Osama bin Laden death: CIA to search Abbottabad compound

Source: The Guardian

Pakistan has agreed to allow a CIA team into Osama bin Laden's compound to search for al-Qaida materials that may be hidden in the walls or underground.

The revelation, reported by the Washington Post, comes on the eve of a visit to Islamabad by the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in the most senior interaction between the US and Pakistan since the special forces raid on 2 May.

The fate of Bin Laden's house in Abbottabad, 35 miles north of Islamabad, had been one of many sensitive points in tense relations between the two countries. Some Pakistani officials favoured demolishing the three-storey house, which they believed had become a symbol of humiliation.

But the US has quietly pressed Pakistan to leave it standing, as they believe it may contain valuable intelligence missed by the navy Seals who stormed it, killing the al-Qaida leader.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/26/osama-bin-laden-compound-cia