Operation Osama: Fact catches up with fiction

Read the prescient account from 'Jihad From Hindukush To Armageddon'

GN Bureau | May 2, 2011


Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden; viewer discretion advised for the next picture
Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden; viewer discretion advised for the next picture

In 2008, 'Jihad From Hindukush To Armageddon', a work of fiction published from New York accurately predicted that Osama Bin Laden (OBL) would be taken in 2011.

The details vary a little. The work of fiction narrates how OBL is taken alive from a Karachi hotel, the US account says he was killed outside Islamabad in an operation of the US forces. But there are resemblances. OBL is found living in Pakistan alright and is finally taken by the US forces.

'Jihad From Hindukush To Armageddon' was written by Sunita Joshi-Ford, probably an assumed name, and narrates the operation, OBL’s life in disguise inside Pakistan and the implication of the operation on Pakistani establishment.

The book is not available in India and hence, we are putting out the first two chapters from the book (see attachments) to let you savour the uncanny resemblance between fact and fiction.

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