More details are leaking out about the operation that resulted in bin Laden’s death. The elite Navy SEALS Team Six practiced in a mock-up facility modeled on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The operation took eight months of planning and preparation. Only when the 20-25 members of Navy SEALS Team Six were in the air headed for Abbottabad were they told their target was Osama bin Laden. Something always goes wrong on these operations. One of the helicopters lost altitude and clipped its rear rotor on one of bin Laden’s 20 foot concrete walls. The chopper was forced to land and the second helicopter (with the SEALS who were supposed to rappel down) landed, too. A fire-fight broke out and the SEALS had to fight their way up to the third floor where bin Laden was waiting. One of the SEALS shot bin Laden’s youngest wife in the leg and then shot bin Laden twice in the head. The SEALS collected intel and computers and then the helicopters took them with bin Laden’s body to USS Carl Vinson in the North Arabian Sea. More photos and details will be released. Books will be written. We’ll see some movies of this operation next year. But for now, we should all thank the brave men who succeeded in closing a chapter of our war on terror.
And so glad we didn’t have to resort to something more extreme. A smart way to handle it even with a few missteps.
Barack had the option of having a B-2 Stealth bomber drop a 5000 lb. bomb on the compound, Patti. And, there was always the cruise missile option. But going with the Navy SEALs was the right decision.
This takedown was impressive no matter how you look at it. The team’s photo should be in the dictionary illustrating the word “hero.”
God Bless America!
I totally agree with you, Beth. The world is a safer place today because of the successful Navy SEAL mission!
I’m amazed (though I suppose I shouldn’t be) at the people who insist that the whole thing is a fake.
Conspiracy theorists abound, Rick. They still think Elvis is alive.
Is it too late for me to train to be a SEAL ?
You can always write a novel about the Navy SEALs, Dan. Jackie Meyerson would read it.
According to the news, we got a huge haul of records, hard drives, and other forms of intelligence. In the long run, that could be very useful.
I’m sure SPECIAL FORCES operations are underway based on those records and hard drive data, Drongo. The war against terrorism continues…
@ Dan – maybe. Can you balance a striped ball on your nose and catch fish in your mouth?
Or rappel out of a helicopter…
Yes, Jackie was way ahead of the curve on this one.
Elvis is dead?
Jackie’s Navy SEALs are Barack’s “go-to” guys when there’s a crisis, Jeff.