If you thought only his life was controversial, you have got to assess your opinion again. Even in death, everything about Osama bin Laden is sensitive. First, on the announcement of his assassination, Uncle Sam also told the world that his body had been buried at an undisclosed location in the sea to prevent his body from becoming the focus of shrine worshipping by his supporters. 'Laden’s body was then disposed at sea to prevent a fixed shrine for his followers', according to the US government statement. The al-Qaeda leader was killed by US Navy Seals in a midnight operation, shot twice in the head.
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| Onlookers watch as diggers tear down the three storey bin Laden compound (Credit: Yahoo! News). |
On Feebruary 27, 2012, the Abbottabad compound where Osama bin Laden spent the last days of his life was also demolished by Pakistan authorities, nine months after the al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US Navy operation.
The fortified building, said to be the home of bin Laden since 2005, was razed to the ground by heavy machinery. The Pakistani government will hope it brings down a curtain on a hugely damaging episode for the country after bin Laden was found just a mile from the Pakistani Military Academy in May 2011. The high walls of the compound aroused the suspicions of US military intelligence, as did the lack of phone or internet connection.
No official reason for the demolition was given. The destruction of the structure comes a month after a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad- close to the bin Laden compound.
The fortified building, said to be the home of bin Laden since 2005, was razed to the ground by heavy machinery. The Pakistani government will hope it brings down a curtain on a hugely damaging episode for the country after bin Laden was found just a mile from the Pakistani Military Academy in May 2011. The high walls of the compound aroused the suspicions of US military intelligence, as did the lack of phone or internet connection.
No official reason for the demolition was given. The destruction of the structure comes a month after a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad- close to the bin Laden compound.
Maybe with this latest action, the curtain is finally drawn down on the Osama bin Laden episode and people can move on with their lives. The lesson though is never again! Wait a minute, did you not hear of the acts of Boko Haram in Nigeria?
