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Abbottabad Residents 'Shocked' Bin Laden Hid Nearby

Clip: 5/2/2011 | 6m 17s

Saima Mohsin reports on locals' amazement that Osama bin Laden was living in their midst.

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a late-night raid over the weekend on his compound in the relatively affluent town of Abbottabad, just outside Pakistan's capital of Islamabad. Special correspondent Saima Mohsin reports on locals' amazement that the world's most wanted man was living in their midst.

05/02/2011

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