Friday, June 3, 2011

Bin Laden raid gets little credence in conspiracy-minded Pakistan

From the LA Times:

It was all a ruse, Ejaz Ahmad sniffed. Osama bin Laden never lived in Abbottabad.

To Ahmad, the secret night raid by U.S. commandos, the staccato bursts of gunfire, the crash of the stealth helicopter and the reported killing of the Al Qaeda leader in a whitewashed compound just down the road were pure theater. The Americans made it all up to convince the world that terrorism exists everywhere in Pakistan.

"Then they'll come in and take control of our nuclear weapons," the 20-year-old college student said as he walked along a dirt path near the compound......read on

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