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By Rebecca Levy

was alive a story that made this Pakistan. Story of military action that ended the life of the most wanted terrorist. Sohaib Athar now world famous put in your Twitter account: "I blogged that Bin Laden's death without realizing"

And it was ... Almost without noticing, and without imagining the impact would, a Pakistani computer consultant of 33 years reported live via Twitter, which was, ultimately, death of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. "A helicopter flies over Abottabad to one o'clock. It's weird. " Then write another Tweet, it says, "Go, helicopter before take my giant fly swatter. "

Were these the first tweets, written without realizing that, minutes later, his description corresponds to one of the most important military operations of recent years. Sohaib Athar, computer consultant of 33 years, he decided to move to the mountains to get a life "more peaceful." Today surprised, also learns that Abottabadm Pakistan

a place without history of warfare and other quiet, had a dangerous neighbor. I learned later, when the news and circulated around the globe.

"I did not realize the helicopter until the noise began to be irritating," describes Athar, known on Twitter as @ reallyvirtual. The first message he wrote are to contact their friends. "What part of Abottabad you?". "I live near Jalal Baba Auditorium." Information quickly expanded: to collected the testimony of a taxi driver. "He told me that the Army has closed the area and are inspecting every house," he told hundreds of supporters who had at that time. Now, of course, thousands, and will not stop growing.

"Two helicopters, one has crashed," tweeted Athar shortly thereafter. "And now, a plane." "Rumors interesting about today's events," he wrote later. A few minutes later, Barack Obama appeared on television. "Osama Bin Laden killed in Abottabad, Pakistan. How is the neighborhood "was his reaction. Abottabad is the last place he expected Pakistan to live, "he says.

The district Athar and Bin Laden shared with a golf course, a complex of shops and even a training camp of the Pakistan army. As the hours pass Athar name became an overwhelming trending topic (one of the topics discussed in twitter) and it makes him exclaim: "I never thought my name would be famous even to take out two albums rock and some awards for software programming. "

"I blogged that Bin Laden's death without realizing it, nothing more," explains Athar, who describes himself as "a consultant who has sought refuge in the mountains. "I'm just a tuittero. What happens is that there are not many twitter users Abottabad. Here are more of facebook "he concludes.

Nothing ... now famous arch in the world but never have imagined who shared neighborhood ...

Rebecca Levy

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