The View from Inside Bin Laden’s Compound

The Takeaway

The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool reports from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. He describes the scene and talks to one boy who visited the compound several times. Nearby residents are eager for details, while they also about what the killing of bin Laden means for them. Militants in the tribal areas who saw bin Laden as a hero and could take revenge on Abbottabad’s citizens.

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