Osama bin Laden died in hiding in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. The city is also the location of the arrest of Al Qaeda terrorists, Umar Patek earlier this year.
Umar Patek had been arrested in that city on 25 January, despite a new arrest was reported in late March. Omar is one of the main suspects in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
Indonesia arrests militant was regarded as one of the largest terrorist arrests during the leadership of President Barack Obama.
According to the CBC media on Monday (05/02/2011), Patek when it was in Abbottabad, about 100 kilometers north of Islamabad while on his way to North Waziristan. The U.S. government has offered a reward of U.S. $ 1 million for the arrest of 40-year-old man.
Abbottabad can be taken two hours by car from Islamabad and less than a day if driving from Afghanistan. The city is known as a tourist destination and an important military town. Many retired Pakistani military officers lived in the city.
The city is named after James Abbott, who founded the British mayor Abbottabad in 1853. He also had recently wrote a poem called 'Abbottabad'. Abbottabad severely damaged by earthquake in 2005, based in Kashmir.
Patek arrest occurred after the arrest of a man believed to be a facilitator of Al Qaeda in Abbottabad, Tahir Shehzad. Men who worked as a postal employee in the city have been in control Polii since last year. Parties intelligence knew of the existence of Shehzad Patek.
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