Typical shelter for the person possessing power

The most wanted man in the world, Osama bin Laden was hiding in the town of Abbottabad, 60 miles north of the capital Islamabad.






Close-up - the house in Abbottabad, and walls covered with barbed wire.


We constructed in 2005. Housing wall height reached 12 to 18 feet (3, 65 5, 49 meters), they were protected by the top of the barbed wire. No phone, no Internet was not.


Photo home satellite DigitalGlobe, made in 2005.


The house is 500 yards (457 meters) from the building of the military academy of Pakistan in Abbottabad, and the fact that Osama bin Laden lived quietly yourself in a villa worth 1 million. Dollars under the noses of the military caused a suspicion that there was a double play. < br />

The city is located 35 miles (56 33 km) from Islamabad, here are located thousands of soldiers, and the city is under the control of the government.


Pakistani intelligence agencies tend to have a very large experience in monitoring the presence of foreigners, especially in towns with a significant military presence.


The Government of Pakistan in Islamabad welcomed the killing of bin Laden, is a milestone in the fight against terrorism, but in a statement officials said that they felt "deep concern" due to the fact that the operation was carried out without their knowledge or notice.


A Pakistani soldier and two policemen patrolling the area near the house.


According to US officials, bin Laden CIA hunted down, and then the elite troops of the special forces "team of six» Navy SEAL, higher military anti-terrorist unit, attacked the house.


They attacked bin Laden's hideout in four helicopters, and during the shooting, the terrorist was shot in the head. President Barack Obama said that no American was injured during the operation, but the helicopter had technical problems, and the soldiers decided to blow it up before the end of the operation.


A Pakistani soldier examines the wreckage of a US military helicopter.


The wreckage of the helicopter.




Pakistani teenagers show metal debris collected in a wheat field near the villa of Osama bin Laden.


View from inside: a gaping hole in the wall of the room where US intelligence agencies have found Osama bin Laden.


The bedroom, where they found Osama bin Laden.


A sealed door to the house.


Pakistani police guarding the entrance to the house where Osama bin Laden.