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| Osama bin Laden hiding place visited by Taliban |
| 2011-05-14 |
| Osama bin Laden received visits from Taliban leaders and wealthy Arab supporters while he was hiding out in a fortified compound in a Pakistani garrison town, it has emerged. The revelation that the al-Qaeda chief had direct contact with his followers - and did not rely solely on messengers - came as a US-led task force urgently trawled captured documents and computer files for terror plots and information about extremists. Which we should have been doing without anyone knowing... British intelligence agents last week joined their US counterparts to sift through the material after repeated references to Britain were found in the haul retrieved from bin Laden's compound when US commandos killed him this month. An Afghan Taliban commander, who has previously provided reliable information to foreign media, disclosed that he had visited bin Laden at the compound in Abbottabad. He said that the Saudi terror chief also received sporadic visits from leaders of his al-Qaeda network, Taliban allies and fellow Arab fundraisers. The disclosure will be crucial for Western intelligence chiefs as they try and assess bin Laden's role in international terror operations. They had initially believed that his contact with the outside world was conducted via messages on computer thumb drives. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 "You know, for a relatively modest monetary donation..." via foreign credit cards w/ security features turned off. So 2008. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-14 22:31 |
| #6 Well, it is re-election time for the ONE isn't it? "Hello, is this Prince Hadji? Your name came up on a guest list from a certain house in Abbottabad. Ah, yes. They did find it. It is terribly unfortunate, isn't it? "You know, for a relatively modest monetary donation..." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-05-14 20:31 |
| #5 Wealthy Arab supporters? Visits from leaders of his al-Qaeda network, Taliban allies and fellow Arab fundraisers. I hope Binny kept real good records and these guys are looking over their shoulders. Better yet, I would have wished the information had not been released and that we could have tagged these guys. Well, it is re-election time for the ONE isn't it? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-05-14 18:56 |
| #4 Thanking Obama for killing Bin Laden is like going into McDonalds and thanking Ronald McDonald for the hamburger. It's the guy cooking the burger that should get the credit, not the clown. I wish I could say I made that up, just now, but it came in an e-mail from my cousin. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-05-14 18:20 |
| #3 Donk administration puffing out their chests ahead of a re-election campaign. You're surprised? The loss of value in intel is a minor consideration in their minds |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-05-14 17:02 |
| #2 I really, really wish Bambi had released the photo of bin Laden rather than the fact that we had all this very interesting information. At least, not until the intel analysts had a chance to go through it and get actionable information. That way, the various people we are finding out about would not have a chance to move to new safe houses and other hiding places. Instead, the first warning that they had been compromised would be a visit from a drone or a SEAL team. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-05-14 16:49 |
| #1 Sounds like the Taliban have just named open hunting season on themselves. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-05-14 16:06 |