what country was bin laden from?
Saudi Arabia
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 Bin Laden 's youngest wife told Pakistani investigators that the family lived in the feudal village of Chak Shah Muhammad , in the nearby district of Haripur , for two @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half years prior to moving to Abbottabad in late 2005 . 

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 Bin Laden provided leadership and financial support for the plot , and was involved in selecting participants . Bin Laden initially selected Nawaf al @-@ Hazmi and Khalid al @-@ Mihdhar , both experienced jihadists who had fought in Bosnia . Hazmi and Mihdhar arrived in the United States in mid @-@ January 2000 . In spring 2000 , Hazmi and Mihdhar took flying lessons in San Diego , California , but both spoke little English , performed poorly with flying lessons , and eventually served as secondary – or " muscle " – hijackers . 

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 The CIA used surveillance photos and intelligence reports to determine the identities of the inhabitants of the Abbottabad compound to which the courier was traveling . In September 2010 , the CIA concluded that the compound was custom @-@ built to hide someone of significance , very likely bin Laden . Officials surmised that he was living there with his youngest wife and family . 

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 While bin Laden 's body was taken by U.S. forces , the bodies of the four others killed in the raid were left behind at the compound and later taken into Pakistani custody . 

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 In November 1999 , Jarrah left Hamburg for Afghanistan , where he spent three months . While there , he met with al @-@ Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in January 2000 . Jarrah returned to Hamburg at the end of January and obtained a clean passport in February by reporting his passport as stolen . 
