Daily Star
Evil terrorist Osama bin Laden was finally caught by the US military after eagle-eyed CIA officers found his family’s clothes hanging out to dry, a new book claims.
Almost a decade after the al-Qaeda founder orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, the American secret service was close to capturing him thanks to an informant who spotted bin Laden’s bodyguard, Ibrahim, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Ibrahim’s white jeep led the military to the extremist’s lair, where they realised the compound had several unusual features, reports The Sun.
The huge hideout had no internet service and even lacked a telephone line – despite the occupant clearly being able to afford it.
There were few windows and the open-air balcony was covered by 18-foot-high, barbed-wire topped walls.
But bizarrely enough, what alerted American agents to who was really hiding inside was dirty laundry.
Clotheslines equipped each day with women’s garments, shalwar kameez worn by Pakistani men, children’s outfits, and nappies were much more than would be worn by the 11 members of the bodyguards’ families.
So the CIA kept a close eye on the amount being washed and found there had to be at least one man inside, several adult women, and at least nine kids.
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