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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Blog l The 'hidden life' of Bin Laden

Osama bin Laden managed to hide in Pakistan for nine years due to "collective failure" of the military intelligence authorities of the Pakistani state. This is the main conclusion reached by the report commissioned by the government on the death of the former leader of Al QaedaThe report, obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera news network, also described as incompetence at all levels of civil government structure allowed the world's most wanted man in the country to move freely and change of residence up to six timesThe report of the Abbottabad Commission, formed in June 2011 to investigate the circumstances of the death of Bin Laden at the hands of U.S. forces, is based on testimony from over 200 witnesses, including family members of bin Laden, the then head of intelligence, some Pakistani ministers and officials of all levels of the armed forces and security services. The report, of 336 pages, the Commission is scathing, arguing that the government and the military were responsible for "collective failure" that allowed Bin Laden to escape so many times, and thatthe United States commit "an act of war"In addition, through the testimony of several family members of bin Laden, officials from the intelligence services and the wife of one of his messengers, the Commission has been able to reconstruct a very detailed picture of the life of Bin Laden, even details about the isolated life he and his family took in Abbottabad and elsewhere. The report concludes that bin Laden went to Pakistan in mid-2002, after narrowly escaping a capture operation in the battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in December 2001. Intelligence officials say they stayed briefly in South Waziristan and Bajaur tribal areas of Pakistan, before moving north of the Swat Valley to stay with his guards, Ibrahim and Abrar al-Kuwaiti, for several months.
In 2003, in Swat, Bin Laden reportedly met with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks against the United States. A month later, Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi in a joint operation estaodunidenses and Pakistani forces, and Bin Laden fled Swat. Bin Laden appeared later in the city of Haripur, in northern Pakistan, where he remained for two years in a rented house with two of his wives and several of his children and grandchildren. In August 2005, all went to a tailor complex in Abbottabad, a town about 85 kilometers from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. He remained there for six years, until he was killed in May 2011.

The years in Haripur

During his time in the Swat Valley, Bin Laden lived with his wife Amal, who was pregnant, one of his bodyguards, Abrar al-Kuwaiti and Maryam, a Pakistani woman with whom Abrar married. While these activities outside the home were described as limited, Maryam testified that, on one occasion, when they went to visit a nearby bazaar drive with Bin Laden inside, was stopped for speeding by a traffic cop . Ibrahim, however, "quickly settled the matter", the report said, and the world's most wanted man, went on his way.
Following the arrest of the brain of 11-S, Bin Laden fled to Haripur, about 35 kilometers south of Abbottabad. There he lived in a house where his wife several plants Amal gave birth to several of their offspring in public clinics in never spent even one night.
During that time the men did not use mobile phones. To call, traveled to Peshawar, 150 km away, or Rawalpindi, about 65 km, to make phone calls from public offices.

'Waziristan House'

In August 2005, finally all moved to the Abbottabad compound. The two bodyguards of Osama were first intalarse and later became Osama with his family. Thanks to an earthquake that took place in the area in October of that year, bin Laden was able to build a building adjacent to the house, in addition to surround with walls of great height without raising suspicion. For locals, the house became known as 'Waziristan House', or, for others, it simply 'The Big House'Bin Laden's life took place in the strictest privacy . Abrar and Ibrahim were in charge of buying supplies, while one of the sons of the terrorist, Khaid, took care of all the house needed reforms.Ibrahim and Abrar were the only people leaving the complex regularly and interacting with the community. They came regularly to the local mosque to pray and, according to several neighbors, "his conduct was polite and friendly." The austerity and discretion marked the day. According to one of the women of Bin Laden, the former leader of Al Qaeda just traveled to Abbottabad with a summer suit, three for the winter, a black jacket and two sweaters. He also had a hat Cowboy or he wore whenever he went for a walk in the garden so that satellites could not detect. He suffered various diseases, especially kidney and heart. Despite this, the report of the commission, never visited a doctor and rarely left the room.

