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The reports of bin Laden's death on May 2, 2011, are not universally accepted [265] despite unreleased DNA testing confirming his identity, [34] [139] bin Laden's twelve-year-old daughter witnessing his death, [113] [266] and a May 6, 2011, al-Qaeda statement confirming his death. [10]
Operation Neptune Spear began in the late hours of May 1, 2011. After gaining entry into the compound, members of Seal Team Six killed the terrorist group leader around 1 a.m. local time on May 2.
Getty Images When President Obama announced Osama bin Laden's death on Sunday night, the world celebrated. Yet minutes after Obama's announcement, the State Department issued a travel warning for ...
Map showing the US operation from its bases in Afghanistan to Pakistan that killed Bin Laden, and the subsequent burial of his body at sea. Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on 2 May 2011, [247] [248] shortly after 1:00 AM local time (4:00 PM Eastern Time on 1 May 2011) [b] [249] [250] by a U.S. military special operations unit.
Getty Images In light of Osama bin Laden's death, travel in the coming days might be a bit crazier than usual. The United States, as well as Great Britain and Australia, have issued warnings for ...
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.
Death of Osama bin Laden: . President of the United States Barack Obama announces in a special TV broadcast that Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant Islamist group Al-Qaeda and the most-wanted fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, was killed on May 2 (Pakistan Standard Time) during an American military operation in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, Pakistan and that ...
Last week, the Financial Times reported that SEAL Team 6 — famous for killing Osama bin Laden in 2011 — has spent more than a year planning and training at its Dam Neck base in Virginia for a ...