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Osama Bin Laden declares jihad in 1997 CNN interview
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1:24Now PlayingIn a 1997 interview with CNN's Peter Arnett, Osama bin Laden explains why he has declared a jihad on the U.S.
Death of Osama bin Laden: Fast Facts
On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Facts about the compound
- Built in approximately 2006.
- Significantly larger than other homes in the area, and worth a reported $1 million.
- Lacked telephone and internet service.
- Residents burned their trash rather than having it picked up.
- Approximately 24 people lived at the house.
- Surrounded by 12- to 18-foot walls topped by barbed wire.
- Had two security gates.
- Bin Laden and his family’s living quarters were on the second and third levels.
- The third floor terrace had a seven-foot privacy wall.
- Located only about a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy.
US forces retrieved numerous items from bin Laden’s compound, including 10 hard drives, five computers and more than 100 storage devices, such as disks, DVDs and thumb drives, according to a senior US official.
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