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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.
Apache war leader Geronimo (1829–1909), the namesake of the code name used in the Bin Laden raid. The code name Geronimo controversy came about after media reports that the U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden used the code name "Geronimo" to refer to either the overall operation, to fugitive bin Laden himself or to the act of killing or capturing bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden was killed in the raid and initial versions said three other men and a woman were killed as well: bin Laden's adult son Khalid, [91] [92] bin Laden's courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, al-Kuwaiti's brother Abrar, and Abrar's wife Bushra. [54] Conflicting reports of an initial firefight exist.
Fellow Navy SEAL Matt Bissonette has also claimed he fired the shot that killed the al Qaida founder. Bisonette even wrote a book, No Easy Day, detailing his role in the May 2, 2011 raid on bin ...
Former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill was part of the raid and he says he was the one who fired the deadly shot. ... The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a pivotal moment in the fight against ...
The SEAL team’s legacy was forever secured two years later when it conducted a daring nighttime raid on bin Laden’s Pakistani compound in 2011, killing the mastermind behind al Qaeda’s 9/11 ...
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 ...
By RYAN GORMAN The Navy SEAL who shot dead al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is now reportedly living in poverty after leaving the military four years short of being eligible to receive his pension ...