- FAISALABAD - Osama bin Laden
stayed for three days in Faisalabad and was lucky to slip out barely a
few hours before the FBI surprise raid in Faisalabad on March 28 last when
he moved out of town, as a routine, leaving behind his lieutenant Abu Zubaida
who was critically injured in the short encounter on the spot.
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- Indication to this effect was revealed by the international
mediamen visiting Faisalabad on the morning of the raid and are still continuing
their detours. Latest in the series is the New York Times special investigation
team visiting here Sunday.
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- Even the local police and Pakistani authorities were
kept completely in the dark about the target of the raids. Elaborate arrangements
were made to conduct the surprise raid.
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- The whole episode devolves upon the sophisticated wireless
decoding ultramodern information technology whereby the American FBI manages
to catch the waves of Cellular phone talk through satellite and traces
backward the longitude and latitude of the phone call and exact location
of its origin. Then the recorded voice was verified to be that of Osama
and arrangements were made to nab him.
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- Immediately 'Recky' (Reconnaissance) was ordered and
the vigilance reports confirmed that the ëtargetí was available
on site. The vigilance reports suggested that the ëtargetí
was staying in a rented house for the last three days i.e. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Thereafter the FBI high-ups in Islamabad accompanied by
crack airborne Commandos and marine contingent secretly landed at the Faisalabad
airport from Lahore around 8:30 in the evening and with the help of local
police and elite force mounted the surprise raid.
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- The inmates of the rented house came to know of the surprise
raid when the whole area was cordoned off and the commandos and Elite Force
jawans jumped over the walls. The inmates immediately retaliated by firing
in self-defence. In the minor exchange of gunfire Abu Zubaida, a lieutenant
of Osama bin Laden, received three bullets and was critically injured on
chest, arm and leg. He and his companions were overpowered and taken into
custody.
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- The prime target, Osama bin Laden, had however moved
out only a few hours earlier as part of his strategy not to stay for longer
time at one place. Identity of Abu Zubaida came to be known quite a long
time after the arrest during investigation of his companions.
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- The surprise raid codenamed ìOperation Midnightî
was mounted at zero hour at midnight and whole operation was completed
within four hours when the FBI team flew out from Faisalabad at 5 in the
wee hours.
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- The foreign mediamen leaked the information regarding
the surprise raid in the evening and they rushed to Faisalabad by road,
reaching here by sunrise. But they found the operation completed and remnants
of the encounter spread around. The presence of Osama bin Laden has been
leaked now only a week after the episode and the foreign media teams are
pouring in to dig out further details.
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- The Nation - Pakistan
http://www.syberwurx.com/nation/daily/today/main/index.htm
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