Why Geronimo ?

Why was Geronimo  -the name of one of the best-known Native Americans- chosen as the code name for the operation to capture the (formerly) Saudi terrorist   ?

Click on Geronimo's  ⇓ portrait below

to read the BBC news (U.S.A. & Canada) article - 3 May 2011 :

"Osama Bin Laden : Why Geronimo ?"

by Kathryn Westcott  

Photograph in the Public Domain

A photo gallery of the life of Geronimo <<<

on the Indian Country Today Media Network.

An Apache tribe in the U.S.A. has  demanded an apology from the American President " for using the name of the warrior Geronimo as the code name for Osama Bin Laden" the BBC says : on May 3, 2011 the Chairman of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe wrote President Obama to tell him : "[My tribe and I] would hope that you would issue a formal apology to the Geronimo family members, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe and to all Native Americans for this action."

You can read the full letter ⇓ on the Fort Sill Apache website

Photomontage by lunamom58 under a CC BY-NC-SA license

The indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com

is meant to be "a national platform for Native voices and issues" The website will "serve as a one-stop destination for the vast and growing number of people interested in [Native Americans] news, culture, ideals and businesses"

You'll also find videos and audio files

on Mr J. Sabiron's ⇓ VIGILANGUES website, and a link to the "Apache Indian sheet" as well :)