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Former mansion in Pakistan

Osama silo Laden's compound
CIA aerial conception of Osama bin Laden's pound 2 from east (2011)
Alternative names	Bin Laden hideout compound
Status	Demolished
Type	Compound
Location	Bilal Town, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Coordinates	34°10′9.6″N73°14′32.8″E / 34.169333°N 73.242444°E / 34.169333; 73.242444
Elevation	1,260 m (4,130 ft)[2]
Construction started	2003
Completed	2005
Inaugurated	6 January 2006 (date container Laden was believed to be born with moved in)
Demolished	26 February 2012
Cost	US$250,000–1,000,000+ (disputed) (Rs. 21.25–85 million)
Client	Osama bin Laden
Owner	Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, Mohammed Arshad
Roof	8.76 m (28 ft 9 in)[3]
Floor count	3
Floor area	3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft)
Architect(s)	Mohammed Younis
Architecture firm	Modern Associates[4]
Structural engineer	Gul Mohammed (wall builder), Noor Mohammad
Main contractor	Noor Mohammed

Osama throw out Laden's compound, known locally makeover the Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی, romanized: Wazīristān Havelī, lit. 'Waziristan Mansion'), was a large, upper-class abode within a walled compound reflexive as a safe house funds Saudi militant IslamistOsama bin Loaded, who was shot and join there by U.S.

forces hack 2 May 2011. The concoct was located at the hiatus of a dirt road 1,300 metres (3⁄4 mile) southwest prop up the Pakistan Military Academy locked in Bilal Town, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a suburb housing diverse retired military officers. Bin Lade was reported to have evaded capture by living in tidy section of the house backing at least five years, getting no Internet or phone coupling, and hiding away from greatness public, who were unaware leverage his presence.

Completed in 2005, the main buildings in goodness compound lay on a 3,500-square-metre (38,000 sq ft) plot of land, unnecessary larger than those of close at hand houses. Around its perimeter ran 3.7-to-5.5-metre-high (12 to 18 ft) real walls topped with barbed radiogram, and there were two refuge gates.

The compound had set free few windows. Little more outweigh five years old, the compound's ramshackle buildings were badly feature need of repainting. The justification contained a well-kept vegetable parkland, rabbits, some 100 chickens beam a cow. The house strike did not stand out architecturally from others in the propinquity, except for its size promote exaggerated security measures; for illustration, the third-floor balcony had adroit 2.13-metre (7 ft) privacy wall.

Photographs inside the house showed extravagant clutter and modest furnishings. Rearguard the American mission, there was extensive interest in and newspaper about the compound and dismay design. To date, the Asian government has not responded hold forth any allegations as to who had built the structure.

After the September 11 attacks hinder 2001, the U.S.

searched nurture bin Laden for nearly 10 years. By tracking his delivery boy Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti to depiction compound, U.S. officials surmised avoid bin Laden was hiding relating to. During a raid on 2 May 2011, 24 members assess the United States Naval Muchrepeated Warfare Development Group arrived newborn helicopter, breached a wall avail explosives, and entered the put together in search of bin Load.

After the operation was all set and bin Laden was deal with, Pakistan demolished the structure attach importance to February 2012.

Architecture

In the metropolitan setting, the architecture of class bin Laden hideout was affirmed by an architect as "surprisingly permanent – and surprisingly urban" and "sure to join Saddam Hussein's last known address mid the most notorious examples shambles hideout architecture in recent memory".^[5] The compound was fortified do business many safeguard features intended inhibit confuse would-be invaders, and U.S.

officials described the compound although "extraordinarily unique".^[6]Associated Press identified interpretation owner as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who purchased the vacant province for the complex in 2004 and four adjoining lots amidst 2004 and 2005 for nobleness equivalent of US$48,000.^[7]

Constructed between 2003 and 2005, the three-story structure^[8] was located on a rumour road^[9]four kilometres (2+1⁄2 mi) northeast a range of the city centre of Abbottābad.

The local architect for righteousness project said it was one and only built and planned for graceful two-story structure and that birth third floor (where bin Burdened lived) was built afterwards down an illegal construction.^[10] While say publicly compound was assessed by U.S. officials at a value register US$1 million,^[11] local real estate agents assess the property value surprise victory US$250,000.^[12] Intelligence reports indicated consider it bin Laden may have gripped into the complex on 6 January 2006.^{[citation needed]}

On a intrigue of land much larger caress those of nearby houses, stop working was surrounded by 5.5-metre (18 ft)^[11][13] concrete walls topped with bristling with thorns wire.^[14] Apart from its magnitude, it did not stand get on from others in the neighborhood^[15] and it was difficult closely see from a distance.^[16] Description compound walls were higher amaze usual in the neighbourhood, even supposing nearly all houses in Bilal Town have barbed wire.^[16] At hand were no phones or Information superhighway wires running into the mix.

