may 2, 2011 - death of osama bin laden
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After several months of gathering intelligence, it was decided that a mission could be carried out to either capture or kill bin Laden. Operation Neptune Spear was conducted on 2nd May 2011 by a team of 79 Navy SEAL commandos after the go-ahead was given by Barack Obama. A complex raid on the compound was carried out with SEALs approaching from all sides and from a helicopter hovering above the roof. The team was met with some resistance, but overcame the al-Qaeda operatives defending the building. After four others were killed (including the courier), the SEAL team discovered bin-Laden inside the house in his sleeping quarters. After a short confrontation, he was shot once in the chest and again above the eye.
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