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To date, no pictures have been shown of the military operation, although ABC News showed photgraphs of Osama's compound after the operation was complete.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/photos-inside-osama-bin-laden-kill-zone-13508190 EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Compound Where Osama Bin Laden Was Killed] ABC News, retrieved 05/03/2011</ref>
To date, no pictures have been shown of the military operation, although ABC News showed photgraphs of Osama's compound after the operation was complete.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/photos-inside-osama-bin-laden-kill-zone-13508190 EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Compound Where Osama Bin Laden Was Killed] ABC News, retrieved 05/03/2011</ref>
On May 4, 2011, Obama announced that the photographs would not be released<ref name="cbsnews" /> According to CNN, the most recognizable photo of Bin Laden was taken in a hangar after the operation was complete. However, there is a massive open head wound across both eyes, and it is considered gruesome and mangled enough that it would not be appropriate to print on the front page of a newspaper.<ref>[http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/even-more-on-the-photos/?hpt=T1 Even more details on the OBL photos] CNN, 05/03/2011</ref>
On May 4, 2011, Obama announced that the post-mortem photographs of bin Laden would not be released.<ref name="cbsnews" /> According to CNN, the most recognizable photo of Bin Laden was taken in a hangar after the operation was complete. However, there is a massive open head wound across both eyes, and it is considered gruesome and mangled enough that it would not be appropriate to print on the front page of a newspaper.<ref>[http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/03/even-more-on-the-photos/?hpt=T1 Even more details on the OBL photos] CNN, 05/03/2011</ref>
Republican senator and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee [[Saxby Chambliss]] of Georgia and Republican senator and member of the armed services committee [[Kelly Ayote]] of New Hampshire have seen the post-mortem photographs of bin Laden<ref name="cbsnews">[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059739-503544.html?tag=cbsContentWrap;cbsContent Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos] CBS News, 05/04/2011</ref>
Republican senator and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee [[Saxby Chambliss]] of Georgia and Republican senator and member of the armed services committee [[Kelly Ayote]] of New Hampshire have seen the post-mortem photographs of bin Laden<ref name="cbsnews">[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059739-503544.html?tag=cbsContentWrap;cbsContent Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos] CBS News, 05/04/2011</ref>