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Pakistan razes bin Laden’s home, erasing memories

Associated Press

  February 27, 2012

Pakistan pushed ahead Sunday with its surprise demolition of the compound where U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden last year, probably to erase the symbol of the security failure that humiliated the nation and severely damaged ties with Washington. Islamabad was outraged by the covert American raid in the northwestern town of Abbottabad because it was not told about it beforehand - a decision the U.S. explained by concerns that someone in the Pakistani government might tip off the al-Qaida chief.

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