Bin Laden’s body was evacuated from the Abbottabad compound by helicopter and flown to an American aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. The corpse was buried at sea. Osama bin Laden: The Pan-Islamist Idea For bin Laden, Islam was more than just a religion: It shaped his political beliefs...
Five aircraft flew from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with three school-bus-size Chinook helicopters landing in a deserted area roughly two-thirds of the way to bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, two of the officials explained. Aboard two Black Hawk helicopters were 23 SEALs, ...
After 9/11, the bin Laden family spent several years on the run, moving from one sympathetic Pakistani locale to another—including the frontier city of Peshawar and the rural Swat Valley, among others. When his supporters decided it was time for the family to settle, they chose Abbottabad,...
A year and a half after the Pakistani government said they would find out exactly what happened and who was responsible for failing to catch the most wanted man in the world Osama bin Laden hiding in plain sight in Pakistan, the only thing that has come from a formal investigation are ...
in clips of his Abbottabad compound—a barren, wretched looking sty full of garbage, chickens, cows, and more garbage—and his attendant prison-like day-to-day of seclusion, homeschooling, and porn consumption, the bin Laden presented here does emerge as a figure ahead of his time, in at...
(=holy war)against the US.Americanofficialsbelieved that he wasresponsiblefor many terroristattacks, including the attack on the WorldTradeCenterin New York City in 2001. On May 2nd 2011 he wasshotandkilledby USsoldiersduring asecretoperationat a heavilyguardedhouse in the city of Abbottabad, ...
There are several stories about the assault on the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound that resulted inthe death of Osama bin Laden. The accounts, however, differ in the details of who fired the bullet that put bin Laden down. While the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Special Mission Unit (SMU)SEALs...
Map of Pakistan - Showing Northwest Territories and Abbottabad location.CBS/AP Two hours later, Mr. Obama was told that bin Laden had been tentatively identified. CIA director Leon Panetta was directly in charge of the military team during the operation, according to one official, and when he ...
Despite projecting the image of a humble cave-dweller to the media, bin Laden apparently enjoyed access to “all the best brands” while residing in his Abbottabad compound. This included Pepsi and Coca-Cola brand sodas, as well as products like Vaseline and Nestle milk. ...
Osama bin Laden founded the Islamist militant group Al Qaeda and was believed responsible for deadly acts of terrorism such as the September 11, 2001 attacks.