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The place had no phone or Internet service. The residents, who included the courier and his brother and their families, burned their garbage instead of putting out for collection like everyone else.
It has 18-foot walls, two security gates, and no exterior windows. On a third-floor balcony, there were 7-foot high privacy walls.
Officials are not positive, even now, exactly who was living with bin Laden, but they believe he had several family members there, including his youngest wife.
The officials did not say why they chose Sunday to make their dramatic raid after months of red-teaming the operation.
They sent in a small team — they did not say who made up the team or how many members it had — in helicopters. A firefight ensued when bin Laden resisted and he, the couriers and several others were killed, possibly including bin Laden's son.
In the course of events, one of the helicopters went down because of mechanical trouble. Those aboard it were able to destroy it and get away with their fellow team members.
"This is probably the most historic raid in U.S. history," said Rick Nelson, an analyst at the Center for Stratetic and International Studies and former member of the National Counterterrorism Center.
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