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Pakistan
Bin Laden’s Low Tech Hideout May Have Been His Undoing
As news of Osama bin Laden’s death began rippling its way through various news pipes late last night, many were surprised to learn that the ever-elusive terrorist leader had been holed up not in a far-flung, desolate cave, but in a nice house in a well-to-do suburb outside of Islamabad.
I’d been asleep when the news broke last night …
This is Where Osama Was Hiding, According to Google Maps
Osama bin Laden’s last stand unfolded in a barbed wire mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan. According to Google Maps, this is where the raid happened.
Here’s a recount from TIME’s Battleland blog, which has an excellent piece on how exactly the raid went down:
U.S. intelligence had learned that bin Laden might be holed up in a
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The Man Who Blogged Bin Laden’s Death by Accident
Hey world – meet Pakistani IT consultant Sohaib Athar.
At the time of writing, his Twitter account has nearly 21,500 followers, but expect that number to rise.
Athar, it turns out, gave the world moment-by-moment coverage of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden – without even knowing what was going on. (More on Time.com: See photos …