I’m not sure why this map has not been well researched by the media, but according to most sources this is where Osama was taken down. It’s a large complex in an area where helicopters could arrive. It’s in the middle of town near a slew of hospital and schools lessening any chance of Predator attacks. The town looks pretty pedestrian and common for a mid-sized city. You can find this map on Google maps by searching for the bus stop near the compound: “gammi adda stop abbottabad, pakistan” and look around for yourself. A less detailed map is shown in this post in the Atlantic, which is where I found the bus stop.
Click on map to enlarge.
That said the fans of Google Earth and the London Telegraph found a more wide open place here which matches complaints by the State Department regarding the proximity to a military academy:
View Osama bin Laden is dead in a larger map
Where are the Pakistani’s and their cell phone cameras anyway?
Does not look like the sat map of the location I was shown.
I don’t know which one is accurate, but there you go:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&msid=213675619864273751757.0004a248aeca0462594be&ll=34.184435,73.247223&spn=0.01065,0.019698&z=15&source=embed
(The above shows how it was just about 1km from the Pakistani Military Academy.)
Sorry John, you’re wrong. The comment above is correct. Here’s how Google Earth fans narrowed down the spot, and later confirmed their findings: http://ogleearth.com/2011/05/finding-osama-bin-ladens-abbottabad-mansion-with-google-earth/
I like this place even better..lots of places for helicopters, but as explained above…seems less safe. I think the post will cover all the bases now.
That’s not the location. The DoD has already released the coordinates of the compound.
Why didn’t they just use Google to find him in the first place?
34.169271, 73.242618
Was he near a Starbucks? He may have worked there. They are probably wondering why “O” didn’t show up to work today. The Seals popped a cap in his ass.
That’s a great map, arpie!
I also noticed that the Army college was even closer than the Military Academy.
Yea, Pakistan didn’t know where he was.
We are pouring billions of aid money into Pakistan … for what now??
I hear they got his address off of the Sony Playstation Network.
What if WikiLeaks had included that the CIA had identified his courier?
It pains me deeply to say this, and pretty much sums up a thinking American’s trust in government, but …
WITHOUT VIDEO AND PICTURES (or a body, oops, damn Muslim law we gotta follow ya know), IT DIDN”T HAPPEN.
Seal Team Vids please.
Area Control Helicopter footage please.
Assault Ship Pilot video please. (All 4 of them)
AC-130H Spectre gunship footage. (Both of ‘em)
Fighter pair escorts video. (Both of those too)
CIA Dude footage from across the street.
Drone footage.
Today, Obama.
Otherwise they’re just Charlie Browns teacher squawking, from the President on down …
#7 There’s a Bed Bath and Beyond store with an opening in their sheets department.
Please note that the map I posted earlier doesn’t seem correct either.
Here are more details, including video, maps, illustration, etc. It jibes with what Adam posted.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead-abbottabad-mansion_n_856206.html
It’s still pretty close to the military academy, it seems.
ah yes the level of accuracy I’ve come to expect around here – pure crap
Driving directions to Osama Bin Laden’s Hideout Compound
Suggested routes
1.
1 hour 23 mins
Karakoram Hwy
75.7 km
2.
1 hour 39 mins
Khanpur Rd and Karakoram Hwy
99.7 km
Abbotabad Chowk
Pakistan
1. Head southeast on G.T. Rd toward Thana Rd
150 m
2. Turn left onto Thana Rd
270 m
3. Slight left onto Lodhi Rd
20 m
4. Turn left to stay on Lodhi Rd
140 m
5. Turn right onto Karakoram Hwy
33.2 km
6. Turn left toward Karakoram Hwy
120 m
7. Turn left at Shakarshah Rd
350 m
8. Turn right onto Karakoram Hwy
5.0 km
9. Slight right to stay on Karakoram Hwy
1.0 km
10. Turn left to stay on Karakoram Hwy
30.4 km
11. Turn left onto Awami Rd/Jinnah Rd/Jinnah Chowk/Karakoram Hwy/Murree Rd/wil
Continue to follow Karakoram Hwy
Go through 1 traffic circle
2.8 km
12. Turn right onto Kakul Rd
1.7 km
13. Turn right
650 m
Osama Bin Laden’s Hideout Compound
Bilal Town
Abbottābad, Pakistan
Okay, once more the right link to Osama’s hideout on Google Maps: http://goo.gl/HJ6io
@John It now has 2½stars… Some of the 139 reviews really funny.
Looking forward to thursday ITM
How many times did the Pakistani military, Pakistani intelligence, and the Pakistani Leadership say they had absolute intelligence that O.B.Ladin was positively hiding in Afghanistan. There is no way he could have been “hiding” like this without some, if not all, parts of Pakistani government turning a blind eye. And we call them a partner in the fight against terrorism?
Whoda thunk, OB Laden a suburbanite resident of greater Islamabad (Abbottābad).
#13 – Beside the sheet I hope they had a mattress pad for O. I’m sure all those holes in him were leaking. Hopefully…