Monday, 2 May 2011

Inside the raid that killed bin Laden - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

Inside the raid that killed bin Laden - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times
SEALs, working with CIA, stormed fortified compound deep inside Pakistan
By Kimberly Dozier and David Espo - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday May 2, 2011 22:56:59 EDT

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.

Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy. The stunning news of his death prompted relief and euphoria outside the White House and around the globe, yet also deepening fears of terrorist reprisals against the United States and its allies....

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