IF reports that US assassinated Osama bin Laden are true,then the big question is how this affects US relations with Pakistan.
Particularly if, as rumoured, ObL was well housed near Islamabad.
Abottabad near Khyber?
Now with bonus maps!
Now with actual correct bonus maps.
Details on Wiki: Death of Osama bin Laden
This is probably more important in the long run than Afghanistan, the Taliban,
or even the effect on US public morale.
Heavy firing near Pakistan Military Academy (thenews.com.pk)
"ABBOTTABAD: Three loud blasts were heard near the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul Road late Sunday night and a military helicopter also crashed. Sources told Geo News that heavy firing was heard in the area before the chopper crashed..."
Also: Army Helicopter Crashes near Abbottabad
Pakistani Army Helicopter.
Oops.
Reports now that the US lost a helicopter due to mechanical problems and destroyed it.
Inferring that personnel were extracted and helicopter destroyed by fire by escorts when on the ground after evacuation.
This will make an interesting story soon. Movie later.
More on pakphilosophy blog also paktidings
PS: ObL Compound Mapped on Google
If you zoom in, to the satellite photo above, the compound is just westeast of the "A" maker,
the large building next to the grove of trees!
Google had him nailed
Ok, so that was wrong, much better pic here
That's better - further north and east than previous ID's location.
Closer to the girls' schools.
Still probably within delivery distance of the highly rated "Red Onion" restaurant chain!
Here: three people tagged it already...
PS: CNN tried to show this they first suggested the local college was the compound, then that the mosque on the other side was the compound.
Look at the scale bar journo dudes, ain't that big a compound!
PPS: hey, at least CNN was also looking in the wrong place last night...
Official word from White House - webheads there a bit slow tonight
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Not sure about your map:
http://ogleearth.com/2011/05/finding-osama-bin-ladens-abbottabad-mansio…
Pakistani officials are completely blameless in the matter. They had no way of knowing that Osama was hiding out in Abottabad - he had not registered under his real name when moving there. Who could have expected such a clever ruse?
Dialectical Logic of Islamists:
"Dialectical logic is found in the core of Eastern and Western thought. It is a common flaw to the human species. Although the various human cultures have developed their own methods of using this flaw, it is not simply a cultural defect. However, since each culture uses this flaw to defend and to define itself, every attempt to correct the flaw is perceived to be an attack on the culture itself. Islamists are particularly sensitive to this perceived attack; because the dialectical Absolute of the Koran is found in the attempt to synthesize the Old and New Testaments." The Lost, page 9
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Frank Hatch
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