ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military paints a different picture than the United States of Osama bin Laden's final days: Far from the terror mastermind trying to strike America, he is seen as an aging terrorist hiding in barren rooms, short of money and struggling to maintain his grip on al-Qaeda.

Three of bin Laden's wives were living with him in the compound and are being interrogated by Pakistani authorities.

One of them, identified as Yemen-born Amal Ahmed Abdullfattah, told interrogators she had been staying in bin Laden's hideout since 2006, said a Pakistani intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official did not indicate whether bin Laden was with her the whole time.
