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t. 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 ...
Osama bin Laden was killed after being shot in the head and chest, [15] [16] [17] during Operation Neptune Spear, [18] with Geronimo as the code word for bin Laden's capture or death. [19] The operation was a 40-minute raid by members of the United States special operations forces and Navy SEALs on his safe house [20] in Bilal Town, Abbottabad ...
Robert J. O'Neill (born 10 April 1976) is a former United States Navy SEAL (1996–2012), TV news contributor, and author. After participating in May 2011's Operation Neptune Spear with SEAL Team Six, O'Neill was the subject of controversy for claiming to be the sole individual to kill Osama bin Laden.
By RYAN GORMAN An ex-Navy SEAL who has publicly claimed he shot dead Osama bin Laden is now under investigation for leaking too many secrets about the mission. The Naval Criminal Investigative ...
Former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, credited with killing Usama Bin Laden, is speaking out after filing a lawsuit to restore his name after an incident at a Texas hotel last year.
The former Navy SEAL credited with firing the bullet that killed al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is going after the Texas hotel where he allegedly attacked a security guard last summer, claiming ...
978-0525953722. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden (2012) is a military memoir by a former member of the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) [ 1 ][ 2 ] who participated in the mission that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. The book was written by Matt Bissonnette ...
Osama bin Laden[ a ] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he participated in the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union and supported the activities of the Bosnian mujahideen during the Yugoslav Wars.