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e. On May 2, [a] 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six (also known as DEVGRU). [1] The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was carried out in a CIA -led mission ...
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 HISTORY.com.
The US operation to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden was months in the planning but took just minutes to complete. In a daring raid 120 miles (192km) inside Pakistan, a team of US special forces ...
Minutes and Years: The Bin Ladin Operation. 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 ...
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 notorious, 54 ...
The goal: kill or capture Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, SEAL Team Six descended upon a compound in Pakistan, blew down doors and engaged enemy combatants. The goal: kill or capture Osama bin ...
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States.
