OBL Walkabout.............from CR

Bin Laden roamed Pakistan for 9 years, his widow says

Osama bin Laden spent nine years as a fugitive in Pakistan, hopscotching among safe houses in big cities and small towns with his growing family before U.S. forces killed him in his final hideout, according to an account one of his widows has given to investigators.

A newly surfaced confidential police report summarizing the testimony of bin Laden’s youngest wife, who was taken into custody after his death, has renewed debate over how the world’s most notorious terrorist could have eluded detection by Pakistan’s powerful security services.

“Who facilitated his movement and his stops, and were they ordinary citizens or members of law enforcement or intelligence agencies?” asked an editorial Friday in the English-language newspaper Dawn, which broke the story here. “Yes, it is indeed a great mystery” said Chief Inspector Clouseau of the Surete.