For 10 years, the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, lived the life of a ghost. He floated through the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan eluding CIA officials hot on his tail, occasionally popping up on television screens across the world, spooking the masses and then disappearing again. He did not carry a mobile phone, avoided the use of electronic devices, spread terror among people with the release of a single video tape, and kept over a thousand CIA, Pentagon officials on their toes for a decade.

Osama bin Laden’s home being demolished in Abbotabad. Pic/AFP Photo