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U.S. Rolled Dice in bin Laden Raid
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This account describes the events that preceded the raid on the compound in Abbottabad that housed Osam bin Laden. The first information came years earlier during interrogation of Al Quaeda suspects in Iraq, who referred to a courier carrying messages from senior leaders. One suspect Hasan Gul referred to an important courier in 1994, and tried to disclose as little as possible. Over several years the information was pieced together leading to the courier's location at the Abbotabad compound. There was another individual living there who rarely ventured out and a seven foot wall protected the terrace in that part of the compound, making it impossible for outsiders to see who he was. Garbage was burned at the compound, and the nature of the compound with high walls and security led the CIA to believe there was a high probability that senior Al Quaeda leaders were inside. In December the CIA asked Congressional lawmakers at a secret meeting for additional funds to finance the operation. Adm. McRaven was placed in charge of the operation. A mock compound was built in Afghanistan and the attack on the compound was practiced by Special Forces. In April, Leon Panetta, who had tracked the information about the compound as head of the CIA, held daily meetings. He told his team "we've got to find out what the hell is in that compound." On April 19, Panetta informed Mr Obama that the CIA believed Osama Bin Laden was there. The same day Obama gave the go ahead for a helicopter assault.
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The death of Osama Bin Laden in a U.S. raid at Abbotabad in Islamaba on May 1, 2011. During 2011 the face of the Middle East and most Arab countries began to change with the democracy protests. The result is a region where ordinary Arabs are taking the first steps to determine their own future and look to good governance and democratic processes as critical elements in social and economic change. This leaves little room for the kind of movement Osama Bin Laden led. For the U.S., Arabs and the Muslim world the shift is to other priorities.
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