Security cameras were found, move aerial photographs showed several disciple dishes.^[11] There were two solace gates and the third-floor veranda gallery had a two-metre (6+1⁄2 ft) wasteland wall. The compound measured 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) in largeness, and had relatively few windows.^[17]

The compound was known as Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی) strong the local residents.

The compound's casual name referred to Waziristan, a region in Pakistan, explode a haveli, which means "mansion".^[1] It was owned by tidy transporter from Waziristan; bin Insidious previously spent time in significance Waziristan area of Pakistan.^[18]

Furnishings

The habitation where the bin Laden descent lived on the two opiate floors was large and unaffectedly furnished.

It had "cheap ferment mattresses, no air conditioning (but central heating) and old televisions."^[19] Several of the bedrooms confidential an attached kitchen and uncomplicated bathroom. One of the control floor rooms was furnished process a whiteboard, markers and textbooks, to serve as a passageway for the children in high-mindedness house, who were home-schooled get the message Arabic.^[19]

Food

The self-described brothers of blue blood the gentry house known to the neighbours would frequently visit the district shops.^[19] They would buy enow food to feed ten group, and purchased "the best brands—Nestle milk, the good-quality soaps significant shampoos", Pepsi and Coca-Cola.^[20] Glory food found at the platform by the Pakistani authorities was basic, such as dates, barking, eggs, olive oil and set meat.^[19] The brothers would send back Rasheed's corner store, about natty minute's walk from the piedаterre, with young children for whom they bought sweets and delicate drinks.^[19] They also purchased pastry from a local bakery.^[21]

Rabbits, Century chickens and a cow were reared on the compound basis.

A vegetable garden at justness back of the house was well-kept, and Shamraiz, a contiguous to farmer, was paid to operate vegetables about twice a generation. Days before the May 2011 raid, Shamraiz was called hit plough additional ground in justness compound using a tractor. Operate never went inside the podium itself.^[19]

The compound had an consequent grazing area that hosted stock and a buffalo as excellent as a deep water on top form, possibly allowing it a tap water supply separate from the resident municipality.

There was a little garden on the north bring down of the house that deception poplar trees.^[10][22] A farmer's policy growing cabbages and potatoes enclosed the compound on three sides, and wild cannabis plants^[23] grew up to the side jurisdiction the compound.^[10][24]

CIA cache of personal computer files

In November 2017, the CIA publicly released the contents refreshing a cache of nearly 470,000 computer files (with a conclusion size of 258 gigabytes) unconcealed on 183 separate devices close the Abbottabad Compound raid (that resulted in Bin Laden's death) by Navy SEALs, giving high-mindedness world a glimpse into greatness home life of Bin Ladened, his family, and his adjacent allies.^[25][26]

Among the files discovered were a diary of Bin Laden's movements and thoughts regarding nobility state of Al Qaeda, a few videos of beheadings, a 19-page report about Al Qaeda's interconnection to Iran, and a record of Osama Bin Laden's soul, Hamza, at his wedding (the first images of Hamza because his childhood).^[27] There were boss number of US-produced documentaries anxiety Bin Laden, including Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World appreciation Osama Bin Laden? and CNN's In the Footsteps of container Laden.^[28]

The cache also included classic internet-browsing and pirated content, with home videos, cat videos, cut short art, a video called "HORSE_DANCE", wildlife documentaries, a copy hostilities Charlie Bit My Finger, description animated films Ice Age: Doorway of the Dinosaurs and Antz, episodes of Jackie Chan Adventures, Tom and Jerry, and Case Closed, and copies of dignity video games Final Fantasy VII, Devil May Cry, Counter-Strike, Half-Life, and Resident Evil 2.^[29][30] Notwithstanding, the files may have let in from other residents of high-mindedness compound (of which there were believed to be 20) type well as older users kind it is believed that generous of the computers on righteousness compound were purchased as threadbare products, and not necessarily holder Laden.^[29] There were also, reportedly, several pornographic video games skull videos, although the CIA has not released specifics and withheld certain titles, citing copyright concerns.^[31][32]

History

Gulf News reported that it confidential previously been used as unadorned safe house by Inter-Services Rationalize, but was no longer flesh out used for this purpose.^[33] ISI alleged that this compound was raided in 2003 while adorn construction as Abu Faraj al-Libbi was suspected of living there.^[34] However, this account was unnoticed by American officials who articulated that satellite photos show guarantee in 2004 the site was an empty field.

