Washington: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting &ndash; with a five-year delay &ndash; the raid by US special forces on the al-Qaeda founder&rsquo;s compound in Pakistan.
<img title="The compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Pics/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/Abbotabad.jpg" alt="The compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Pics/AFP" /> The compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Pics/AFP
Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, the CIA tweeted the May 2011 strike as if it was unfolding in real time. &ldquo;To mark the 5th anniversary of the Usama Bin Ladin operation in Abbottabad we will tweet the raid as if it were happening today. #UBLRaid,&rdquo; @CIA said in announcing its social media blitz.
<img title="Osama bin Laden" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/Osama-Bin-Laden.jpg" alt="Osama bin Laden" /> Osama bin Laden
Tweets included the now famous picture of President Barack Obama and other high-ranking US officials watching matters unfold from the White House&rsquo;s Situation Room.
The CIA&rsquo;s Twitter move got quite a bit of attention, but not everyone was enthusiastic about the agency&rsquo;s endeavour. &ldquo;@CIA Are we tweeting Hiroshima on August 6th too? Or is THAT in bad taste?&rdquo; tweeted one user, Kris Knight.
Another who identies as Amber V tweeted: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t you have better things to do, like catch living and breathing bad guys, or secretly invade our privacy, or something? @CIA #UBLRaid&rdquo; However, sevral others reacted positively.

The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting &ndash; with a five-year delay &ndash; the raid by US special forces on the al-Qaeda founder&rsquo;s compound in Pakistan

5 yrs after killing Osama bin Laden, CIA 'live tweets' Abbotabad raid

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The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting &ndash; with a five-year delay &ndash; the raid by US special forces on the al-Qaeda founder&rsquo;s compound in Pakistan

5 yrs after killing Osama bin Laden, CIA 'live tweets' Abbotabad raid

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