The day to day

The sons, their wives and grandchildren also lived completely isolated. He was responsible for the religious education of children as well as their play time usually devoted to the care of a garden. Like their women who had forbidden even watch television.
In contrast, the families of his bodyguards had a bit more freedom, but also had to keep the rules of the terrorist. In fact, on one occasion a daughter of one of his bodyguards was crossed with bin Laden and greeted him. The next day, Osama drove him home to her and her mother from the main house.
According to their testimony, they did not discover who lived until a day watching television came an image of the "man who lived in the upstairs" and immediately knew that was the man she had lived so many years was the world's most wanted.
The night took place the Geronimo operation that ended years of searching, the wives and daughters heard a loud bang and thought it was a storm. However, were the Black Hawk helicopters SEALS USAThen they heard the soldiers were identified. One woman heard a gunshot and saw Osama fell to the ground with a gunshot to the head and covered with blood.

Applications available in App Store for their five years

The company Apple had already held various dates and goals achieveds in its App Store with discounts downloading applications. It is a method that also use Google and download store for AndroidGoogle PlayHowever, shortly after reaching five years of its online store, which was launched on July 10, 2008 , Apple deepened the celebration and offers applications traditionally paid, absolutely freeAmong those who belong to the category of games, you will find, Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery, Infinity Blade II, Badland, Tiny Wings HD, Where's My Water? While applications are highlighted Traktor DJ HD, Day One, How to Cook Everything and Barefoot World Atlas , among others. prices these apps ranging from 3 to $ 20Also, in order to celebrate the anniversary of your store, last week, Apple unveiled a poster with a timeline highlighting the various landmarks from the App Store in the nearly five years of its existence. The latest big brand that celebrated Apple's online store was that of 50,000 million downloads, reached in May this year. On that occasion, the celebration also included as a prize a purchase order for $ 10,000 for the user to do the download number 50.000 million .

The Muslim Brotherhood reject the rapid transition of the 'coup'

The new Egyptian authorities try to project the image that, after the storm, the calm is coming. Just hours after the killing of Islamist fiftyoutside the headquarters of the Republican Guard, the interim president Adli Mansur announced a schedule that provides for the return of Egypt to the democratic path in just six months. With the election of Prime Minister still running, the Muslim Brotherhood have rejected Tuesday the roadmapThe brotherhood, sheltered by mass demonstrations and camping in Cairo, is unwilling to compromise and recognize the coup that ousted a week ago of power. The presidential decree, which yesterday gave a boost to the second Egyptian transition after the threat of violence made ​​her abarrancar, sets a fast process: In four months the Egyptians would have to vote in a referendum the constitutional reform. And earlier 2014, return to the polls to elect parliament first and then president. The Islamist movement ousted Mohamed Mursi refuses because he insists plan is the result of "the usurpation of legislative power"and the head of state, a judge of 67 years, is a "coup designee."This was communicated this Tuesday prominent Brotherhood member Essam the Erian, vice president of its political arm the Freedom and Justice. In his view, the calendar is an involution of the most populous country in the Arab world, which in June 2012 left behind 18 months of military tutelage of the now failed transition. They are the only ones that are planted. The former terrorist organization Al-Gama'a al-Islamiya, a key partner of the Brotherhood, said "the only constitution is recognized that Egyptians decided." "The Constitution can not be suspended because some people so wish", he adds.

2014 Presidential

The roadmap presented yesterday includes a reform of the current Constitution, suspended by the military, which will be put to a referendum before the legislature. 's statement has 33 articles and given the current interim president and his government all legislative power. The first step will be to amend the Constitution by a committee of experts appointed by Mansur. After reviewing the text, pass to another committee of 50 civil society personalities, which should give the green light before being submitted to popular referendum within four months. Two months after the referendum, parliamentary elections should be held approximately in early 2014. And once you meet the new Parliament will be called the president. Meanwhile, the president tries to close the formation of national unity government on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan.So far, several proposals have been thwarted Prime Minister. The first option, the Nobel Peace Prize Mohamed ElBaradei , was blocked by the Salafist party (stickler) of Al Nur, the only Islamist group that rebelled against Mursi. In the last hours, has sounded for the position Samir Radwan, finance minister during the dictatorship of Hosni MubarakAl Nur has indicated he would accept appointment to consider a technocrat. Their profile would adapt well to the need to attract foreign investment and bolster an economy ravaged by instability.