Live Tweets about the raid the led to Osama bin Laden's death
Tweets from Abbotabad, Pakistan by Shohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) about the U.S.-led raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
- Shohaib Athar is, in his own words, "the guy who live-blogged the Osama raid without knowing it." A computer programmer who The Associated Press reports is 33-years-old and lives in Abbottabad, Pakisan, Athar tweeted throughout the night about what he was hearing — without realizing for hours what was happening. Here are some of his Tweets, re-Tweets and Twitter conversations presented chronologically.
The raid that killed Osama Bin Laden | maptdLast night US president Obama announced in a White house address that Osama bin Laden is dead. His death follows a raid launched by US navy seals in Abbottābad, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Islamabad Pakistan. Responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the Twin towers, the leader of al qaeda has been on the run for almost 20 years. Various news sources are claiming to have pinpointed the exact location of Osama’s compound in Google maps, but it seems the large, central building, may have been bu...
