Posted on 05/02/2011 3:14:56 AM PDT by CutePuppy
U.S. forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound in an upscale suburb of Pakistan's capital, with his youngest wife, U.S. officials said early on Monday.
They were led to the fortress-like three-story building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom U.S. officials said was identified by men captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
"Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with or protected by bin Laden," a senior administration official said in a briefing for reporters.
Bin Laden was finally found - more than 9-1/2 years after the 2001 attacks on the United States - after authorities discovered in August 2010 that the courier lived with his brother and their families in an unusual and extremely high-security building, officials said.
"When we saw the compound where the brothers lived, we were shocked by what we saw: an extraordinarily unique compound," a senior administration official said.
"The bottom line of our collection and our analysis was that we had high confidence that the compound harbored a high-value terrorist target. The experts who worked this issue for years assessed that there was a strong probability that the terrorist who was hiding there was Osama bin Laden," another administration official said.
The home is in Abbotabad, a town about 35 miles (60 km) north of Islamabad, that is relatively affluent and home to many retired members of Pakistan's military.
The building, about eight times the size of other nearby houses, sat on a large plot of land that was relatively secluded when it was built in 2005.
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It was a brilliant part of the plan, which makes me think that the idea came from the military rather than the White House.
Not only that, but there is a possibility that the burial at sea is just a ruse and they still have the body. If we still have the body, then there would be an uproar to turn it over, to comply with the 24-hour burial deadline. "Oops, it was buried at sea, so we can't give it back" .... and (conveniently) you'll never be able to find it.
I know...I know...sturgeon is a fresh water fish, but I don't know of a salt water fish that rhymes with virgin.
Make that Osama, not Obama. I need a second cup of coffee.
It's not beyond the range of possibility....depending on where he was "buried".
Leni
“What if, by some strange fluke, the “buried”-at-sea body of OBL washes up on some beach where a Middle Eastern family is having a bar-be-que shore party?”
Possible, but I would think they attached it something very heavy
That can mean different things. Maybe the body was treated in accordance with Gen. Pershing's Islamic custom. Rumors will start and Osama fans can never know for sure.
The USS Carl Vinson : )
Osama Bin Sharkbait
sharks work faster than maggots
lol. good one
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