He was in a mansion?

[EffieBlack]

Really?

So while his followers were living in squalor until time to blow themselves up for his cause, bin Laden was living in a mansion just outside of a major city

Interesting.

[Wickerman]

1. Meet the new boss

same as the old boss.

[buddysmellgood]

2. and here I'd been looking in caves.

[elleng]

3. AlJ reporter said 'farmhouse.'

[Amonester]

4. Well, OBL was part of the 1% of Royals, the multi-millionaires & billionaires

What else did you expect?

[Schema Thing]

5. I don't think we know just what his hideout was.

but I'm sure we'll have pics soon.


early reports are almost never correct.

[renegade000]

7. bbc news had some video of it

It looked pretty big, and it was on fire. I'll try to find a screenshot of it.

[renegade000]

8. here's the first one i found:

[lbrtbell]

9. "It looked pretty big, and it was on fire."

LOL, isn't that what everybody looks for in a mansion? :rofl:

[renegade000]

10. It would be on the top of my list of features

;)

I just find it an odd choice for someone trying to lay low. :P

[Incitatus]

13. I don't want a mansion that's on fire.

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[rabs]

6. AJE Pakistani correspondent said

the compound/mansion/farmhouse was "very close" to the Pakistani Military Academy.

If it's true, guess it was the Pakistani equivalent of living next to West Point.

[DrToast]

11. We got lucky. We found it because BofA was trying to foreclose on it.

[mikekohr]

12. Rich son of privilege died in a mansion

[kaiden]

14. He must've been a Republican.