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Mar 11, 2015 · Osama bin Laden holds a Kalashnikov rifle in Tora Bora, a mountainous area of Afghanistan, in November 1996. This remarkable set of photos -- the first showing bin Laden in the remote...
- Bin Laden Chose to Hide in Plain Sight. After 9/11, the bin Laden family spent several years on the run, moving from one sympathetic Pakistani locale to another—including the frontier city of Peshawar and the rural Swat Valley, among others.
- He Had the Compound Custom-Built. “Arshad” hired a local architectural firm to draw up plans for a large, two-story building on the premises—with very specific criteria.
- It's Unclear How Many People Lived There. The compound came to be known to locals as the Waziristan Haveli, or Waziristan House/Mansion, due to the Waziri accents of “Arshad” and his brother, Ibrahim.
- They Lived in Extreme Isolation and Self-Sufficiency. Life in the Abbottabad hideout was designed to be as self-contained and self-sufficient as possible, to minimize contact with the outside world.
Aug 4, 2021 · August 4, 20214:07 PM ET. 46-Minute Listen. Playlist. As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, a new biography traces Osama bin Laden's path from a shy, religious...
Future Security. Share. Tweet. Rare photos reveal Osama bin Laden's Afghan hideout. Article/Op-Ed in CNN. Read Full Article. By. Peter Bergen. March 12, 2015. "He wanted media exposure," Atwan recalled in the interview for Bergen's 2006 book. "He wants to say, 'Now I am an international figure; I'm not just a Saudi.
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Mar 13, 2015 · According to CNN, the photos are the first showing bin Laden in the hide-out where bin Laden sought refuge following the 9/11 attacks. The images have been released by the United States Attorney ...
