Sunday, February 26, 2012
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Pakistani authorities late Saturday began demolishing the house where Osama bin Laden had lived in a town in the north of the country, local residents said, in a move that will remove the physical symbol of the al-Qaida leader’s presence in the country.
The destruction of the home in Abbottabad, which began after darkness fell Saturday, could help Pakistan bury the bin Laden issue, which caused the country acute embarrassment after a U.S. special- forces squad found and killed him at the site in May 2011.