8/7/2019 Graphic: Inside Osama bin Laden's Compound

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IslamabadIslamabad

Kabul

PeshawarPeshawar

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JalalabadU.S. helicopters flyon raid mission

Ghazi Air BaseAdditional forces flyfrom here

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unting down Osama bin Laden

Inside thecompoundin Abbottabad

2005 aerial imof the compo

rces: U.S. Government, The White House, AP, Reuters, ESRI, National Journal.com Graphic: Robert Dorrell, Judy Treible, Melina Yingling 2011 MCT

raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden took shape after detainees identified a bin Laden courier.

fter 9/11, CIA chasesds about bin Ladenser circle

etainees repeatedlyntion one couriers

eudonym, identifyingm as one of the fewsted by bin Laden;

e name, locationknown

ouriers true identityrned in 2007

wo years later,ations where courierd his brother operatePakistan are learned

rst information

August 2010 Couriersresidence found:high-security compound inAbbottabad, Pakistan

September 2010 U.S.thinks bin Laden may behiding in compound

February 2011 U.S. thinksintelligence is strongenough to begin developingplan for going after binLaden

March 2011 First of fiveNational Security Councilmeetings on capturing orkilling bin Laden; othermeetings: March 29, April12, April 19, April 28

Narrowing in

April 29, 2011, 8:20 a.m.EDT Obama authorizesoperation

May 1, 1 p.m. Top advisersgather at White House

About 3 p.m. (midnight inPakistan) Helicopters heard

over Abbottabad Two dozen Navy SEALs dropinto high-walled compound;inside for 40 minutes

Bin Laden killed in last five or10 minutes of siege; shot in thehead on third floor of mainbuilding

The operation

ne U.S. helicoptert; destroyed for

curity purposes

Along with binLaden, three adultmales killed: binLadens son and twoal-Qaida facilitators

Woman identifiedas bin Ladens wifeused as humanshield, killed; twoothers injured

Bin Ladens bodyput aboard the USSCarl Vinson, thenplaced in the NorthArabian Sea

3:32p.m.Obamareturnsforupdate

3:50 p.m.Obama told binLaden appears tobe one of thosekilled during raid

11:35 p.m. Afterconfirmation, Obamaannounces in televisedaddress that U.S. forceskilled bin Laden and are incustody of his body

Built in 2005; about 3,000sq. ft. of space; but notelephone or Internet service,to avoid detection

Two men lived on first floor

Exterior walls topped withbarbed wire

Where trashwas burned

Privacy wall7 feet high

Wall 18 feet high

Wall 12 feet high

Gate

Gate

Wall 11 feet high

Wall 10 feet high

Opaque windows(north side)

utcome and aftermath All times EDT

Bin Laden and familylived on second and thirdfloor; cleared last

Forces fought throughfirst floor where twoadult males lived