How Hard Was It to Find Bin Laden? Hidden in a Secret Fortress for Nearly a Decade, Exposed by a Clothesline

The US Military’s Detailed Analysis of Bin Laden’s Hideout

September 11, 2001, was undoubtedly a day of great sorrow for the United States.

On that day, several US flights were hijacked by terrorists; two crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, and another struck the Pentagon.

Yet another plane crashed in an open field in Pennsylvania.

The “9/11 attacks” marked the heaviest domestic loss for the US since the Pearl Harbor attack.

The mastermind behind these attacks was Osama Bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda, known as the “terror tycoon.”

However, after 2001, Bin Laden managed to evade US forces until 2011, enjoying a full decade of impunity.

This shows just how difficult it truly was to locate Bin Laden.

So, how did the US intelligence agencies manage to find him?

1. Searching for Bin Laden

After the 9/11 attacks, Bin Laden seemed to have vanished completely.

Initially, the US government believed that Bin Laden was under the protection of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.