9/11 hijacked airlines mastermind bin Laden shot in the head, his mouth pulled back in a grimace. Bin Laden died in house close to Pakistan’s military academy Four helicopters swooped in early Monday and killed Osama Bin Laden in a fiery American raid on his fortress-like compound in a Pakistani town that is home to three army regiments. His location raised pointed questions over whether Pakistani authorities knew the whereabouts of the world’s most wanted man. US official said the strike force was on the ground for less than 40 minutes and the operation was watched real-time by CIA Director Leon Panetta and other intelligence officials in a conference room at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia
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