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The Pakistani who owned the compound that was Osama bin Laden’s final hideaway meticulously bought up adjoining plots of land over two years and once cryptically told a seller that the property he bought for “an uncle” had become very valuable.
The new information that emerged Wednesday provided a new glimpse of one of two key figures who sheltered bin Laden in his last years and whose identities remain one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the al-Qaida chief.
At the same time, Pakistan stepped up its attempt to convince the world that it didn’t know where bin Laden was located. They maintain that the al-Qaida leader’s ability to hide in Abbottabad, an army town just two hours drive from the capital, was the result of government oversight, not double dealing.
Canadian News papers also claim that the mansion was rented by front organisation of ISI.
Dubai: The compound in Abbottabad where Osama Bin Laden was killed was once used as a safe house by Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency ISI, Gulf News has learnt.
“This area had been used as ISI’s safe house, but it was not under their use any more because they keep on changing their locations,” a senior intelligence official confided to Gulf News. However, he did not reveal when and for how long it was used by the ISI operatives. Another official cautiously said “it may not be the same house but the same compound or area used by the ISI”.
The official also confirmed that the house was rented out by Afghan nationals and is not owned by the government. The house is located just 800 metres away from the Pakistan Military Academy and some former senior military officials live nearby.
