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Intense: President Obama watches the mission unfold at the White House along with (left) Vice President Joe Biden, (right) Defence Secretary Robert Gates, and (second right) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, alongside other Security staff, including (back left) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, (back without a tie) National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and (back right, white shirt) Counter-Terrorism chief John Brennan

Taking command: President Obama talks to members of the national security team in the White House situation room following the conclusion of the mission

Dead: Osama Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. special forces operation on his Pakistani compound

Pit of evil: A king size bed where Bin Laden may have once slept at the secretive compound in Abbottabad. Blood from a gun battle can be seen at the foot of the mattress


Gun fight: A pool of blood on the floor suggests that one Al Qaeda member was shot close to their bed, while right, a selection of medication which was left in the bathroom

Carnage: Blood can be seen on the floor from where Bin Laden was reportedly surrounded by three men, including his son, and a woman who formed a human shield against U.S. troops

Bin Laden's lair: The compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was half a mile from a military academy. If it had been hit in an air strike there were likely to have been civilian casualties



Defiant messages: President Obama said the world is a 'safer place', Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed to 'take the fight' to Al Qaeda and Counter Terrorism Chief John Brennan said it was a 'defining moment'

Success: Pakistani Army soldiers secure the compound in Abbottabad where Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. military forces

Downed: The wreckage of the U.S. military helicopter which crashed inside the high walls of Bin Laden's compound. U.S. troops destroyed the aircraft before leaving the area


A Pakistani Army soldier inspects the wreckage of the U.S. helicopter that crashed after coming under fire. There were no casualties among the U.S. Navy Seals who mounted the attack on Bin Laden's compound

On the lookout: Pakistani soldiers inside a cordoned off area around the Bin Laden compound after the Al Qaeda leader was killed by U.S. forces


Parts of the downed helicopter are removed from the Bin Laden compound after the attack by U.S. Navy Seals


Deserted: Nestled among trees and in the shadow of Pakistan's mountains, Bin Laden's hideaway stands empty after a helicopter raid by U.S. troops that killed the terror chief. He lived there with members of his family and trusted aides


Near miss: Wreckage from the crashed U.S. helicopter hangs over a wall in the Abbottabad compound. It stalled after coming under fire from rocket-propelled grenades. Right, the remains of the helicopter are driven away on a tractor


Guarded: Pakistani soldiers today patrol the compound where Bin Laden lived and was killed, and right, police stop people as they secure the scene

Stronghold: The lay-out of Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad. It was surrounded by walls up to 18 feet high


Hideout: The Bin Laden compound was found only a few hundred yards from the military academy known as Pakistan's Sandhurst in the garrison town of Abbottabad, Pakistan

Abbottabad: The remote town in northern Pakistan, named after James Abbott, the British major who founded the town in 1853, sits beneath towering hills
We've got him, said Obama


His fist to his mouth, Mr Obama stares intently at the screen showing Bin Laden die, left, while Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, right, holds her hand to her mouth


Guests at a White house dinner last night rose to their feet as Barack Obama arrived with First Lady Michelle Obama, while the Speaker of the House John Boehner congratulates the President

Barack Obama is given a standing ovation at a political dinner in the White House last night following the killing of Osama bin Laden

Americans celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden in Times Square in New York, after the Al Qaeda leader was killed in Pakistan

Family affair: Osama Bin Laden (second from right) was identified with the help of DNA taken from the brain of an unidentified sister, who died from cancer







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