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Osama's Hideout Gets 3 Out of 5 Stars on Google Maps

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-bad-we-can't-stay dept.

Many submitters have pointed out that Osama bin Laden's hideout is getting a lot of reviews on Google Maps. Some of my favorites of the 600+ so far include: "The hotel is obviously doing quite well, as evidenced by the fact that the cleaning crew is actually helicoptered in each evening, and in fact they go so far as to destroy any furniture that they feel is outdated or in need of repair," and "Privacy was great...until being leaked out on the Playstation Network."

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  1. Awesome Streetview Tagged Photo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love that someone already tagged the location with a streetview photo of the Arrested Development model home.

    All in all, it's amazing what Americans can accomplish when the Playstation Network is down.

    1. Re:Awesome Streetview Tagged Photo by lxs · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's not an edit but an artifact caused by the hellmouth in his basement.

  2. Review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Needed a nice place in Abottabad for wife's honeymoon. So impressed when I saw the place it nearly blew my eyes out of their sockets. Interior left something to be desired. Surprising number of rowdy Americans staying here.

    1. Re:Review by sqldr · · Score: 3, Funny

      "a guest on the third floor had some late night guests who made far too much noise. the common area was a mess the following morning, and there was a helecopter up on cinder blocks. no wifi"

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      I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
    2. Re:Review by plover · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Abbottabad? More like Abbottas-bad-as-it-gets . Worst customer service, couldn't even find the place. And worst of all their meals are loaded with trans-fatwas."

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      John
  3. Re:No Streetview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eh?

  4. Re:Computers? by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You may rest assured it was made in China, that's cool.

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    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  5. Re:Mansion? by perpenso · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who exactly, thinks this dump is a mansion?

    The millions who live nearby.

  6. Re:Computers? by JWSmythe · · Score: 3, Informative

        It's just an unsubstantiated rumor. Now move along before we have to send you to a re-education camp.

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    Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
  7. Re:No Streetview by Sabalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's okay. I hear there was a commissioned low altitude aerial fly by.

  8. Your princess by sourcerror · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your princess is in another cave.