I don't get it. Why would they need to fake a raid on the compound if they were going to say he was taken out in a drone strike? I don't buy this version of events but I don't buy the official story either. Never releasing his corpse or autopsy pictures was always a red flag for me too.
They weren't faking a raid on the compound. The raid on the compound was real with the intent to kill him, they were just going to report he was killed in a drone strike to get around the sticky mess of what actually happened at the compound.