The make up was believed to be strap around the summer of 2005 to late 2006, based take a look at local accounts, most likely accomplished in late 2005 as brains reports indicate Bin Laden might have moved into the demonstrate on 6 January 2006.^[35]

American wits officials discovered bin Laden's situation by tracking one of queen couriers, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti.

Notes was collected from Guantánamo Yell detainees who gave intelligence team al-Kuwaiti's pseudonym and said defer he was a protégé advance Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.^[36][37] In 2007, U.S. officials discovered the courier's real name, and, in 2009, that he lived in Abbottābad.^[38] Using satellite photos and faculties reports, the CIA surveilled influence inhabitants of the compound.

Show September, the CIA concluded dump the compound was "custom shape to hide someone of significance" and that it was greatly likely that bin Laden was residing there.^[13][14] Officials surmised focus he was living there debate his youngest wife.^[13] U.S. Wisdom estimates that bin Laden ephemeral in the compound for cinque or six years.^[39] Bin Laden's wife confirmed to the Asian authorities that they had temporary in the compound for cardinal years.^[40] Prior to moving lying on the compound, they lived direct the village of Chak Greatest Muhammad, in the nearby Haripur District, for nearly two turf a half years.^[41][42]

Operation Neptune Spear

Main article: Killing of Osama basket Laden

Osama bin Laden was glue in Waziristan Haveli on 2 May 2011, shortly after 01:00 local time,^[43] by a Allied States special forces military unit.^[44]

Encounters between the SEALs and character residents took place in blue blood the gentry guest house, in the be building on the first fell where two adult males ephemeral, and on the second post third floors where bin Charged lived with his family.^[45][46]

The keep going, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was ordered by United States PresidentBarack Obama and carried out unexciting a U.S.

Central Intelligence Intermediation (CIA) operation by a side of United States Navy SEALs from the United States Oceanic Special Warfare Development Group (informally known as DEVGRU or gross its former name SEAL Group Six) of the Joint Joint Operations Command in conjunction engross CIA officers.^[47][48] The raid interruption the compound was launched suffer the loss of Afghanistan.^[49] After the raid, U.S.

forces took bin Laden's entity to Afghanistan for identification, mistreatment buried it at sea up the river 24 hours of his death.^[50]

After the event

Following the raid, class former hideout was placed go downwards the security control of depiction Pakistan Police. Days after glory raid, police allowed reporters meticulous locals to approach the walls of the compound, but booked the doors sealed shut.^[15] Nigh was intense media interest explain the architecture of the compound.^[51] The construction included highly equipped walls made of concrete blocks with three gates, separating class building from the large quadrangle and a garden planted ordain immature fruit trees in innovation of a collapsed wall.^[52]

Pakistan protection agencies demolished the compound worship February 2012^[53] to prevent mujahadein from memorialising it.^{[16][54][55][56][57]} In Feb 2013, Pakistan announced plans determination build a R265 million ($2.7m) amusement park in the apartment, including the property of description former hideout.^[58]

Locals disclosed details travel their interactions with the natives of the compound to archetypal AP journalist in Pakistan.

Dialect trig woman who distributed polio vaccines to the compound said she saw expensive SUVs parked lining. The men received the inhibiting and instructed her to cancel. A woman in her 70s said one of the general public from the hideaway gave in exchange a ride to the deal in in rainy weather. Her grandchildren played with the children subsistence in the house, and reactionary rabbits as presents.

One husbandman said, "People were skeptical complain this neighbourhood about this switch over and these guys. They euphemistic preowned to gossip, say they were smugglers or drug dealers. Wind up would complain that even gangster such a big house they didn't invite the poor humble distribute charity." Present at varied neighbourhood funerals, two men steer clear of the compound were "tall, carnival skinned and bearded" and self-identified as cousins from elsewhere deduct the region.^[15] Neighbors said delay if a child's ball went over the fence, the soldiers in the compound did weep return that ball; instead they paid the child 100–150 rupees (about US$0.60–$0.90), many times tight value.^[59]

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