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The raid, approved by U.S. President Barack Obama and involving two dozen Navy SEALs in two Black Hawk helicopters, was launched from about 120 miles (190 km) away in Afghanistan, where U.S. forces were stationed. [4] [5] The raid took 40 minutes, and bin Laden was killed shortly before 1:00 a.m. PKT [6] [7] (20:00 UTC, May 1). [8] .
SEAL Team Six raided an al-Qaeda compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011 and killed the world’s most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. Get the facts and a timeline of the raid on...
In the early morning hours of May 2, 2011-Pakistan time (afternoon of May 1-Eastern Daylight Time), a US military raid on an al-Qa`ida compound killed Usama Bin Ladin, America’s most wanted terrorist. The mission’s success was the culmination of many years of complex, thorough, and highly advanced intelligence operations and analyses led by ...
The raid. In the end, after months of investigation, the US had no conclusive proof of Bin Laden's presence in the compound. As President Obama told CBS television news, "this was still a...
These words, uttered by a senior Pentagon official, summed up the now-historic raid on May 2, 2011, during which SEAL Team Six secretly descended upon a compound in Pakistan, blew down doors and...
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The...
Exhibits. The Final Chapter in the Hunt for Bin Ladin. About the Final Chapter in the Hunt for Bin Ladin. Abbottabad, Pakistan–In the early morning hours of May 2, 2011, a US military raid on an al-Qa’ida compound killed Usama Bin Ladin, America’s most wanted terrorist.
