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Al Jazeera has been showing video of the supposed compound - will try and get the description of the compound the next time they describe it, but from what I re

Al Jazeera has been showing video of the supposed compound - will try and get the description of the compound the next time they describe it, but from what I recall they mentioned it didn't have many windows and there was an outer wall to protect it.

tlack 16y ago
its somewhere near PMA Kakul Road in Abbottabad http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbottabad+pakistan&sll=34.071644,73.171906&sspn=0.026021,0.053215&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Abbott%C4%81bad,+Abbottabad,+Khyber+Pakhtunkhwa,+Pakistan&ll=34.14221,73.23584&spn=0.00325,0.006652&t=h&z=18 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38... update: here it is. add your review. http://bit.ly/kP0DCq http://bit.ly/kP0DCq
- buro9 16y ago
  It's not there, Google Places has a page for it already that has been verified against the various news sources showing it: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=11196890339658103699 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=11196890339658103699 PMA Kakul (Pakistan Military Academy) is 200m South East of that, again matching the news reports.
  - nikcub 16y ago
    I think that one is a lot more likely because it matches the known elements of the location more closely than the other location * Surrounded with very high walls with a single entrance * The compound was eight times larger than other houses in the area * When it was built it was only accessible via a dirt road * It has a field and grassy area to the side of it, which is what is shown in the Pakistan TV footage * The compound had a clear view of anybody approaching by road, and escape routes out the back It is amazing that they built this place only 5 years ago for the purpose of housing bin laden, and nobody in the area really asked any questions. It seems that the compound didn't have a cover story either - it had no phone or internet connection It would have been a lot smarter to find a rich arab and his family to use as a cover. Say that it is his holiday home and get all the regular services hooked up. Having such a big building with high walls that doesn't have a phone or internet service must stand out so much that it only further leads me to believe that some in Pakistan knew what it was for and who was there. Apparently there were ISI agents on the scene at the time of the gun battle, even though the USA didn't tip anybody off in pakistan about the compound or about the operation I think the official US line of the pakistan government helping is just a way of placating skeptics. All the official statements from the government talk about a foreign operation and they seem to be distancing themselves from it
  - shoeless 16y ago
    Ah, a large landing zone indeed!
  - argee 16y ago
    I don't think that's it either as Google Earth shows that imagery as being dated 3/22/2001, whereas the compound was supposedly only built in 2005.
  - anxrn 16y ago
    Not according to the BBC. They mark it here: http://bit.ly/jl3wRU http://bit.ly/jl3wRU ('according to local sources'). Very different area from the earlier one, a lot more isolated. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330

tlack 16y ago

its somewhere near PMA Kakul Road in Abbottabad http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbottabad+pakistan&sll=34.071644,73.171906&sspn=0.026021,0.053215&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Abbott%C4%81bad,+Abbottabad,+Khyber+Pakhtunkhwa,+Pakistan&ll=34.14221,73.23584&spn=0.00325,0.006652&t=h&z=18 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38... update: here it is. add your review. http://bit.ly/kP0DCq http://bit.ly/kP0DCq

buro9 16y ago
It's not there, Google Places has a page for it already that has been verified against the various news sources showing it: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=11196890339658103699 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid=11196890339658103699 PMA Kakul (Pakistan Military Academy) is 200m South East of that, again matching the news reports.
- nikcub 16y ago
  I think that one is a lot more likely because it matches the known elements of the location more closely than the other location * Surrounded with very high walls with a single entrance * The compound was eight times larger than other houses in the area * When it was built it was only accessible via a dirt road * It has a field and grassy area to the side of it, which is what is shown in the Pakistan TV footage * The compound had a clear view of anybody approaching by road, and escape routes out the back It is amazing that they built this place only 5 years ago for the purpose of housing bin laden, and nobody in the area really asked any questions. It seems that the compound didn't have a cover story either - it had no phone or internet connection It would have been a lot smarter to find a rich arab and his family to use as a cover. Say that it is his holiday home and get all the regular services hooked up. Having such a big building with high walls that doesn't have a phone or internet service must stand out so much that it only further leads me to believe that some in Pakistan knew what it was for and who was there. Apparently there were ISI agents on the scene at the time of the gun battle, even though the USA didn't tip anybody off in pakistan about the compound or about the operation I think the official US line of the pakistan government helping is just a way of placating skeptics. All the official statements from the government talk about a foreign operation and they seem to be distancing themselves from it
- shoeless 16y ago
  Ah, a large landing zone indeed!
- argee 16y ago
  I don't think that's it either as Google Earth shows that imagery as being dated 3/22/2001, whereas the compound was supposedly only built in 2005.
- anxrn 16y ago
  Not according to the BBC. They mark it here: http://bit.ly/jl3wRU http://bit.ly/jl3wRU ('according to local sources'). Very different area from the earlier one, a lot more isolated. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330