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Osama's Compound: How it changed - 2005-2011 > Satellite Image

World's most wanted terrorist Osama's game is over. Internet is abuzz with twitter updates, news and blog articles about the operation and its aftermath. World's leading high resolution satellite image provider GeoEye has released latest satellite image of the compound in which Osama was said to be hiding. Also available is a video of how the compound changed between 2005-2011.



Other Interesting Links:

  1. Geographers Had Predicted Osama's Possible Whereabouts 
  2. Pinpointing Osama bin Laden
  3. Finding Bin Laden(paper) - MIT International Review
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