Bin Laden wife 6 years spent in hideout

Bin Laden wife 6 years spent in hideout

One of three wives living with Osama bin Laden told Pakistani interrogators she had been staying in the al-Qaida chief's hideout for five years, and could be a key source of information about how he avoided capture for so long, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.

In its first confirmation of bin Laden's death, al-Qaida warned of retaliation in an Internet statement, saying Americans' "happiness will turn to sadness."

Bin Laden's wife, identified as Yemeni-born Amal Ahmed Abdullfattah, said she never left the upper floors of the house the entire time she was there.

She and bin Laden's other two wives are being interrogated in Pakistan after they were taken into custody following Monday's American raid on bin Laden's compound in the town of Abbottabad. Pakistani authorities are also holding eight or nine children who were found there after the U.S. commandos left.

Given shifting and incomplete accounts from U.S. officials about what happened during the raid, testimony from bin Laden's wives may be significant in unveiling details about the operation.
Their accounts could also help show how bin Laden spent his time and managed to stay hidden, living in a large house close to a military academy in a garrison town, a two-and-a-half hours' drive from the capital, Islamabad.

The Pakistani official said CIA officers had not been given access to the women in custody. Already tense military and intelligence relations between the United States and Pakistan have been further strained after the helicopter-borne raid, which many Pakistanis see as a violation of their country's sovereignty.
The proximity of bin Laden's hideout to the military garrison and the Pakistani capital has also raised suspicions in Washington that bin Laden may have been protected by Pakistani security forces while on the run.

Compound where Osama was found

US forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound, with his youngest wife, U.S. officials said early on Monday.

They were led to the fortress-like three-story building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom U.S. officials said was identified by men captured after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

"Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with or protected by bin Laden," a senior administration official said in a briefing for reporters.

Bin Laden was finally found -- more than 9-1/2 years after the 2001 attacks on the United States -- after authorities discovered in August 2010 that the courier lived with his brother and their families in an unusual and extremely high-security building, officials said.

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"When we saw the compound where the brothers lived, we were shocked by what we saw: an extraordinarily unique compound," a senior administration official said.

"The bottom line of our collection and our analysis was that we had high confidence that the compound harbored a high-value terrorist target. The experts who worked this issue for years assessed that there was a strong probability that the terrorist who was hiding there was Osama bin Laden," another administration official said.
The home is in Abbotabad, a town about 35 miles (60 km) north of Islamabad.

The building, about eight times the size of other nearby houses, sat on a large plot of land that was relatively secluded when it was built in 2005. When it was constructed, it was on the outskirts of Abbotabad's center, at the end of a dirt road, but some other homes have been built nearby in the six years since it went up, officials said.

WALLS TOPPED WITH BARBED WIRE

Intense security measures included 12- to 18-foot (3.6 meters to 5.5 meters) outer walls topped with barbed wire and internal walls that sectioned off different parts of the compound, officials said. Two security gates restricted access, and residents burned their trash, rather than leaving it for collection as did their neighbors, officials said.

Few windows of the three-story home faced the outside of the compound, and a terrace had a seven-foot (2.1 meter) privacy wall, officials said.

"It is also noteworthy that the property is valued at approximately $1 million but has no telephone or Internet service connected to it," an administration official said. "The brothers had no explainable source of wealth."

U.S. analysts realized that a third family lived there in addition to the two brothers, and the age and makeup of the third family matched those of the relatives -- including his youngest wife -- they believed would be living with bin Laden.

"Everything we saw, the extremely elaborate operational security, the brothers' background and their behavior and the location of the compound itself was perfectly consistent with what our experts expected bin Laden's hide-out to look like," another Obama administration official said.

A small U.S. team conducted a helicopter raid on the compound on Sunday afternoon, officials said. After 40 minutes of fighting, bin Laden and an adult son, one unidentified woman and two men -- identified as the courier and his brother -- were dead, officials said, and Obama was preparing a television address to the nation.

Source: Geo

Man Sick and Tired Of His Ex-Wife

Robert Norman - who is definitely tired of his ex-wife's greed

A Former banker from UK has had enough of his ex-wife's tantrums, greed and good luck, whom he left in 1998 after five years of marriage.

Robert Norman is 43 years old and is extremely troubled by his ex Vietnamese ex-wife, Tina Le Norman who is 47 years old. Apparently, Tina has been financially dependent on Robert even after 13 years of marriage.

