IT expert who liveblogged Osama raid by chance 1
IT expert who liveblogged Osama raid by chance 1
IT expert who liveblogged in New Delhi - Little knowing that he was following a historic moment, an I-T expert in Abbottabad in Pakistan tweeted details of the covert US operation, which killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, some eight hours before the formal announcement of his death.
Sohaib Akhtar tweeted the first tweet of the day at one in the morning (Pakistan time) saying "Helicopters hovering above Abbottabad at 1 AM (is a rare event)."
Akhtar, whose profile on the micro blogging site describes him as "an IT consultant taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops" did not realise that he was not the only one "hiding" in those hills, and within the vicinity was world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden, who was living in a mansion close by.
Read more »IT expert who liveblogged in New Delhi - Little knowing that he was following a historic moment, an I-T expert in Abbottabad in Pakistan tweeted details of the covert US operation, which killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, some eight hours before the formal announcement of his death.
Sohaib Akhtar tweeted the first tweet of the day at one in the morning (Pakistan time) saying "Helicopters hovering above Abbottabad at 1 AM (is a rare event)."
Akhtar, whose profile on the micro blogging site describes him as "an IT consultant taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops" did not realise that he was not the only one "hiding" in those hills, and within the vicinity was world's most wanted terrorist Osama Bin Laden, who was living in a mansion close by.
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