US scale model of Bin Laden house revealed

He was shot dead by a team of Navy Seals on May 2 last year.

The commandos rehearsed the raid at a full-size mock-up at Bagram air base in
Afghanistan.

However, the scale model – featuring razor wire, ivy and a red van that
frequently visited the house – was used in the final stages of planning for
Operation Neptune Spear, the codename given to the mission to kill the
world’s most wanted man.

The team used a technique known as photogenic measurement to calculate heights
from lengths of shadows in the photographs.

The scale of the Bin Laden compound model is one inch to seven feet.

“It really puts it into perspective how large the compound actually is – or
was, sorry, because it no longer exists,” Ms Fouche said.

The house itself was flattened earlier this year as Pakistan tried to erase
all trace of bin Laden’s secret life

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