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16
May
2012
11:10pm, EDT
Pentagon unveils scale model of bin Laden compound
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency via AP
A set of images released by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency show a scale model of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed, The Associated Press reports.
The model was built by the agency and used by military and intelligence leaders to plan the raid. The once-classified model is scaled at 1 inch to 7 feet and each object in the model existed at one time at the original compound.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency via AP
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency via AP
Slideshow: After the raid: Inside bin Laden's compound
Farooq Naeem / AFP - Getty Images
U.S. forces found and killed the al-Qaida leader in the affluent Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where he had been living in a large compound.
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A year after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces, President Barack Obama and his national security advisors recounted the meticulous planning and intense meetings held before the president made his final decision to go forward with the mission against bin Laden. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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missing a Lego guy with a beard in a corner somewhere for 5 years..
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1
May
2012
5:36am, EDT
An Abbottabad shepherd tends to his flock
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
A shepherd leading his livestock along a road in Abbottabad, Pakistan on April 29, 2012.
Slideshow: After the raid: Inside bin Laden's compound
Farooq Naeem / AFP - Getty Images
U.S. forces found and killed the al-Qaida leader in the affluent Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where he had been living in a large compound.
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One year since U.S. commandos flew into this army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan has tried to close one of the most notorious chapters in its history, The Associated Press reports from Abbottabad. The compound that housed him for six years was razed to the ground, and the wives and children who shared the hideaway were flown to Saudi Arabia just last week.
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26
Apr
2012
3:43pm, EDT
Abbottabad - One year after Osama bin Laden
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Six-year-old Anum, poses for her uncle for a picture while visiting the site of the demolished compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad almost a year ago, on May 2. All photographs captured by Reuters photographer Akhtar Soomro between April 20-23.
Slideshow: After the raid: Inside bin Laden's compound
Farooq Naeem / AFP - Getty Images
U.S. forces found and killed the al-Qaida leader in the affluent Pakistani town of Abbottabad, where he had been living in a large compound.
Launch slideshow
On May 1, 2011 Abbottabad, a small town in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, gained world attention when President Barack Obama announced the words, "Justice has been done," indicating the death of Osama bin Laden.
Reuters photographer Akhtar Soomro travelled to Abbottabad a year after the raid on bin Laden's compound to take pictures of the town and document what had happened to the house where bin Laden was killed.
The compound has now been flattened and has found a new lease of life as a cricket pitch, a source of concrete blocks for any villagers with a big enough hammer, and a tourist site where people have their photo taken.
--Reuters
A combination photograph shows Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on two different dates. The top image was captured on May 5, 2011 after a United States military raid resulted in the death of bin Laden. The bottom image from April 22, 2012 show's bin Laden's compound missing from the skyline.
Yasir, 12, uses a hammer to break a concrete block to scavenge for iron from the demolished compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
A man with an umbrella guides his herd of goats past a boundary wall of the demolished compound of Osama bin Laden, in Abbottabad.
Residents offer Friday prayers in an open yard of the Jamia Masjid Mandian in Abbottabad.
A man exercises in a gym in Abbottabad.
A man pauses while cooking pakoras at a stall in Abbottabad .
A man carries a tray with cups and pots to sell tea while crossing a road near a market in Abbottabad.
A view of a wholesale vegetable market in Abbottabad.
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Oh, yeah, it's affluent! Did you see how many goats, that guy had?!?
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19
May
2011
1:58pm, EDT
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Residents search through a dumping ground for recyclable material in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, May 19.
Searching through a dumping ground in Abbottabad
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9
May
2011
7:13pm, EDT
Residents go about daily life in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad
By Rich Shulman
It's funny how the popular assumption about Osama bin Laden hiding in a cave turns out to be so far from reality. Abbottabad turns out to be a typical suburb, and its residents had a hard time believing bin Laden really lived there.
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Farmer Jalaluddin, 70, carries harvested vegetables past the compound where U.S. Navy SEAL commandos reportedly killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 5. Pakistan, in apparent reference to old rival India, said on Thursday any country that tried to raid its territory in the way U.S. forces did to kill Osama bin Laden would face consequences from its military.
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Nine-year-old Shah Rahman sells cooked corn on the streets of Abbottabad May 7.
Erik De Castro / Reuters
Residents gather at a market in Abbottabad May 5. Life has returned to normal on Thursday in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces early on Monday.
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Boys herd sheep past the compound where U.S. Navy SEAL commandos reportedly killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 5.
Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
A girl holds a baby near the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, May 9
Erik De Castro / Reuters
Workers carry on their head basins containing mixed concrete for house construction near the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad May 5. Life has returned to normal on Thursday in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, where the al Qaeda leader was killed by U.S. forces early on Monday.
Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
Resident Adeel, 8, plays with a tennis ball in front of the compound where U.S. Navy SEAL commandos reportedly killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 5. Pakistan, in apparent reference to old rival India, said on Thursday any country that tried to raid its territory in the way U.S. forces did to kill Osama bin Laden would face consequences from its military.
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I feel sorry for those children, born in that hell-hole. Did they ever hear of a frikin concrete pump? They are still two steps away from the stone age.
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