INTERACTIVE: Into Pakistan, under the cover of darkness
Based on intelligence first presented to President Obama last August, the United States launched a raid in the early morning hours of Monday in Pakistan on a fortified compound suspected to house Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist.
Sources: U.S. government, GeoEye, Google Earth. Photographs from Reuters. Graphics are schematic. Graphics reporting by Les Dunseith, Julie Sheer and Brady MacDonald. Graphic and interactivity by Lorena Iñiguez, Mark Hafer and Raoul Rañoa.
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