ABBOTTABAD — Osama bin Laden was holed up in a two-story house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying U.S. forces swooped early Monday, killing the world's most wanted man and leaving his final hiding place in flames, Pakistani officials and a witness said.
UPDATE: Bin Laden killed in fiery raid in Pakistan
Monday, May 2, 2011 | 2:18 a.m. CDT
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