Osama's hideaway

photo acquired by Reuters, of Osama bin Laden's compound taken hours after the U.S. assault in Abbottabad, Pakistan. — Reuters

A photo of Osama bin Laden's compound taken hours after the U.S. assault in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The photo, acquired by Reuters, was taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on May 2.

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Pakistani children look out from their high vantage point, to see the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. A U.S. military raid on the late Monday ended with the death of the al-Qaida leader and others inside the compound.

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Locals and news media gather round the compound and house, seen on right, of Osama bin Laden as authorities eased security and allowed people to approach the perimeter of the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

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A view of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after a U.S. military raid late Monday which ended with the death of the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and others inside the compound. U.S. Navy SEALs swept through the massive compound Monday in pursuit of their target, bin Laden, and it is revealed Tuesday by White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan that the U.S. already was scouring through items seized in the raid, said to include hard drives, DVD's, a pile of documents and other items.

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Pakistani police and media personnel gather outside a burnt compound at the hideout of Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011. U.S. officials warned it would probe how bin Laden managed to live in undetected luxury in Pakistan, as gripping details emerged about the U.S. commando raid that killed the al Qaeda kingpin.

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A portion of the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed is seen half burned in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Pakistan's leader on Tuesday denied suggestions that his country's security forces had sheltered bin Laden.

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Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a burnt compound at the hideout of Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011. Bin Laden had lived at the fortified compound for six years, U.S. officials said, putting him far from the lawless and harsh Pakistani frontier where he had been assumed to be hiding out.

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Pakistan army troops remove canvas screens from outside a house, where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Bin Laden was holed up in a three-story mansion complex in Abbottabad, a city about 40 miles north of Islamabad that's home to Pakistan's military academy.

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Pakistani soldiers keep guard in front of a building at the hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011. On May 3, the U.S. closed its embassy and three consulates in Pakistan to the public until further notice. The statement came amid fears of reprisals after bin Laden was killed in a helicopter and ground raid by U.S. special forces on a compound two hours from the Pakistani capital on May 2.

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A photographer takes a photo of the sealed gate into the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

A photographer takes a photo of the sealed gate into the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed late Monday, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 3, 2011.

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Pakistani police stand guard outside a burnt compound at the hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following his death by U.S. Special Forces in a ground operation in Abbottabad on May 3, 2011. The specially constructed $1 million compound has walls as high as 18 feet topped with barbed wire.

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Media and local residents gather outside the house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, May 3, 2011. Bin Laden had lived at the fortified compound for six years, U.S. officials said, putting him far from the lawless and harsh Pakistani frontier where he had been assumed to be hiding out.

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Police officers secure the perimeter, with a sealed gate into the compound and house where Osama bin Laden was caught and killed late Monday, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. A U.S. official said the 40-minute raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad netted potentially crucial al Qaeda records as well as the body of the global terrorist leader

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Locals gather outside the perimeter wall and sealed gate into the compound and a house where Osama bin Laden was caught and killed — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Locals and the media gather outside the perimeter wall and sealed gate into the compound and a house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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A Pakistani soldier stands near a compound where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Monday, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.

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Vehicles are parked inside the compound of a house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Vehicles are parked inside the compound where Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. The compound is about a half-mile from a Pakistani military academy, in a city that is home to three army regiments and thousands of military personnel. Abbottabad is surrounded by hills with mountains in the distance.

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Pakistani soldiers patrol in the vicinity of a compound where U.S. officials say 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was in hiding on Monday, May 2, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Pakistan army soldiers rest near the house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Pakistan army soldiers rest near the hideout of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011. U.S. Black Hawk helicopters ferried about two dozen troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, into the compound identified by the CIA as bin Laden's hideout - and back out again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot after he and his bodyguards resisted the assault, officials said.

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Pakistan army soldiers are seen near the compound identified by the CIA as Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Monday, May 2, 2011. During a daring night-time raid, elite American forces slid down ropes from helicopters onto the compound where bin Laden was hiding and shot him in the head after he fired on them, according to U.S. officials.

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A Pakistan army soldier stands on top of a building in the compound where Osama bin Laden lived and was killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan, May 2, 2011. The compound is about a half-mile from a Pakistani military academy, in a city that is home to three army regiments and thousands of military personnel. Abbottabad is surrounded by hills with mountains in the distance.

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Pakistani soldiers patrol in the vicinity of a compound the CIA identified as the hideout of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of people was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan early Monday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.

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Pakistan army soldiers seen near the house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

Pakistan army soldiers are seen at the compound identified by the CIA as Obama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. American forces killed bin Laden during a daring raid early Monday, Pakistan time, capping a search that spanned nearly a decade.

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Pakistan army soldiers and police officers patrol past the compound, background, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was holed up in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011.

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A Pakistan army soldier stands on top of the house where it is believed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan — AP Photo/Anjum Naveed

A Pakistan army soldier stands atop a building at a compound where U.S. officials say Osama bin Laden was holed up in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011. Acting on intelligence that bin Laden was holed up in the compound, President Barack Obama ordered a risky, unilateral mission to capture or kill the al-Qaida leader on foreign soil.

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This undated artist rendering handout provided by the CIA shows the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan where American forces in Pakistan killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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This undated aerial handout image provided by the CIA shows the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan, where American forces killed Osama bin Laden.

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This undated aerial handout image provided by the CIA shows the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan where American forces in Pakistan killed Osama bin Laden.

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