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'''Sohaib Athar''' (born 1977 April 8) is a Pakistani resident of [[Abbottabad]] who provided the first public information about the [[Death of Osama bin Laden|killing of Osama Bin Laden]] on 2011 May 2.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-twitter-attack-inadvertenet
|title = IT consultant inadvertently livetweets attack on Osama bin Laden's compound
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
|newspaper = Guardian
|first = Charles
|last = Arthur
}}</ref>

Without at first realizing what he was reporting,<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/226828/tweeting_osama_bin_laden_takedown_pushes_techie_into_spotlight.html/
|first = Eric
|last = Mack
|magazine = PCWorld
|title = Tweeting Osama Bin Laden takedown pushes techie into spotlight
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
}}</ref> Sohaib Athar sent the information via [[Twitter]].<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=88131
|first = Zennie
|last = Abraham
|newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle
|date = 2011-05-02
|title = Sohaib Athar was Twitter witness to US attack on Bin Ladin
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
}} A chronology of Sohaib Athar's Twitter messages about the raid on Bin Laden's hideout appears in {{cite news
|url = http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/sohaib-athar-unknowingly-live-tweets-raid-osama-bin/story?id=13506941
|title = Man unknowingly live tweets about raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound
|magazine = ABC News
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-03
|first = Megan
|last = Chuchmach}}</ref>

He soon found himself deluged by [[mass media|media]] requests, even while [[United States]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] was on [[television]] to confirm that [[United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group|DEVGRU]] [[commandos]] had conducted the lethal raid on the Abbottabad compound identified as Bin Laden's hideout.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-raid-twitter-sohaib-athar_n_856187.html?view=print
|first = Reed
|last = Stevenson
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
|title = Sohaib Athar captures Osama Bin Laden raid on Twitter
|newspaper = Huffington Post
}}</ref>

Sohaib Athar is a [[computer software]] [[information technology|IT]] [[consultant]].<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.observer.com/2011/sohaib-athar-guy-who-live-tweeted-osama-bin-ladens-death
|first = Foster
|last = Kamer
|title = Sohaib Athar: The guy who live-tweeted Osama Bin Laden's death
|newspaper = New York Observer
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
}}</ref> He holds both a [[bachelor of science]] degree in [[mathematics]] and [[physics]] from [[Forman Christian College]] and a [[master of science]] from [[University of the Punjab]], both in [[Lahore, Pakistan]].<ref>[http://sohaibathar.com/ Sohaib Athar's online résumé] (accessed 2011-05-02).</ref> His [[web site]] has occasionally sought to analyze [[terrorism]]. Sohaib is married and has a son Harris Suhayb (born in 2003). Sohaib also owns a coffee shop named Coffity.<ref>{{cite news
|first = Sohaib
|last = Athar
|title = Defining terrorism
|newspaper = ReallyVirtual: Life in Pakistan
|date = 2009-12-21
|accessdate = 2011-05-02
|url = http://www.reallyvirtual.com/defining-terrorism/
}} The web site for the coffee shop is http://www.coffity.com. Further biographical information on Sohaib Athar appears at {{cite news
|url = http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/meet-sohaib-athar-accidental-witness-of-osama-bin-laden-raid/238173/
|title = Meet Sohaib Athar, accidental witness of Osama Bin Laden raid
|magazine = Atlantic
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-03}}</ref>

Sohaib Athar had moved to Abbottabad from [[Lahore, Pakistan|Lahore]] in Oct. 2009 after a [[car accident]] had injured his family and they decided to move away from the crowded city to quieter environs.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/pakistani-programmer-unknowingly-tweets-bin-laden-operation/article2006569/
|title = Pakistani programmer unknowingly tweets bin Laden operation
|first = Diaa
|last = Hadid
|newspaper = Globe and Mail
|place = Toronto
|date = 2011-05-02
|accessdate = 2011-05-03
}}</ref> "There goes the neighborhood" was his first reaction on learning the worldwide significance of the events he had witnessed.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/pakistan.twitter.sohaib.athar/?hpt=C1
|first = Bryony
|last = Jones
|title = Bin Laden raid tweeter not looking for fame
|magazine = CNN
|issue = International
|date = 2011-05-04
|accessdate = 2011-05-03
}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
[https://twitter.com/#!/ReallyVirtual/status/64780730286358528 Sohaib Athar's initial tweet] regarding the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athar, Sohaib}}

[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Forman Christian College alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani computer scientists]]
[[Category:People from Abbottabad]]
[[Category:People from Lahore]]
[[Category:Twitter]]
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]

Revision as of 06:15, 5 May 2011

Sohaib Athar (born 1977 April 8) is a Pakistani resident of Abbottabad who provided the first public information about the killing of Osama Bin Laden on 2011 May 2.[1]

Without at first realizing what he was reporting,[2] Sohaib Athar sent the information via Twitter.[3]

He soon found himself deluged by media requests, even while United States President Barack Obama was on television to confirm that DEVGRU commandos had conducted the lethal raid on the Abbottabad compound identified as Bin Laden's hideout.[4]

Sohaib Athar is a computer software IT consultant.[5] He holds both a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and physics from Forman Christian College and a master of science from University of the Punjab, both in Lahore, Pakistan.[6] His web site has occasionally sought to analyze terrorism. Sohaib is married and has a son Harris Suhayb (born in 2003). Sohaib also owns a coffee shop named Coffity.[7]

Sohaib Athar had moved to Abbottabad from Lahore in Oct. 2009 after a car accident had injured his family and they decided to move away from the crowded city to quieter environs.[8] "There goes the neighborhood" was his first reaction on learning the worldwide significance of the events he had witnessed.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Arthur, Charles (2011-05-02). "IT consultant inadvertently livetweets attack on Osama bin Laden's compound". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  2. ^ Mack, Eric (2011-05-02). "Tweeting Osama Bin Laden takedown pushes techie into spotlight". PCWorld. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  3. ^ Abraham, Zennie (2011-05-02). "Sohaib Athar was Twitter witness to US attack on Bin Ladin". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-05-02. A chronology of Sohaib Athar's Twitter messages about the raid on Bin Laden's hideout appears in Chuchmach, Megan (2011-05-02). "Man unknowingly live tweets about raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Reed (2011-05-02). "Sohaib Athar captures Osama Bin Laden raid on Twitter". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  5. ^ Kamer, Foster (2011-05-02). "Sohaib Athar: The guy who live-tweeted Osama Bin Laden's death". New York Observer. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  6. ^ Sohaib Athar's online résumé (accessed 2011-05-02).
  7. ^ Athar, Sohaib (2009-12-21). "Defining terrorism". ReallyVirtual: Life in Pakistan. Retrieved 2011-05-02. The web site for the coffee shop is http://www.coffity.com. Further biographical information on Sohaib Athar appears at "Meet Sohaib Athar, accidental witness of Osama Bin Laden raid". Atlantic. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  8. ^ Hadid, Diaa (2011-05-02). "Pakistani programmer unknowingly tweets bin Laden operation". Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  9. ^ Jones, Bryony (2011-05-04). "Bin Laden raid tweeter not looking for fame". CNN. No. International. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

External Links

Sohaib Athar's initial tweet regarding the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound

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