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Inside Osama bin Laden's Hideout

Residents from the upscale neighborhood where bin Laden spent his last days talk to Newsweek/Daily Beast about hearing the firefight, living next to bin Laden, and mourning the loss of a leader.

Published May 2 2011 11:21AM EDT

galleries/2011/05/02/inside-osama-bin-laden-s-hideout/osama-compound---illustration_gzwhss — CIA / AP Photo

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galleries/2011/05/02/inside-osama-bin-laden-s-hideout/osama-compound-update-1_ayawny — Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near the compound after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, May 2, 2011.