Inside the Raid on Osama bin Laden's compound

Hours after receiving the go-ahead to from President Barack Obama to perform a "surgical strike," helicopters descended out of the darkness into an affluent Pakistani neighborhood.

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 Hours after receiving the go-ahead to from President Barack Obama to perform a "surgical strike," helicopters descended out of the darkness into an affluent Pakistani neighborhood.

 

The U.S. personnel on board had been chosen for one of the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret, only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen.

 

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The location was a highly fortified compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad. The target was Osama bin Laden.

 

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drt said on Monday, May 2 at 11:20 AM

If you really dislike this country that much jjj - LEAVE!! You're insult to the people livve in this country and the people who defend it.

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jjj said on Monday, May 2 at 10:21 AM

B.S. I don't believe one word! Look at the source! Lame stream media puppets! False flag operation to distarct the collapse of the dollar and the fall of the usa. Bin laden was killed in 2002 then kept on ice. Has the United States goverment EVER told the truth on anything? EXACTLY!

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