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  • The U.S. officials told the news agencies that the SEALs went into the compound's main house, saw a man thought to be hiding a weapon and killed him.

    Pakistani Civilian, Military Leaders Warn US about Future Raids 2011

  • The U.S. officials told the news agencies that the SEALs went into the compound's main house, saw a man thought to be hiding a weapon and killed him.

    Pakistani Civilian, Military Leaders Warn US about Future Raids 2011

  • Bin Laden and four others were killed in a daring pre-dawn raid Monday after U.S. helicopters lowered a team of SEALs behind the compound's high walls.

    Osama Bin Laden Home Videos Released 2011

  • The U.S. officials told the news agencies that the SEALs went into the compound's main house, saw a man thought to be hiding a weapon and killed him.

    Pakistan Warns US Against Future Unilateral Military Action 2011

  • Mr. Saleh and dozens of senior government officials were in the presidential compound's mosque around the time of noon prayers when three or four rocket-propelled grenades hit the area, officials said.

    Attack Wounds Yemen's President Hakim Almasmari 2011

  • Nick Springett The renters were attracted to the compound's history and security—there are three gates and a long driveway—plus the main house's 21 bedrooms, he adds.

    Private Properties 2011

  • It's perfectly possible to achieve a major medical breakthrough with a product that isn't patented, while the fact of obtaining a patent doesn't say anything about a compound's actual medical value.

    Should Patents on Pharmaceuticals Be Extended to Encourage Innovation? 2012

  • Just past the compound's entrance, informally decommissioned police officers sat on plastic chairs smoking cigarettes, drinking tea and brandishing assault rifles, handguns and improvised weapons.

    Civilians Take Over Police Duties Matt Bradley 2011

  • The renters were attracted to the compound's history and security—there are three gates and a long driveway—plus the main house's 21 bedrooms, he adds.

    Vera Wang Buys in Beverly Hills 2011

  • Pakistan's intelligence service has been interviewing those who spent time at the compound, from a guard who used to do the compound's grocery shopping, to an extremist sheik who came in weekly to teach the 18 children that Navy SEALs counted at the compound the night of the raid.

    AP: Bin Laden documents sharpen U.S. aim 2011

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