srd11

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   by srd11 15y ago

   "Why is this so shocking? I keep seeing people point out that he was near by a military academy. There's plenty of documented history of US and Russians spies in each other's agencies." Its odd because OBL wasn't a low level clandestine age
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   by srd11 15y ago

   Yep, somewhere in between. They bill it as their version of Sandhurst or West Point, but a large number of the instructors are current or former ISI. The military/intelligence distinction is a lot fuzzier in Pakistan than the US or Britain.
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   by srd11 15y ago

   Sure, let me grab the citation. You raise a valid point. If this were any minor base it wouldn't be such a big deal. PMA is where Pakistan trains its special ops and intelligence guys. Its their elite academy. The base is commonly called Ka
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   by srd11 15y ago

   The military intelligence Pakistani ISI has a major presence there. PMA isn't just any military base. Its the military base. Its just not reasonable to think they didn't know what that giant compound down the road was.
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   by srd11 15y ago

   Corrected to use actual location of Osama's compound, as determined by zeteo from satellite photos here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2506963 , instead of the fake one making the rounds.
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   Driving Directions from Pakistan Military Academy to Bin Laden's Compound(maps.google.com)

   16 points by srd11 15y ago|15 comments