William Flew

s with wire spikes in Abbottabad, 40 miles from the Pakistani Americans capital.To, House No.3, Street No. 8-stranded A, Barga Road, Chanda Chow, Hashmi Colony, Abbottabad, out like a pain in the mid thumb.Set fields of cabbage patches , the compound of acres was triangular, surrounded by 12-foot walls topped with barbed wire.Inside have a small pension and a house of three floors with eight rooms. The window glass is opaque and the upper balcony was cut wall.It 7-foot inconsistent strange figure in the Gentile city of 500,000 people whose height and therefore relatively cool climate makes it a popular place for wellto- Pakistanis have a holiday home. It has one of the areas of the country's best golf courses and is dotted with bank ATMs and Shell garages. At first glance, the obvious focus of militants.Despite majestic appearance, the locals are suspicious of the unusual building, built in cantonment lands managed by the military.Pakistanis often live in compounds Athan's particular strength 'll often fight with other tribes. neighbors assume the two brothers and Athan Tariq Arshad Khan, who had built the house and move into 2005, there were smugglers. Indeed, these are the names adopted by Kuwait and its work brother.Property obtained by The Sunday Times showed the land was sold to Arshad Khan in 2005 by two local men, Dr. Qasi Mehfusal Haq, who running a clinic on the main street Abbottabad, and Imtiaz Ahmad Raza, a local in his basement businessman.Sitting clinic last week, Haq said he had bought the land in 2004 for the price offer of 1.4 billion rupees (£ 10,000). He often visited to inspect the plot and came several times by Arshad Khan, who had purchased the adjacent lot, and Haq urged to sell it. Over time, made the offer that could refuse.The doctor has had little contact with him later, but saw Khan, a couple of times in the market, and once when he asked for medicine. "He was humble and gentle man", who often greeted said.Although Arshad never Urdu and was on friendly terms, was invited to their homes. "I have not seen any guests coming into the house in a year and a half," he said. "I had no security guards, either." This was odd, and that even middle class families in Mexico have often said protection.Abdul everyday-Nazi Rashid, who runs a small shop 100 meters from the complex, the brothers often took their children to buy chocolate gum, but rarely take part in the conversation. "Arshad Tariq look like bodybuilder and was very intelligent and had a mustache, which, vendor said.Another Mohammed Usman, said the brothers in the purchase of single cigarettes John Player Gold Leaf and smoke furtively outside their general store . Abed, a builder who was building a house next door to the exhibition, said he saw Tariq They have three children to school every day in a red Suzuki. I was confused as far as Khan did for the rest of the day. " They just dropped the children at school and return home, "he said." Then he went to raise. I have the idea of ??home that they are rich. "Newspapers and milk delivered to t