Death of Osama Bin Laden

Some clips of the aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan earlier this month. If anybody has any of their own footage of celebrations, protests, riots or anything else related to this historical event please feel free to add..

and a bunch more in this series. Waiting for them to be approved.

Interesting footage. Congratulations

Great results Akbar! The contrast between Karachi's protests and celebrations in front of the White House are also interesting...

Stef, the clips posted so far are of Abbottabad and the protests there, I haven't posted the clips from Karachi's rally as yet - I'm still going through the material and sorting it out, hopefully will have some posted by tomorrow. Must say its frightening to know these guys are in the city you live in

I don't know of any celebrations in Karachi, most of it was probably all internal don't think many people would dare do so in the open.. Having said that, even those that are glad he's gone are not happy with the way the US did it and consider it not only a violation of the nation's sovereignty, but more seriously a violation of International Law

I don't really know, I'm not an expert on any of this.. However I do believe that Military Forces entering the airspace of an "Ally" without their information, knowledge or consent is a violation of their sovereignty and could be construed as an "Act of War". Personally, I think the Pakistan Military was completely aware of the operation and all this was done in tandem with them.. The whole story of them not knowing what was happening is just way too fantastic to be believable

Looking forward to seeing Karachi's protests footage too Akbar. Were they much bigger in scale than those in Abbottabad?

The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle about who knew what, as it usually does. What we all agree on is that it's a fascinating situation, definitely for the outsider (the Dutch don't really have a say anymore in world politics...).

Do clips such as these get priority with the reviewers? It would definitely make sense as they are very relevant now, and may be less so in a week's time or longer still. Although you both probably have other channels to sell this kind of footage. Good luck!

There is no reason for Pakistan to have known. It was a military academy a mile away not a top secret intelligence facility. Most people in the rest of the free world has no clue who their next door neighbor is. There was no requirement to tell anyone who was living there. This is a joke to believe that they should have known. Do ya'll think the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs know every in every house within a mile? Same as the Navy or Army training facilities. Stupid people (USA Congress and Senate)! Pakistan allowed the US to fly, drive and work within it's borders for years. There is and has always been at least passive approval to be there as needed or wanted. The billions of aide bought that approval. It's just sensational news and nothing more.

I agree Don, it could well be that OBL managed to live there as a hermit for all these years without the Pak Military and Intelligence getting wind of it.. What I find hard to believe is that US forces could fly in on 4 Helicopters across the Afghan Border, stage a "firefight" that lasted 40 Minutes, spend another Hour collecting valuable evidence and trophies and then fly calmly out of the country without anybody noticing.. That too within a stones throw of the most exclusive and well fortified Military Training School in the country! The only reason why the Pakistani Military/Government is denying Pakistani involvement in the operation is for their own protection against any sort of revenge attacks within the country

AllFractUp: I wouldn't call these staged, but yes they're far from charged up.. It was relatively small protest by one of the Religious parties.. The Rally in Karachi, however, was quite different - there were at least fifty thousand crazed Mullahs and believe me they were scary.. As I mentioned in another post they threatened to kill me when I tried to enter the Rally with my camera and chased me away - one of my cameramen who did manage to get in got beaten up twice during the course of the rally and I know of numerous other journalists who suffered the same treatment

Stef: Usually with newsworthy clips I send the curators an email informing them about the clips and most of the time they immediately approve them (sometimes within minutes) This time, however, they haven't done so as yet - perhaps they're all on vacation this weekend :-)

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