Posted on 05/03/2011 10:50:03 AM PDT by Qbert
Sources tell ABC News that administration officials believe Osama bin Laden had been living at the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound for years, with one senior administration source even suggesting the compound was specifically built in 2005 for the al Qaeda leader.
That this compound was constructed in the neighborhood of former Pakistani military officials and a local military academy is of course calling into question the participation of the local – if not national – government.
“It’s inconceivable that bin Laden did not have a support system in the country that allowed him to remain there for an extended period of time,” said White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan on Monday.
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As always, there is a line that the US government walks when it comes to its alliance with Pakistan’s government. The Pakistanis seldom are as cooperative as the US wants them to be, and yet the US cannot afford to alienate the country’s leadership.
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Why, YES, it does.
We always can find plenty of cash to fund our enemies.
Just look at what we give the UN.
NEXT... send a Predator to reduce the compound to rubble.. hopefully with a few future terrorists in it.. and their family’s..
Yes. Let them get their OWN Chinese loans!
We can even couch in in ‘diplomatic’ terms by telling them we’re ‘helping them out’ by cutting out the middle-man and connecting them directly with our wholesaler.
“And just ‘who’ designed and built that compound ?”
Yeah, it is very suspicious with the extremely high walls, barbed wire, etc. Sure, there were lots of ex-military officials residing in the area, but presumably the Pakis would know if officials were living in a compound like that- especially one so close to training grounds and the like.
ABBOTABOD?
Why does that name sound so familiar?
Celine Dion recently bought Osama’s old Mountain Fortress. It’s been on the market for years since Seigfried and Roy’s deal fell through. She painted the interior completely white and has fresh flowers brought in daily.
It is a Roman thing.
Someone please tell me why we are still sending Pakistan money?
My statement was meant to imply that all structures/environments are ideal places for Seal Team Six.
I suspect the same. They want US funding in perpetuity and eliminating terror would eliminate funding.
On sat images that compound sticks out like a sore thumb. Very distinct from the surrounding homes. Also a very strange shaped plot of land. And reports are he lived there for 5 years. Built around 2005 or 2006.
uh... is this news? the Pakis have always supported alq
The reason we ‘thought’ there was such a complex in the mountains, is because WE BUILT IT.
Understood. Still, the question who financed and built that compound remains.
Yeah, and the city I live in has underground tunnels that go from a certain neighborhood to downtown and to one particular office building.
These are, of course, mythical tunnels and don't exist. No one has ever done a report on them or taken pictures from inside.
There is no proof they exist. At all. Aren't there, never have been. And I'm sticking with that story.
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