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Operation Neptune Spear

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Operation Neptune Spear was the United States raid on 2 May 2011 in which Navy SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Approximately 79 commandos, flown in by helicopters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, assaulted the compound in a raid lasting roughly 40 minutes, ending a decade-long manhunt. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Operation Type
Special-forces raid (targeted killing) 1
Start Date
2011-05-02 1
End Date
2011-05-02 1
Location
Bin Laden compound, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 1
Participants
U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU), 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, CIA Special Activities Division 1
Objective
Locate and kill Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda and organizer of the September 11 attacks 1
Outcome
Osama bin Laden was killed along with four others; one U.S. helicopter was lost in a hard landing without casualties; bin Laden's body was buried at sea 1
Operation Type
Operation Type (category)
Special-Forces Operation 1
Connections

Associated With

War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Wars

Operation Neptune Spear, the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, grew out of the same War on Terror campaign as the War in Afghanistan

Source Wikipedia: Operation Neptune Spear

Commanders and Forces

United States Navy, Armed Forces and Units

Operation Neptune Spear was carried out by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six

Source Wikipedia: Operation Neptune Spear
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Pakistan

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Source Wikipedia: Operation Neptune SpearLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 4
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
On May 2, 2011, the United States conducted Operation Neptune Spear, in which SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden at his "Waziristan Haveli" in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Operation Neptune Spear
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Approved by American president Barack Obama and involving two dozen Navy SEALs in two Black Hawk helicopters, Operation Neptune Spear was launched from about 120 miles (190 km) away, near the Afghan city of Jalalabad.
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