Aye, the US raided a compound in the middle of Pakistan - to pretend they killed him (he was already dead apparently) when they could have achieved exactly the same result by claiming to have killed him in the Tora Bora mountains.
Daft Yanks.
How do you maintain support for occupying Afghanistan if you killed Osama early on?
Morons need a bogey man

As far as everyone knew he was still in Afghanistan, no?