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  2. 2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis - Wikipedia

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    On February 4, 2013, at 3:12 p.m. CST, the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team breached the roof of the bunker using explosive charges after negotiations began to break down and they saw, using a hidden camera, Dykes holding a gun. The agents threw stun grenades into the bunker [12] before exchanging gunfire with Dykes, killing him, [13] and rescuing the ...

  3. Khamisiyah - Wikipedia

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    It is the site of the Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Facility (also known as Tel Al Lahm Ammunition Storage Facility and Bunker 73), built and used during the regime of Saddam Hussein. [1] The site had chemical weapons which were destroyed in 1991. The destruction of the site released a plume of sarin gas that affected thousands of US troops. [2]

  4. Project Greek Island - Wikipedia

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    The bunker's existence was not acknowledged until The Washington Post revealed it in a 1992 story; [3] immediately after the Post story, the government decommissioned the bunker. [citation needed] The facility has since been renovated. It is used as a data storage facility for the private sector. It is once again featured as an attraction in ...

  5. Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad - Wikipedia

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    Osama bin Laden's compound, known locally as the Waziristan Haveli (Urdu: وزیرستان حویلی, romanized: Wazīristān Havelī, lit. 'Waziristan Mansion'), was a large, upper-class house within a walled compound used as a safe house for Saudi militant Islamist Osama bin Laden, who was shot and killed there by U.S. forces on 2 May 2011.

  6. Hillman Fortress - Wikipedia

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    The bunker complex, designated as Hill 61 and codenamed Hillman by the British, was attacked on 6 June 1944 by the Suffolk Regiment and the fortress finally surrendered the following morning. [1] The delay in taking the bunker complex has been cited as a reason for the Allies not completing their major D-Day objective of taking Caen .

  7. Killing of Osama bin Laden - Wikipedia

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    Planners believed the SEALs could get to Abbottabad and back without being challenged by the Pakistani military. The helicopters (modified Black Hawk helicopters) to be used in the raid had been designed to be quiet and to have low radar visibility. Since the U.S. had helped equip and train the Pakistanis, their defensive capabilities were known.

  8. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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    Map of the invasion area showing channels cleared of mines, location of vessels engaged in bombardment, and targets on shore Bombing of Normandy began around midnight with more than 2,200 British, Canadian, and US bombers attacking targets along the coast and further inland. [ 44 ]

  9. Toropets depot explosions - Wikipedia

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    On the night of 17–18 September 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) 107th arsenal ammunition depot in Toropets, causing a massive series of explosions and fires and shattering of windows across nearby towns.