Hizbul Mujahedeen owned Abbottabad house, says Canadian media
Last updated on: May 04, 2011 19:49 IST http://www.rediff.com/news/report/osama-killed-hizbul-mujahedeen-owned-abbot tabad-house/20110504.htm Hizbul Mujahedeen, a militant group active in Kashmir, owned the $1 million mansion in Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden [ Images ] was killed by United States forces, a Canadian newspaper has reported, claiming that Pakistan is trying to hush up the issue of ownership. There are indications emerging that the terror mastermind was sheltered by one of the militant groups that has enjoyed tolerance, if not support, from Pakistani military intelligence services, Globe and Mail reported from Islamabad [ Images ]. The paper quoted a Pakistani police officer familiar with bin Laden's compound to say that the mansion was used by Hizbul Mujahedeen. The group's chief Syed Salahuddin is based in PoK capital Muzaffarabad and has been accused of terror acts and fomenting trouble in Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ]. "The place belonged to Hizbul Mujahedeen," the officer said. "But the authorities have asked us not to share any information about the exact ownership," he said. Land-registry officials in Abbottabad, known in the local language as patwaris, were summoned to a meeting yesterday and urged to keep quiet. Pakistan has denied any collusion with terrorists, saying that its leading intelligence service had been sharing information with US counterparts since 2009 about the compound where bin Laden was found. American officials have described the owners as "brothers", and neighbours recalled seeing a pair of men, possibly ethnic Pashtuns from the rugged western frontier, who largely kept to themselves. Their names were reported in local media as Bara Khan and Chota Khan, or Arshad Pathan and Chota Pathan. A Pakistani official said the mystery surrounding the two men has deepened with the discovery that their national identity cards were faked. "This is the first time I have heard of links between Hizbul and Osam, but its members would probably admire him," the newspaper quoted Kamran Bokhari, a Stratfor analyst as saying. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
