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Pakistan leaks Bin Laden death scene photos
Gruesome photos purported to show victims of bin Laden raid leaked to press.
Last Modified: 05 May 2011 17:34

The White House has said it did not tell Pakistan of the operation targeting Osama bin Laden as it did not want him to be tipped off.

Since then, the release of photos from the scene - apparently sold by a Pakistani security officer to the Reuters news agency - has added further embarrasment to the government there.

Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tayib reports from Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed.
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