Osama Bin Laden is now homeless

Remnants of the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed remained in place on Sunday (February 26), as Pakistani police forces continued their demolition of the building that housed the leader of al Qaeda.               

The boundary wall and upper portion of the building in Abbottabad was destroyed by midnight Saturday (February 25) a senior police official said.               

There has been no explanation for why the compound was being demolished - a move that marks an ignominious end to the site of both one of the most daring raids in U.S. special forces history and one of the most embarrassing  episodes for the Pakistani Army.               

One resident believed it was done to improve Pakistan's reputation.                

"They (Pakistan) got quite a bad name in the world because of  this place. Perhaps they are demolishing it in the hope that the bad reputation will be washed away once this is gone," said Amjid Khan, a resident of Abbotabad.               

A senior official in the area said residents have faced numerous problems due to security measures since the raid, adding that it was better to remove it altogether and let the people live their lives.               

Bin Laden was killed in a daring night-time raid by commandos after a 10-year manhunt that spanned the globe.               

On May 2, U.S. special forces swooped in on specially modified Blackhawk helicopters and forced their way into the top floor of the house, killing bin Laden with shots to the head and the chest.

The Pakistani army says it never knew what happened.               

While the raid was lauded in the United States, Pakistan reacted angrily to what it said was a violation of its sovereignty.               

The relationship has never recovered. It deteriorated  further after a Nov. 26, 2011 attack by NATO helicopters on  a  Pakistan border post left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead.              

Pakistan has closed off NATO supply routes to troops in           

Afghanistan. A Pakistani doctor who helped the United States verify bin Laden's location in Abbottabad is in a military prison facing possible treason charges for working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).