Mission 'kill Osama bin Laden' decoded!

Mission 'kill Osama bin Laden' decoded!




New Delhi: The US has finally downed its biggest target; Osama bin Laden is dead. The world’s most dreaded terrorist died with an American bullet in his head in the early hours of Monday in Abbottabad in Pakistan.

The death of the founder and leader of al Qaeda comes almost 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed about 3,000 people.

A targeted mission involving ground troops, deep inside Pakistan, only 35 miles from Islamabad. In a town which is said to have the highest concentration of military establishments anywhere in the country, without anyone in Pakistan in the know? How did the US achieve it? Here’s a look:

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How Osama was found

How Osama was found



How Osama was found US forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan's border, but in a million-dollar compound in an upscale suburb of Pakistan's capital, with his youngest wife, US officials said early on Monday.

They were led to the fortress-like three-storey building after more than four years tracking one of bin Laden's most trusted couriers, whom US officials said was identified by men captured after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

"Detainees also identified this man as one of the few al Qaeda couriers trusted by bin Laden. They indicated he might be living with or protected by bin Laden," a senior administration official said in a briefing for reporters.

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