Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in an mansion in an affluent part of a city north of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city. The man behind the Sept. 11 attacks, thought by some to be living in a cave, who had eluded capture for more than a decade, was killed after U.S. forces raided his compound, which was located in a part of Abbottabad that is home to many "retired military," an administration official told reporters Sunday.
Administration officials called it “an extraordinarily secured compound,” adding U.S. intelligence officials' first assessment is it likely was built specifically to hide bin Laden.
It was “custom-built to hide someone of significance,” an administration official said.
The U.S. operation that killed the al Qaeda leader was months in the making, with a terrorist detainee providing a clue that became the big break sought after by American intelligence officials.
Intelligence officials began working on new intelligence that eventually led them to bin Laden last fall after a detainee in U.S. custody provided the nickname of a courier who U.S. officials believed might lead them to the terrorist leader.
U.S. intelligence officials were looking for individuals who might have “personal contact” with bin Laden, one official said.
One of the couriers “flagged” for close scrutiny “had our constant attention,” the administration official said. Terrorist detainees provided the man’s “nickname” and identified him “as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden.”
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