Robert says, he is tired of handling this mess any more. His maintenance payments are similar to getting divorced twice. He said Tina just doesn't want to work at all. She used to take £48,000 initially in annual maintenance payments for herself and her teenage children.

Now, Robert is mentally drained out. He is fighting a strong case once again to get out of this unfair situation. The courts just thought about the wife who is not willing to work and ordered him to keep filling her pockets as if it is so easy. Though Norman had a 6 figure salary and the court thought that Tina will be able to manage herself after a few years, but it seems that they were wrong. She kept on appealing and kept on winning while Robert had to take care of her till 2015 according to last appeal she won. I think that was a major turn off for Robert that forced him to take a strong step.

Robert has filed for another case to re-negotiate the payments. His case is strong since Tina has shown in these years that she just wants more money from her ex-husband and does not want to work herself. He wants to cut off all ties with Tina now. If he will win this case, thousands of other similar cases will come up too.

I hope he does win on this one. The man has suffered badly for getting married to this woman. In fact, even divorcing her didn't give him any peace. What a shameless woman! But more than that this also shows how marrying the wrong person can be like a living hell.

Charlie Sheen Will Not Attend His Kids Birthday Parties

Charlie Sheen may be all hip and cool and a superstar for his millions of fans no matter what he does and how he talks in his messy life. But he is missing out on some very important events in his personal life as per the recent reports.

He will not be attending the birthday parties of his three children on this weekend. His daughter from Denise Richards, Sam Sheen will turn seven years old in March. While his twin sons Max and Bob from his other ex, Brooke Mueller will turn two years old.

Both Denise and Brooke are planning to celebrate the birthday parties but it is known that Charlie will not be visiting the kids on their big day. In fact, sources say that he was never really a part of the guest list.

It is sad though. A man is a man and a star remains a star but most men are fond of their kids. Looking at his pictures, he did seem to care about the kids even with his disturbed attitude. I don't know for sure if he does miss his kids or not but he might feel bad that he can't even see them on their birthday or would he be too busy having his own party...well we can only figure that one out through his tweets on the weekend.

Baby Girl Smashed On The Floor By Daddy

I read about another incident that shows how little is the value of life, how we don't respect girls and how people lose all their sense in their rage.

A man from Okara used to have lots of disputes with his wife on a regular basis about domestic issues. On Sunday night, he left his house again after a bad fight with his wife. He returned back later with three of his relatives and they all started beating his wife with all their might.

But the man was perhaps too enraged. He took his newly born baby girl from his wife and smashed her on the floor with force. Of course, there is no miracle happening here and this is all a reality, so yes the baby died on the spot. 

A case is registered against the man. But who cares. This is so outrageously sickening and shows how anger, lack of patience and education can play so much with our psychology and how we behave in our life. It shows how we behave in circumstances. I think people in our society are mentally sick when they do such things. Even an ignorant man or woman is quite aware of the fact that a  new born if thrown on the ground would die. I mean forgod's sake their neck alone is so sensitive and smashing a baby on the floor is hideously sick and sad. Even animals are not treated like this. And we still hope that women and girls should be treated with respect.

China Creating Marriage Database to Expose Cheaters

The government in China is creating a marriage database, which it hopes will be a useful tool to expose cheaters. As the wealth in the country has exploded, it has created a culture of secret mistresses and second wives, even though bigamy in China is illegal.

According to a recent report, Beijing and Shanghai will be among the first places to put a marriage database online this year. The plan is to have records for all of China online by 2015.

Can’t say if exposing cheaters will solve the problem? Those who cheat on their spouses will find a way to cheat no matter what. However, it’s good that China is taking this step. It would be so much better if they would do something kind for animals in their country as well.

Moreover, it’s just not in China, we all know there are women who accept their husbands & have no problem with cheating, cause they have this mentality that at the end of the day my husband will come back to me.

I think the best way to spite your unfaithful spouse/loved one is to have some fun with someone else for a while. You don’t have to have real fun or an affair…you can just pretend. This gives instant result. Or you can just leave the person but that is not very easy, particularly if you have kids & you are greedy. Speaking of which reminds me of women who keep an eye on their loose husbands & only get headaches & tensions. Just what’s the use if shit returns to you at the end of the day? Everything is tainted now. Love above everything else is the biggest joke of the century.