forces of nature. So I don't think it would work.

I wasn't particularly offended, just didn't think it was funny. And possibly in the wrong forum section, which I think bothers me more.

Kid, I always enjoy reading your posts. Personally, I would prefer to reread all news casts in your tone.

And you you need to lighten up. Seriously, it was ok to make jokes about Hitler in Little Nicky, it is ok to make a caricature of OBL as Abbaddon.

This is a bit funny, It wasn't bad nor offensive, I don't see how we could write sendai disaster like this simply because of it is being a disaster

I like it, its funny! Feel more like celebrating the death of the real Bin L. with a funny story

This especially was REALLY funny:
"The 88 acre compound was ringed with a wall in the shape of an eight-pointed star and had a central bunker shaped like a skull."

Priceless

This done gone make me larff!

Well done sir, well done indeed!

Mocking bin laden is fine but if I mocked people who died in the WTC attacks that would be sick and twisted? Why is that?

The man is supposedly dead can't we leave it at that? Because the more it's dragged around the more evil America looks to radicals (and ordinary folk like me)

Phototoxin wrote:Mocking bin laden is fine but if I mocked people who died in the WTC attacks that would be sick and twisted? Why is that?

.. hmm.. it might be that there's some difference atwixt him and the innocent people he killed for no good reason.

I thought it was funny.

Phototoxin wrote:Mocking bin laden is fine but if I mocked people who died in the WTC attacks that would be sick and twisted? Why is that?

We hear reports of crimes, and we can mourn the loss of life. Mocking the dead is frowned upon.
Where-as, justice should be applauded. Celebration takes many forms.

Was this justice? We have the word of the US government about what happened, and why OBL was hunted.

reds8n wrote:

Phototoxin wrote:Mocking bin laden is fine but if I mocked people who died in the WTC attacks that would be sick and twisted? Why is that?

.. hmm.. it might be that there's some difference atwixt him and the innocent people he killed for no good reason.

Will we get to celebrate vengeance for the 100.000 dead Iraqi civilians in the same manner someday?

I guess that would depend upon how "we" vote presumably.

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars."

I thought it was amusing, you people need to get your panties out of your arse...

I'm going with it's funny and some folks need to Relax..........

lord_blackfang wrote:
Will we get to celebrate vengeance for the 100.000 dead Iraqi civilians in the same manner someday?

If you show me the clip with George Bush rejoycing at how many civilians were killed and exclaiming how the the number was higher than he could have hoped for, then sure, why not.

I'm sure that regardless of your political stance, you're able to tell the difference between accidental deaths of innocent people (however avoidable we can argue they were) against an intential targetting and rejoicing at the death of innocent people.

As for how I find this post? Meh, a little offensive actually, but that's my problem - it's not as if I didn't have fair warning with the thread title.

@OP - poor form. A very ill-advised thread topic.

I expected more from a MOD...

To me this is allot less offensive than much of the news reports.

This should be a limited edition replacement for AOBL...

@AvatarForm: Its a joke, there are far more serious issues to be offended by

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/365806.page

Its taken quite a turn since you last posted

AvatarForm wrote:@OP - poor form. A very ill-advised thread topic.

I expected more from a MOD...

Obviously you don't know this mod then.

Also, take off the hat already.

I thought it was funny.