I am glad the U.S. forces killed Osama Bin Laden. I also feel a bit foolish because I have for years thought Bin Laden was already dead. Al Quaeda had every reason to downplay his death-- better to keep his dubious legend alive. The U.S. would have had its own reasons. Turns out he really was alive, though, not to be a deather, where are the photos of the body?
I also have a few questions about the news reports.
1. They say that the U.S. got the nickname of OBL's courier from prisoners at Guantanamo Bay? But how could that be. Have these prisoners been locked up for five-to-ten years? So how would they know who was carrying the messages for OBL, nickname or otherwise.
2. The compound is said to be eight times larger than the other homes in the area. But the satlellite photos show that is not true. http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/may2011/9/0/osama-bin-laden-compound-in-abbottabad-pic-googlemaps-222924567.jpg It's bigger,but not eight times bigger.
3. The compound is said to be priced at $1 million. Really? I know nothing about Pakistani real estate, but the place looks like a dump. http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-wld-110502-compound1-4a.grid-6x2.jpg. I doubt it would fetch $1 million in a Toledo or Detroit (except for the best suburbs of those cities.
4. All that said, if OBL was really hiding in an oversized house close to Pakistani military installations, how could people not have asked and found out who was living there?
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