OBL - An Obituary

Osama Bin Laden (herein after to be referred as OBL - surely in order to not repeat blunder of confusion between Osama & Obama :-P) is finally dead according to the US officials.

Early Life of OBL

In 1979, at the age of 22, bin Laden joined the Mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. He subsequently became the chief financier of an organisation, which evolved into al Qaeda (which translates to 'The Base'). In 1989, after the Soviets pulled out, bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia to work for his family construction firm. He was forced to leave Saudi Arabia in 1991, when the government revoked his citizenship for indulging in "anti-government" activities. He took refuge in Sudan.
In 1996,Under pressure from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, Sudan expelled OBL. He moved with his 10 children and three wives to Afghanistan and declared a jihad, or holy war, against the U.S. and its allies.
In 1998, truck bombs triggered by al Qaeda in U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 224 people.
Week later, the U.S. Embassy in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam was bombed.
In the biggest terror attack on U.S. soil, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were razed to the ground on September 11, 2001 by al Qaeda suicide squad.

Final Destination

He used to live for the last five years imprisoned behind the barbed wire in Abbottabad (just 50 Kms away from Islamabad) spending long hours in front of his computer without an Internet connection (to protect himself from the reach of tech savvy US Military). He relied on just one person for his communication to the outer world, popularly known as the "Courier" and his brother who carried his Thumb Drives in & out. Living with the name as Arshad Khan, OBL lived with his three wives (so unlucky, just three) and few children completely behind the walls. One interesting incident that if some Sahid Afridi hit ball from a nearby playground over the 12-foot concrete walls, the Khan family wouldn't let anyone enter the compound. They would give the boy R.50 to buy a new one (they could have given the ball instead, but they thought it may be some US spy ball which may reveal their secret).

Even in his exile, OBL used to record voice messages to be edited, subtitles added, his images added and broadcasted by the Al-Qaeda which was sent via his Courier boy or his brother.

The role of Pakistan had been suspicious throughout the operation. It would have been impossible without their involvement that OBL would have been living their for the last ten years. Even military operation by US would have been impossible without Pakistan's support.

After Death (AD)

Look at the happy faces of US people, now they feel relieved that no 110 storey building would fall over them while working in office.

Back in Afghan land, another man was worried,Omar Bin Laden, (the Nth son of OBL's Mth wife), who left his father with his siblings in 2001 from Afghanistan as he never liked the work his father did, has rightly accused Obama for unlawfully killing his father who was without arms at his home at Abbottabad. According to him, OBL should have been arrested and made to go through trial in the court of law for truth to be revealed in front of the whole world (God knows what truth he was talking about).

Another incident which seems interesting after OBL's death is the announcement of US officials for US citizens abroad to be alert and cautious of traveling outside their home and to avoid large gatherings. Terror...even after death I would say.

One news that caught all eyes after his death was the fall in the price of oil below $113. Amazed by the reach of his affect on even commodities like oil. (Hope food inflation in India too falls)

India too joined to discuss the role of Pakistan in providing shelter to the terrorists (thanks OBL for revealing the world about Pak's double face and giving India a chance to say something against them). Hope it progresses in the positive manner in the coming future.

After all,as far as I am concerned, justice has been done to all those who suffered because of the terrorist activities carried out under the leadership of OBL, be it Indians, Americans or British. Now, Mission al-Zawahiri to be accomplished.