"As you rightly say, you train these guys intensively they are possibly the elite in their chosen profession. Guys who are supposed to know what exactly is a threat and what isn't, how to effectively disarm an enemy, how to kill efficiently. On that I think we would agree."

- they are definitely the elite and are extremely well trained.

- they are trained to be capable of instantly evaluating threats and reacting accordingly (That is a great deal different to your take on things, the situations they are put into are almost never "threat free" environments, even when they are purely acting as escorts and body-guards as in Libya earlier this year)

- they are trained "how to effectively disarm an enemy"? Where on earth did you get that from? The types of operations these troops are used for depends on them killing their enemy - that being the most effective way of disarming him.

"Tell me, why were they wearing helmet cameras? There can be only one reason – to record the events as they unfolded."

Absolutely, it also makes the debrief after the operation more efficient and effective. You actually see what went right and you see what went wrong. The footage however is "for their eyes only" not for public consumption, why on earth would you want to gift to your enemies the exact nature of such an attack - after all they might be better prepared the next time as a result of such idiotic exposure.

For those such as yourself, they would appear in a bad light irrespective of what the footage showed, as if it did show them in a good light you and such as you would dismiss the film as "disinformation" and something concocted by your Government to deceive you.

Guest lively So the UN get to see what they request and then tell who that was all well? What kind of transparancy is that, and would the likes of Silas and Co believe what the UN tell them?

Apparently you now have some US Treasure hunter looking for ObL's body, to "find out the truth". Obviously he has more money than sense. Bottom line is that Al-Qaeda was forced into admitting that Osama bin Laden had been killed (personally I believe that he died back in Tora Bora in 2001)