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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:16 AM
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Bin Laden's neighbors noticed unusual things
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan – When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden's hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.

The terror chief and his family kept well hidden behind thick walls in this northwestern hill town they shared with thousands of Pakistani soldiers. But glimpses of their life are emerging — along with deep skepticism that authorities didn't know they were there.

Although the house is large, it was unclear how three dozen people could have lived there with any degree of comfort.

Neighbors said they knew little about those inside in the compound but bin Laden apparently depended on two men who would routinely emerge to run errands or to a neighborhood gathering, such as a funeral. There were conflicting details about the men's identities. Several people said they were known as Tariq and Arshad Khan and had identified themselves as cousins from elsewhere in northwestern Pakistan. Others gave different names and believed they were brothers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110503/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_bin_laden_s_neighborhood
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:19 AM
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1. Yeah, and they didn't get the whole recycling gig, either.
Always with the adult diapers in the wrong bin every damn week.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:19 AM
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2. I think it would be hard to hide a bunch of people even in a large place.
Someone's bound to notice something, eventually...

I'm not a bit surprised.

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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:26 AM
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4. The reports I've read say 8 kids, not 23.
That may be a booboo in this article.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:29 AM
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6. If you watched Rachel's show tonight
she takes the media to task for their wildly conflicting stories.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:20 AM
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3. OH NOES!! Expensive SUVs!!111
Nosy snot
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 12:27 AM
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5. That's a funny detail in an upscale middle class town. n/t
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 02:27 AM
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9. Upscale middle class by Pakistani standards.
The median income in Pakistan is about $2,700 a year. Being middle class means you can afford a vehicle that you don't have to pedal.
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:17 AM
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8. The woman who went inside OBL compound & unknowingly told them off!
Edited on Wed May-04-11 01:18 AM by Leopolds Ghost
Probably counting her blessings that she emerged unhurt...
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-11 01:12 AM
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7. "they we're quiet people always kept to themselves"
I'd like to know if they were there alot or was this one of many safe houses?
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