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Title: Bin Laden lived in Pakistan compound 5-6 years: U.S.
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URL Source: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/bin-laden- ... pound-5-6-years-114333796.html
Published: May 3, 2011
Author: Reuters
Post Date: 2011-05-03 09:40:56 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden lived for the past five to six years in the compound deep inside Pakistan where the al Qaeda leader was killed by U.S. forces, President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser said on Tuesday. Bin Laden, who was living in Afghanistan before a 2001 U.S.-led invasion helped topple its Taliban regime, was holed up in a compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad in Pakistan before Sunday's operation to kill him. "Well I think the latest information is that he was in this compound for the past five or six years and he had virtually no interaction with others outside that compound. But yet he seemed to be very active inside the compound," White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said on the CBS Early Show program. "And we know that he had released videos and audios. We know that he was in contact with some senior al Qaeda officials," Brennan added. "So what we're trying to do now is to understand what he has been involved in over the past several years, exploit whatever information we were able to get at the compound and take that information and continue our efforts to destroy al Qaeda," Brennan added. The fact that the al Qaeda chief had lived in the compound for such a long time has prompted some U.S. lawmakers to demand a review of the billions of dollars in aid the United States provides Pakistan, which is fighting a Taliban insurgency. Brennan also said the United States was considering whether to release photographs and video taken during the raid but has not yet made a decision. "We want to make sure that we're able to do it in a thoughtful manner. We also want to anticipate what the reaction might be on the part of al Qaeda or others to the release of certain information so that we can take the appropriate steps beforehand," Brennan told CNN. "Any other material, whether it be photos or videos or whatever else -- we are looking at it and we'll make the appropriate decisions," Brennan said. Asked about any computers, documents and other material seized at the compound, Brennan said the material was being reviewed by U.S. authorities. "What we're most interested in is seeing if we can get any insight into any terrorist plot that might be underway so that we can take the measures to stop any type of attack planning. Secondly, we're trying to look and see whether or not there are leads to other individuals within the organization or insights into their (al Qaeda) capabilities," Brennan said. He said the United States was eager to learn from the material about the circumstances of bin Laden's residence in Abbottabad. "I know the Pakistanis are interested in this -- how did bin Laden stay at that compound for the past six years or so and be undetected? What type of support did he have outside of that compound -- in the Abbottabad area or more broadly within Pakistan?" Brennan said.
Bin Laden lived in Pakistan compound 5-6 years: U.S.
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#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
The Pakistani govt is trying to pretend to have played a part in this raid, but the Pentagon has made it extremely clear that the Pakis (and other Muslims) were kept completely in the dark. It is painfully clear that Osama could not have set up this expensive and expansive compound in a pricey suburb only a ten minute walk from the Military College without at least some of the Paki Generals and Colonels at the college or in the suburb getting at least suspicious. The point is: Some very highly placed Pakis MUST have known, and yet none of them came forward to help nail him. Our brave Pakistani allies did all their fighting with one hand in our pocket and probably regular cellphone calls and emails to Osama's people to let them know where we were. Very early on, within a few weeks of Sept. 11th, both the Indian and Israeli govts offered to send LOTS of highly motivated and experienced combat troops to help the US find and fight Osama, but Pakistan vetoed participation by either country, so we were deprived of the aid of very enthusiastic and trustworthy allies who already knew about fighting Arab guerrillas, and made to depend on the Pakistan army which seems to have been moonlighting for Al-Qaeda. Now that Osama is dead, maybe we should consider encouraging regime change in Pakistan.
=========================================== Burying supposedly national enemies' bodies at sea doesn't instill much confidence, at least not in me. And now you want to invade Pakistan. Can you please be the FIRST ONE IN?
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#5. To: Shoonra (#3)
Now that Osama is dead, maybe we should consider encouraging regime change in Pakistan.
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