And now Pakistan has some explaining to do

[Mac1337]

Now that the initial euphoria has passed, I like to know what Pakistan has to say about this. A compound with 18 ft. walls and barbed wires in the middle of no doubt squalid neighborhood only blocks from Pakistani military and police and for years they have been telling us they don't know where he was? Please.

[beagledave]

Dakota wrote:
Now that the initial euphoria has passed, I like to know what Pakistan has to say about this. A compound with 18 ft. walls and barbed wires in the middle of no doubt squalid neighborhood only blocks from Pakistani military and police and for years they have been telling us they don't know where he was? Please.

I don't know. The news is saying that the administration had intel in August that he was there, but that it took awhile (because of the nature of the compound) to verify that.

I haven't heard how long bin Laden had lived there before August.

[Chakravartin]

A compound with 18 ft. walls and barbed wires in the middle of no doubt squalid neighborhood only blocks from Pakistani military and police and for years they have been telling us they don't know where he was? Please.

...Because having a building like that right in the middle of a Winn-Dixie shopping plaza would be pretty darned suspicious to ME.

...

Have you considered the possibility that much of the community was similarly constructed?

[mick e]

Welcome to your new war.

[Mac1337]

Chakravartin wrote:
A compound with 18 ft. walls and barbed wires in the middle of no doubt squalid neighborhood only blocks from Pakistani military and police and for years they have been telling us they don't know where he was? Please.

...Because having a building like that right in the middle of a Winn-Dixie shopping plaza would be pretty darned suspicious to ME.

...

Have you considered the possibility that much of the community was similarly constructed?

We have all seen pictures of urban and rural Pakistan. A "compound" somehow doesn't fit unless the description is being exaggerated. The house seen here doesn't look like a compound to me.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/slid...e-13508190

[cbelt3]

Chakravartin wrote:
A compound with 18 ft. walls and barbed wires in the middle of no doubt squalid neighborhood only blocks from Pakistani military and police and for years they have been telling us they don't know where he was? Please.

...Because having a building like that right in the middle of a Winn-Dixie shopping plaza would be pretty darned suspicious to ME.

...

Have you considered the possibility that much of the community was similarly constructed?

My Pakistan experience is 20 years old, but ALL of the wealthy areas WERE similarly constructed. Including the armed guards.

However... the fact that he was in a military Cantonment area implies that the fix was in.

[OWC Jamie]

You could have hidden him in your basement for quite a while with enough money, too.
It's not like he had his name on the mail box out front.

We'll probably find out they could have taken out the compound with B-2 bombers months ago.

Certainly looks like all involved made damn sure this was the end of the road this time. ( with an identifiable body)

My money is on assuming he was there by tracking for months the people coming and going, especially family members.

[Chakravartin]

Dakota wrote:
We have all seen pictures of urban and rural Pakistan. A "compound" somehow doesn't fit unless the description is being exaggerated. The house seen here doesn't look like a compound to me.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/slid...e-13508190

Huh?

The pics you linked to certainly seem to show a "compound" surrounded by similar construction.

Examples:

[Mac1337]

That's my point. Now that I see the pictures, if accurate, it doesn't look anything like a compound. It is a dilapitated cinder block home. The graphics of the raid show multiple helicopters landing in the yard. They can barely fit a car there.

[cbelt3]

I spent almost a year in rural and urban Pakistan. I lived and worked with the people. I was in Karachi, Islamabad, Rawlapindi, Baluchistan. I've seen the Khyber pass.

People tend to assume that everywhere looks like where they are. It's a natural mistake.. very common. But we all know what ASS-U-ME does...