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10 March 2012

Osama bin Laden Shrine Teardown

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Osama bin Laden Shrine Teardown
 

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In this May 4, 2011, photo, local residents and media gather outside a house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The U.S. military is denouncing a former Navy SEAL’s book that claims to describe the “real” version of the raid that killed bin Laden, taken from alleged eyewitness accounts.

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This Nov 18, 2011 photo shows the guesthouse inside Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions. On the top floor, sharing his bedroom, was his youngest wife and favorite. The trouble came when his eldest wife showed up and moved into the bedroom on the floor below. (Shaukat Qadir)

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Flood lights are seen in the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottatabd, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb 25, 2012. Local residents say Pakistan has started to demolish the compound in the northwest city of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos. Two residents say the government brought in three mechanized backhoes Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, and began destroying the tall outer walls of the compound after sunset. They set up floodlights to carry out the work.

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A policeman walks towards the partially demolished compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces last May in Abbottabad February 26, 2012. Pakistani forces began demolishing the house where Bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces last May, in an unexplained move carried out in the dark of night. Reuters

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Pakistani security personnel conduct demolition works on the compound where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was slain last year in the northwestern town of Abbottabad on February 26, 2012. Pakistani security forces began demolishing the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid last May in the garrison town of Abbottabad, police and witnesses said. Getty

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Local residents watch ongoing demolition of the compound where Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was slain last year in the northwestern town of Abbottabad on February 26, 2012. Pakistani security forces began demolishing the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid last May in the garrison town of Abbottabad, police and witnesses said. Getty

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In this Feb. 26, 2012 file picture, a police commando stands guard as authorities use heavy machinery to demolish Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden spent his last weeks in a house divided, amid wives riven by suspicions. On the top floor, sharing his bedroom, was his youngest wife and favorite. The trouble came when his eldest wife showed up and moved into the bedroom on the floor below. AP

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A Pakistani family watch the compound, center top, of Osama bin Laden which is demolishing by authorities in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Pakistan begun demolishing the three-story compound where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos last May, eliminating a concrete reminder of the painful and embarrassing chapter in the country's history. (Anjum Naveed)

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In this combo of two images, Pakistan police officers gather next to heavy machinery parked inside the demolished compound of Osama bin Laden, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, top, and police officers gather outside bin Laden's compound Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men. AP

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In this combo of two pictures, a Pakistani woman and children stand next to the remained boundary wall of Osama bin Laden's compound, Monday, Feb 27, 2012, top, and, heavy machinery demolishes the main building of bin Laden's compound Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, bottom, in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men. AP

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Heavy machinery is seen inside the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed after it was demolished in Abbottabad February 27, 2012. The Pakistani home of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the place where he was killed after the biggest manhunt in history, is no more. Pakistan security forces completed the demolition of bin Laden's compound on Sunday, erasing a symbol of humiliation for Pakistan's military that has marked one of the most difficult periods in U.S. Pakistan ties. Reuters

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Pakistani policemen stand near the boundary wall which surrounded the house of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, slain last year during a covert US special forces mission, following the building's demolition in the northwestern town of Abbottabad on February 27, 2012. Pakistani bulldozers on February 27 finished demolishing the house where Osama bin Laden lived for at least five years until he was killed by US special forces last May. Only the wall of the compound remained intact, surrounding the debris of the three-storey building where the Al-Qaeda leader hid in the garrison town of Abbottabad and a security official confirmed the demolition had been completed. Getty

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Residents walk past the boundary wall of the building where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed after it was demolished in Abbottabad February 27, 2012. The Pakistani home of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the place where he was killed after the biggest manhunt in history, is no more. Pakistan security forces completed the demolition of bin Laden's compound on Sunday, erasing a symbol of humiliation for Pakistan's military that has marked one of the most difficult periods in U.S. Pakistan ties. Reuters

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Pakistan children play cricket next the remained boundary wall of demolished compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men. (Anjum Naveed)

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This Friday, March 2, 2012, file photo shows Salafists holding posters showing Osama bin Laden during a rally to condemn the disposal last week of a number of Qurans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, near the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. An emerging movement of believers known as Salafis has seemingly appeared out of thin air _ and prompted fears of a culture war in this North African country of 10 million.