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Osama bin Laden’s hideout raided in Pakistan The long-hunted al-Qaeda leader and chief architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States was killed by U.S. forces May 1 in a surgical raid.
May 9, 2011
Protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans during a protest involving about 100 lawyers, outside a government courthouse in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Groups of lawyers across the country have launched a protest against the U.S. Navy SEALs who killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, as the operation was perceived as an attack on national sovereignty, a protester said.
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May 9, 2011
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islami rally to condemn the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Quetta, Pakistan.
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May 9, 2011
Pakistani schoolgirls walk past soldiers and policemen as they cordon off a street leading to the final hideout of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
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May 8, 2011
Residents gather to view the house of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seen in background, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, as security officers stop people approaching the walled compound.
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May 7, 2011
This framegrab from an undated video released by the U.S. Department of Defense reportedly shows al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden watching a video at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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May 7, 2011
According to the Defense Department, the video was seized from the compound during the May 1 operation by U.S. special forces in which bin Laden was killed.
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May 5, 2011
A Pakistani family poses for photographs in front of the final hiding place of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
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May 5, 2011
Pakistani seminary students gather in front of the final hiding place of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
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May 2, 2011
Part of a damaged military helicopter lies near the Osama bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed the al-Qaeda leader and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The helicopter was destroyed after what U.S. officials described as a "mechanical failure." Photo was taken by an unnamed Pakistani security official.
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May 2, 2011
Wreckage lies in the compound after a U.S. raid killed bin Laden. Photo was taken by an unnamed Pakistani security official.
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May 2, 2011
The grounds of bin Laden's compound after the U.S. raid. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al-Qaeda leader who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. Photo was taken by an unnamed Pakistani security official.
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May 4, 2011
A crowd of spectators and media stand behind Pakistani police officers blocking a street to the bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The residents were still confused and suspicious about the killing of bin Laden, which took place in their midst before dawn May 1.
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May 4, 2011
Residents gather outside the hideout compound of bin Laden. Pakistani officials said the world must share the blame for failing to unearth bin Laden as a furor swelled over how the slain al-Qaeda leader had managed to live undisturbed near Islamabad.
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May 4, 2011
Residents look up toward a military helicopter over the bin Laden compound in Abbottabad.
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May 4, 2011
Residents try to look past the gates into the compound where bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces.
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May 4, 2011
After the killing of bin Laden by U.S. commandos in a raid on his sprawling villa in Abbottabad, the United States revealed that Pakistan was kept in the dark to avoid tipping off the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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May 4, 2011
Journalists and residents gather on a rooftop to view the house where bin Laden was killed.
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May 4, 2011
Residents gather outside the compound that was used by bin Laden as a hideout in Abbottabad.
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May 4, 2011
Pakistani security officials arrive at bin Laden's hideout after his death. Pakistan stepped up security in the neighborhood where the al-Qaeda leader was killed, sealing off the area as crowds flocked to his onetime villa home.
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May 3, 2011
Journalists and residents look at a pile of debris outside the house where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad. Residents showed off small parts of what appeared to be the U.S. helicopter that Washington said malfunctioned and was disabled by the American commando strike team as it retreated, while Pakistan's leader on Tuesday denied suggestions that his country's security forces had sheltered bin Laden.
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May 3, 2011
A Pakistani youngster shows metal pieces collected from a wheat field outside the house where bin Laden lived in Abbottabad.
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May 3, 2011
Pakistani security personnel measure a wall outside bin Laden's hideout after his death at the hands of U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad. The bullet-riddled Pakistani villa was put under police control, as media sought to glimpse debris left by the U.S. raid.
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May 3, 2011
Bin Laden lived for the past five to six years in the compound deep inside Pakistan where the al-Qaeda leader was killed by U.S. forces, President Obama's counterterrorism adviser said Tuesday.
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May 1, 2011
President Obama shakes hands with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the Green Room of the White House, following his statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden. CIA Director Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are shown at left.
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May 1, 2011
President Obama speaks with members of the national security team in the Situation Room at the conclusion of one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against bin Laden.
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May 1, 2011
President Obama and Vice President Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House.
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May 1, 2011
President Obama makes a point during one in a series of meetings in the Situation Room of the White House discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is pictured at right.
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May 1, 2011
The compound, within which al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed, is seen in flames after it was attacked in Abbottabad in this still image taken from video footage from a mobile phone.
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May 1, 2011
This video frame grab obtained from ABC News shows a gaping hole in the wall of the mansion where Osama bin Laden was killed.
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May 1, 2011
This video frame grab obtained from ABC News shows a gaping hole in the wall of the mansion where Osama bin Laden was killed.
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May 1, 2011
This video frame grab obtained from ABC News shows a gaping hole in the wall of the mansion where Osama bin Laden was killed.
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May 1, 2011
A Pakistani soldier is seen searching the building of a compound following a firefight in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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May 2, 2011
Pakistan army soldiers seen near the house where it is believed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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May 2, 2011
A military helicopter crashed near the hideout of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after a ground operation by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad.
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May 2, 2011
Vehicles are parked inside the compound of a house where it is believed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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May 2, 2011
This aerial photo released by the Pentagon shows pre-, left, and post-construction of the compound in Abbottbad, Pakistaan where a U.S. military operation killed al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
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May 2, 2011
A Pakistan army soldier stands on top of the compound where it is believed that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was slain by U.S. forces in Abbottabad.
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May 2, 2011
Pakistani army soldiers leave the area near the hideout of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after a ground operation by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad.
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May 2, 2011
Soldiers and residents stand over covered debris as it is moved out by military vehicles from the compound within where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed.
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May 2, 2011
Pakistani policemen walk past a compound surrounded in red fabric where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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May 2, 2011
Pakistan army soldiers stand guard near Osama bin Laden's compound.
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May 2, 2011
The area of a compound where it is believed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden lived seen in Abbottabad. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States that killed thousands of people, was slain in his hideout in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a decade.
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