Abbottabad Pakistan Osama Bin Laden Compound

Status demolished country pakistan height 8 53 m demolished 26 february 2012 inaugurated 6 january 2006.

Abbottabad pakistan osama bin laden compound. The compound itself was located just half a mile from pakistan s premier military training academy kakul military academy in abbottabad. Updated on jan 10 2018. Osama bin laden was the leader of islamic militant group al qaeda and the man behind the september 11 attacks in new york city washington dc and pennsylvania. On may 2 2011 u s.

He was born osama bin mohammed bin awad bin laden on march 10 1957 to a millionaire construction company owner from yemeni in riyadh saudi arabia. On may 3 2011 bin laden was shot and killed by us navy seals inside a private residential compound in abbottabad pakistan following a covert cia operation code named operation neptune spear. Bin laden was killed in a navy seal raid on the abbottabad compound pictured in 2011 credit. Forces took the body of bin laden to afghanistan for identification then buried it at sea within 24 hours of his death in accordance with islamic tradition.

The entire operation which lasted only 40. Was able to track osama bin laden to a living compound in the normally quiet pakistan city. In the aftermath of bin laden s death us president barack obama asked pakistan to investigate the network that sustained b. Allegations of a support system in pakistan for osama bin laden have been made both before and after osama bin laden was found living in a compound in abbottabad pakistan and was killed by a team of united states navy seals on 2 may 2011.

Reuters 19 this is the room where it s believed bin laden was tracked down and shot to death credit. Special forces raided an al qaeda compound in abbottabad pakistan and killed the world s most wanted terrorist. Type compound elevation 4 120 ft 1 260 m opened 2005 owner. The raid on bin laden s compound in abbottabad pakistan was launched from afghanistan.

It took years of intelligence gathering and months of following leads and planning an attack but the u s. Edit like comment share. Osama bin laden s compound in abbottabad. The compound was located at the end of a dirt road 1 300 metres 0 8 mi southwest of the pakistan military academy in bilal town abbottabad pakistan a suburb housing many retired military officers.