Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
An US intelligence official confirmed to Financial Times that Pakistan shared with China samples of material and photographs of the US stealth helicopter that crashed during the raid on Osama bin Laden. The helicopter seems to be engineered to avoid radar detection.…
The New York times announces that Pakistani secret services seem to take revenge on those that helped US’s raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Pakistan’s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central…
Ilyaas Kashmiri, a Pakistani terrorist at times associated with the Pakistani secret services was killed in a drone attack in the tribal region (South Waziristan Agency area) of Pakistan. It is quite possible the he was turned in by his former handlers…
Wired’s Dangerroom reports on the amazingly fast transformation of Osama’s last known lair into a recruiting and training ground for the US special forces: TAMPA, Florida — To passers-by, T.J., a fit 20-something, is running around a red felt carpet about half…
The Atlantic wire announces that the Fourth Estate, represented by Associated Press, is determined to undo the decision of the highest representative of the First Estate (which, in a manner of speech, is the President, since we are not a monarchy) not…
Osama Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Mansion is now a scenario in Counter Strike The Abbottabad compound that was the scene of the recent killing of Osama bin Laden by a SEALS team has now been reproduced as a map (.bsp) for the the…
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani vigorously rejected accusations that Osama bin Laden was protected in his Abbottabad mansion by local army or security services. It is disingenuous for anyone to blame Pakistan or State institutions of Pakistan including the ISI and…
CBS interviewed President Obama as early as Wednesday, May 4 on how the mission to catch and kill Osama Bin Laden emerged and was completed: On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 – three days after he announced that American troops had killed Osama…
White House spokesman John Carney told the White House press corps at a regular briefing that Osama was not armed when killed. Other details, according to AP: Unexpectedly high temperatures caused a lumbering helicopter carrying elite commandos to make a hard…
Click the image to see our full coverage of Obama’s Abbottabad Compound The Department of Defense released this diagram of the Osama Bin Laden Compound. The map below overlays the Department of Defense diagram above onto the exact location of the Osama…
ABC News published footage from Osama bin Laden mansion and released dramatic pictures of the bedroom where the final stand took place. Blood covers the ground and the bed. The inside of the building is nicely furnished. Electronic devices and appliances are…
A special briefing at the White House detailed the manner in which Osama bin Laden was found and killed by US Special Forces. The investigation started in August 2010 and involved Guantanamo Bay interogations. The speakers requested not to be named for…
Following a tip received by CIA in August 2010, the US intelligence community determined that Osama Bin Laden is located in Abbottabad, in North-West Pakistan, about 100 km North of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. He was found, in a “mansion” and killed…
A sudden White House announcement Sunday night that President Obama will give an important address kept the nation in suspense for about an hour and a half until the president announced officially at 11:34 PM EST that Osama Bin Laden is dead.…