Osama Bin Laden's neighbor tweets raid

http://www.nma.tv/ A Pakistani man has become an unlikely celebrity after live-tweeting the raid on Osama Bin Laden's hideout as it happened. Sohaib Athar began tweeting after hearing helicopters above his home, though he didn't know it was related to Bin Laden at the time. Ironically, the IT consultant had retreated to the mountain town of Abbottabad with his wife and child in search of "peace and quiet." Taking fame in stride now, Athar joked in a tweet to a friend that he is waiting to receive the bounty for breaking the news on Bin Laden. He's sure popular, but how many of his Twitter followers will stick around once he goes back to tweeting about his cat?

• 2011-05-03T16:05:56+00:00
• Duration: 01:12

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