The White House has said it did not tell Pakistan of the operation targeting Osama bin Laden as it did not want him to be tipped off. ( Video below )
Since then, the release of photos from the scene - apparently sold by a Pakistani security officer to the Reuters news agency - has added further embarrasment to the government there.
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tayib reports from Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was killed.