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Where on Google Map was Osama bin Laden?

                It took years of intelligence gathering and months of following leads and planning an attack for the US to track down the world’s most wanted criminal – Osama bin Laden to a compound in the normally quite city of Abottabad in Pakistan. Since the night when US President Barack Obama announced the terrorist’s death, the Internet has been buzzing with attempts by people all around the globe to pin- point the exact location of the compound on a map.

                Bin Laden's compound had been pinned in multiple different locations on Google Maps and Google Earth by users of Google's Map Marker web app, in various spots across Abbottabad. However, none were accurate and exact. Thanks to photos and diagrams released by the U.S. Dept. of Defense on Monday, Osama bin Laden’s Hideout Compound is now embedded in Google Maps and Google Earth. Here is the map showing the hideout.

                The compound was allegedly built in 2005. Here’s a satellite photo of the same area, taken in 2001.


                The recent image of the same area is as seen here.


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  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    The White House should have never mentioned a thing about it, for quite sometime. They jeopardized the security of every boot on the ground in many places around the globe... shame on them talking about national security. Accountability probably won't occur for these actions will they. Yup, G.I.; Government Issue. We
    do as we please them and really don't give a damn. These are sons and daughters, brothers, sisters parents.

    You know a lot of troops want to come home in one piece in the upcoming extractions. These guys and gals are not cannon fodder.
    This only makes matters worse for the troops.

    Not to mention the innocent civilian that continue to get caught-up in the mix. Or as one pentagon general put civilian kills on the ground prior to the invasion of Iraq as "Bug-splat" under GWB. Pathetic choice of words. No respect for human life.

    Who's splitting the $25mill Bounty?
    Seal team can't collect there GI(s). Unless they were ex-navy seals like mercenary (guns for hire) like BW-ZE, out of Dubai.
    Public should know... more of that there transparency... Right

    This may get me into deep hot water as an ex-Vet... but,
    What were or are you guys thinking. Get it together will you.

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