The compound in Abottabad is conspicuous in as much as it stands tall and looming over all the other local buildings and the presence of armed sentinels on the roof would surely have raised some interest from passing goat-shepherds let alone the security services. I doubt there are many places in the world capable of offering sanctuary to such a sought-after fugitive. It really should not be much of a surprise that Bin Laden was found where he was.
The point of interest to follow in the coming days is the excuses of Pakistan’s most powerful spy agency, the ISI, and their apparent ignorance of the whole matter. I can imagine that they really do not want to upset the extremists by claiming they had a hand in the alleged assassination of Bin Laden, but even the 'terrorists' would be hard pressed to believe Pakistan played any supporting role in the American's efforts. Presently, whatever the truth, the Pakistani administration are best off playing stupid- "I do not really understand the English, can you say that again?" Pakistani police now guard the compound and greet journalists with a rather bemused look – as if they know something that we should have long guessed.
The ISI had already announced, today, they are ‘extremely embarrassed’ by their failures and the Pakisani Deputy prime-minister spoke of ‘closing this chapter’. Behind the scenes, you can bet there will be some strong expletives aimed at Pakistan from the good ol U.S of A, but for the ordinary folk, just enjoy a master class in duplicity from the Pakistani administration as they hold their hands in an open gesture and feign incompetence.
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