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v. 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 ...
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.
Operation Geronimo. Operation Geronimo may refer to: Operation Neptune Spear, the May 2011 operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Operation Geronimo name controversy, concerning the use of "Geronimo" in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Operation Geronimo Strike. Operation Geronimo Strike I, the 2007 ...
Operation Geronimo was a joint operation conducted by U.S., South Korean and South Vietnamese forces in Phú Yên Province, lasting from 31 October to 4 December 1966. [ 1 ] : 79 Background
Geronimo. Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́], lit. 'the one who yawns'; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the ...
The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 10, 2012, and had its wide release on January 11, 2013. [7] Zero Dark Thirty received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, screenplay, sound design, and editing, and was a major box office success, grossing $132 million worldwide. It appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012.
Budget. $35 million [3] Box office. $71.1 million [2] 12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action - war film [4] directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig.