Thursday, May 17, 2012

Pentagon Unveils Scale Model of Bin Laden's Hideout

Pentagon reveals scale model of Usama bin Laden's Pakistan compound
The intelligence community wheeled out one of its prize possessions at the Pentagon Wednesday, a scale model of Usama bin Laden's notorious Abbottabad, Pakistan compound where he spent the last few years of his life in hiding. Photo from FOX News

US Scale Model Of Bin Laden House Revealed -- The Telegraph

The Pentagon has unveiled a top-secret model of Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, which was used by intelligence officials to plan the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader.

So secret was the project, that even the model makers charged with replicating the villa in Styrofoam, clay and acrylic would not have known the identity of its occupant.

It went on public display in a Pentagon corridor this week, attracting a crowd of soldiers and office workers.

It was built by a special team at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency from satellite images.

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More News On The Pentagon's Scale Model of Bin Laden's Home

US spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideout -- AFP
Intelligence officials unveil scale model of bin Laden compound used to plan raid -- FOX News
The very model of a successful bin Laden raid -- CNN
Top-secret model of bin Laden's Pakistan lair used to plan lethal SEAL raid that killed him goes on display at the Pentagon -- Daily Mail
Pentagon unveils scale model of bin Laden compound (Photo Gallery) -- MSNBC

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