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Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
A girl walks past the building where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces last May while demolition work is carried out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Feb. 26. Pakistani forces began demolishing the house in an unexplained move carried out in the dark of night.
Sultan Mehmood / EPA
Workers demolish the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Feb. 25.
Future plans for the lot include the construction of "a nice park" -- with green areas and benches -- that will be built "within a month," a senior government official told NBC News.
The demolition team conducted its work under heavy security. A large team of police set up an outer cordon around the compound to keep spectators away, said an Associated Press reporter who managed to get close enough to see the demolition work under way.
-- Reported by NBC News and news services
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Schade dass,alleszuspaet gewesen.
I find it very hard to believe that no one in Pakistan knew Bin Laden was in that Compound. An isolated and obscure compound does not have the Pizza Hut I saw on Google Earth right down the street and the Equivalent of Pakistan's West Point a couple blocks away.
After the Billions in Aid the U.S. gave to Pakistan it makes me wonder what really goes on in the world...