Yet Another Discrepancy: The Place Where Bin Laden Lived Was No Mansion
As usual, many discrepancies between the first “official” version of the attack on Osama bin Laden and reality. In this, Al-Jazeera shows the “Obama was living in a mansion” story has no foundation. It’s a large compound, but the interior was actually strewn with garbage: Al Jazeera has obtained new footage of the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed. The pictures show the interiors of the house where the al-Qaeda leader is thought to have been hiding for up to six years. Filmed during daylight hours, there is no doubt that this is the house where bin Laden was shot and killed by US forces, Al Jazeera’s Imtiaz Tyab said, reporting from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. It was not immediately clear how long after the raid that the footage was taken. “We can see the exteriors of the house; we see a garden where vegetables were grown. We see an area where animals were being raised – possible clues of how the people who lived within the high walls of this compound managed to sustain themselves with very little interaction with the outside world,” our correspondent said. “These pictures … give a sense of just how Osama bin Laden – the world’s most wanted fugitive – lived relatively undetected right here in Abbottabad.” US forces raided the compound in a covert operation on Sunday, killing bin Laden and four others. The US team then quickly swept the compound for useful intelligence, making off with a cache of computer equipment and documents. Our correspondent said Pakistani forces have been in charge of the house since the US operation. “They, presumably, have taken with them what they deemed important as well,” Tyab said.
Yet Another Discrepancy: The Place Where Bin Laden Lived Was No Mansion
Posted by
on May 7, 2011. Filed under