He also noted the heavy security DynCorp employed at the compound, including Gurkhas posted at both ends of the street.
An Algerian security source earlier said 25 foreign hostages had escaped the besieged compound, including two Japanese.
Eight people live at the compound, including Ms. Bagnarol and her three children.
The decision to drop Scotchgard is expected to affect many other commercial products that use the chemical compound, including Teflon, which is made by DuPont.
Rockets fired from across the river have periodically landed near the compound, including during a recent visit by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Israelis security forces controlled everything that entered the compound, including food and water, but had no control over who consumed which items.
But after two weeks, Satah says, eight local guards came into the compound, "including one man who was involved in killing Reza Barati".
He also said Israeli forces had found weapons that were illegal under the Oslo accord in the compound, including rocket-propelled grenades.
Through the morning on Sunday, people carted away souvenirs from the compound, including a Hello Kitty blanket and plates emblazoned with scenes of an older Tripoli.
But a substantial number of documents were left behind and are now held by Pakistani officials, who are also holding in custody the non-combatants found in the compound, including Bin Laden's three wives and several children.
Because a federal worker in the 1880s drew up a detailed blueprint of the site, now on display in a local museum, Mr. Aaberg said, he was able to identify many specific areas inside the compound, including the doctor's quarters.
