http://www.theage.com.au/world/bin-laden-had-three-wives-in-compound-20110506-1eazs.html
Bin Laden had three wives in compound May 6, 2011 - 12:00PM Osama bin Laden may have lived in his Pakistan hideaway for as long as five years under the noses of the country's military, according to his youngest wife who was captured in the raid by US special forces. Amal Ahmed Abdul Fatah, 29, who was shot in the leg as she rushed at intruders, has told interrogators that he lived there with three wives, who were all under strict orders not to venture out of the fortified house. In all, 13 children were recovered from the compound in Abbottabad after US Navy Seals shot bin Laden dead. Eight are believed to be the sons and daughters of the al-Qaeda leader, according to Pakistani military sources. The details gradually emerging from officials in Islamabad paint an intriguing picture of an extended family cooped up together for years as they evaded capture only 50 kilometres from the Pakistani capital, and about a kilometre from an officer-training academy. The apparently unauthorised raid has embarrassed Pakistan's supposedly powerful military. Senior military commanders said they were ordering a reduction in numbers of US personnel to the "minimum essential", taking already turbulent relations between the countries to a new low. The officers admitted "shortcomings" in their attempts to gather intelligence on bin Laden but insisted they were capable of defending key assets. Islamabad's top brass are under intense pressure to explain how they were unable to track down bin Laden. They also face questions from a public wondering how the country's military failed to spot unknown aircraft attacking a civilian target. Yesterday, General Ashfaq Kayani, the army's chief of staff, called in senior officers, and the heads of intelligence agencies, to discuss the fallout. In a statement, General Kayani said any similar action violating the sovereignty of Pakistan would prompt a review of co-operation with the US. "As regards the possibility of similar hostile action against our strategic assets, the forum reaffirmed that, unlike an undefended civilian compound, our strategic assets are well protected and an elaborate defensive mechanism is in place," it said. The Telegraph, London Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/bin-laden-had-three-wives-in-compound-20110506-1eazs.html#ixzz1LaxiGyvn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/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/
