Published on FRANCE 24 (http://www.france24.com/en)
Bin Laden used wife as human shield: US official
By blade
Created 02/05/2011 - 21:24
Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden used one of his wives as a human shield in
an apparent attempt to try to save his own life during a raid by US covert
forces, a top US official said Monday.
"There was family at that compound, and there was a female who was, in fact, in
the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from
the incoming fire," counter-terrorism official John Brennan said.
Pressed on reports the woman shot dead by Navy SEALs during a firefight at a
compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan was one of bin Laden's four wives, Brennan
told a White House briefing: "That's my understanding."
Brennan said it was not entirely clear "whether or not bin Laden or the son or
whatever put her there or she put herself there" or whether the Al-Qaeda chief
himself fired rounds during the exchange.
"From a visual perspective, here is bin Laden who has been calling for attacks,
living in this million dollar plus compound, living in an area that's far
removed from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a
shield," he said.
"I think it really just speaks to just how false his narrative has been over
the years, and so again looking at what bin Laden was doing, hiding there while
he's putting other people out there to carry out attacks, again, just speaks
to, I think, the nature of the individual he was."
In addition to the woman, Bin Laden was killed by a bullet to the head and
senior US officials said two brothers believed to be his couriers and one of
his adult sons also perished in the raid.
* AFP
* International
Source URL:
http://www.france24.com/en/20110502-bin-laden-used-wife-human-shield-us-official
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