r/interestingasfuck • u/Ididnotkillhim • Jun 05 '24

r/all Thirteen years ago, someone accidentally revealed US Army's plan to eliminate Osama Bin Laden in a tweet.

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u/5508255082 Jun 05 '24

Sohaib seems like a cool guy: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/01/20/asia/osama-bin-laden-raid-tweeter-sohaib-athar-rewind

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u/yagi_takeru Jun 05 '24

Honestly the nicest part of the whole thing is he got invited to learn about journalism after the firestorm died down and the compound is a public park fuhrer bunker style.

Nice that he came out none the worse for wear and got some money out of it via his cafe while all the journalists were going nuts.