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According to panetta, this is what happened once the navy seals entered bin laden s home on may 2, 2011. The reports of bin laden s death on may 2, 2011, are not universally accepted despite unreleased dna testing confirming his identity, bin laden s twelveyearold daughter witnessing his death, and a may 6, 2011, alqaeda statement confirming his death. Osama bin laden killing book by seal team six member raises. The white house press corps was told in a briefing shortly after obamas announcement that the death of bin laden was the culmination of years of careful and highly advanced intelligence work that focused on tracking a group of couriers, including one who was known to be close to bin laden. Following the successful raid of his compound which resulted in his death, the body of osama bin laden was quickly flown by helicopter to the aircraft carrier uss carl vinson. Osama bin laden with one of his sons in 2001 the same year the 911 attacks were carried out credit. Jul 27, 2019 on this day in 2011, osama bin laden, the mastermind behind the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the united states, is killed by u. This was the first tv interview osama usama bin laden permitted. With access to key sources, bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.