Killing of Osama bin Laden
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On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded a
Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, May 4, 2011
CIA aerial photo of the compound
Situation Room: The U.S. national security team, with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden (left), and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gathered in the White House Situation Room to monitor the progress of the operation
USS Carl Vinson conducting flight operations in the Persian Gulf (April 4, 2011)
Osama bin Laden
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Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his killing in 2011. A Salafi jihadist, bin Laden worked to establish a pan-Islamist caliphate
Killing of Osama bin Laden
…On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, who founded al-Qaeda and orchestrated the September 11 attacks, had been the subject of…
Bin Laden, c. 1997–1998
Muhammad bin Ladin, Osama's father
Entrance to the Dubai headquarters of the Saudi Binladin Group
Al-Aqsa in East Jerusalem