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2011-05-10 India-Pakistan

US Osama Raiders Spoke Pashtu: Abbottabad Residents

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Posted by Fred 2011-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 "Widout passing security check ... semi-military town" > HMMMM, HMMMMM, wehell, iff Islamabad = PAK GOVT. is still trying to prove it didn't know OBL was at Abbottabad, ITS NOT WORKING - AGAIN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-10 01:46|| 2011-05-10 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I've concluded that many of OBL's Abbottabad neighbors knew there was a big-time terrorist living at the compound, whether or not they knew the exact ID doesn't matter one bit. The kids in the neighborhood are now expressing their main ambition in life, to kill apostates and infidels. There's a lot of Pak love for jihadis. They may some day evolve to a more humane outlook, or perhaps a good sound thumping might convince them to change.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-10 08:12|| 2011-05-10 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 ITS NOT WORKING - AGAIN.

You gotta feel sorry for the Paks (and by 'sorry', I mean overcome with mirth). Every which way they try to spin their way out of this mess, they come off looking either stupid and clueless, or treacherous and conniving. Or some combination of both. It is really kind of impressive, but not in a good way.

Posted by SteveS 2011-05-10 08:59|| 2011-05-10 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The structure of Osama compound is more like a military base and one architect living not so far form the compound said "the way the three-story house was designed had made me curious."

High walls topped with C-Wire, firing ports, and iron, crash proof gate was it?

Posted by Besoeker 2011-05-10 09:39|| 2011-05-10 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Fortresses being a typical construct when you live in an barbarian society?

Posted by Water Modem 2011-05-10 16:28|| 2011-05-10 16:28|| Front Page Top

#6 You don't need fluency to achieve basic communication. I can speak 3 languages at a conversational level, and I would expect basic competency could be achieved in about a month with most reasonably intelligent students, as I must assume the SEALs in question would be.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-05-10 23:46|| 2011-05-10 23:46|| Front Page Top

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