Conspiracy theories on bin Laden take root in Pakistan
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ABBOTTABAD — Revelations that Osama bin Laden was killed on the doorstep seemed so outlandish that conspiracy theories of nefarious US activities raced like wildfire through the quiet Pakistani town.
Nestled in pine-dotted hills, the Bilal suburb of the relatively well-off garrison town of Abbottabad was the last place in Pakistan where people would ever imagine that the world’s “most wanted” man was lying low.
Unlike other parts of the northwest, many people wear Western dress. Unlike in bin Laden’s native Saudi Arabia, women are seen driving cars and no one who spoke to AFP said they had ever seen an Arab.
The first time they realized anything was wrong, the neighbors say, was when helicopters suddenly roared overhead in the dead of night, before loud explosions and then gunfire deafened the area. Frightened, they woke up..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110505com3.html
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