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Bin Laden, who founded al-Qaeda and masterminded the September 11 attacks, had been the subject of a United States military manhunt since the beginning of the War in Afghanistan, but escaped to Pakistan— allegedly with Pakistani support —during or after the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001.
SEAL Team Six raided an al-Qaeda compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011 and killed the world’s most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. Get the facts and a timeline of the raid on...
Osama bin Laden was a violent terrorist and founder of al Qaeda who killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children before his death in 2011.
Bin Laden killed. Revealing images. What videos show. At al-Qaeda's helm? Was killing legal? The US operation to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden was months in the planning but took just...
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan.
On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces during an early morning raid at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The moment that led to Osama Bin Laden's death in a raid by US Navy Seals was a culmination of years of intelligence gathering. The search lasted several years and ended at a secure compound in the...
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.
In the early morning hours of May 2, 2011-Pakistan time (afternoon of May 1-Eastern Daylight Time), a US military raid on an al-Qa`ida compound killed Usama Bin Ladin, America’s most wanted terrorist.
During the raid by a small team of Navy SEALs, Osama bin Laden is killed along with three adult males. One woman is killed as well. The entire operation lasts nearly 40 minutes. One...