Dr. Mark Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This poor bastard is probably going to get offed by al Qaeda for providing independent confirmation of the raid that killed bin Laden. He tweeted the whole thing! Twitter, for God's sake! "ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- A Pakistani provided live Twitter updates on the raid that killed Usama bin Laden, without realizing it. IT consultant Sohaib Athar took to Twitter in the early hours of Monday local time when he heard helicopters in the night sky above his home close to the compound where bin Laden was cornered and killed by U.S. forces. Posting as @ReallyVirtual, Athar wrote, "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)." Minutes later he reported, "A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty." Athar went on to describe gunfire, explosions and the sound of a helicopter crashing as the raid continued. He estimated he was around two miles away from the firefight. It was only hours after the raid took place that the he eventually connected the explosions to an announcement by President Barack Obama that a U.S. military team killed bin Laden in strike at a mansion in Abbottabad. "There goes the neighborhood," Athar tweeted. "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who live-blogged the Osama raid without knowing it." After his unknowing reportage, Athar was being followed by more than 17,000 Twitter users as he tried to play down his role, "I am JUST a tweeter, awake at the time of the crash. Not many twitter users in Abbottabad, these guys are more into facebook. That's all." How cool is that, though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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