Research Paper On The Assassination Of Osama Bin Laden

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The assassination of Osama bin Laden. Intro Osama bin Laden was a known leader of the infamous terrorist organization “Al-Qaeda”. Al-Qaeda’s goal was to liberate the Middle East from Western control. They gained notoriety and the attention of the U.S. government after three of their major attacks: the most famous one being 9/11 which killed nearly 3000 people (State.gov), the bombing of 2 major U.S. embassies, and finally the attack on the failaka island marine training base. Most of their attacks involve explosives and hit-run tactics (guerrilla warfare). Operation Neptune spear Two Blackhawk AH-60 helicopters took off from a military base in Afghanistan and landed in Pakistan to raid the suspected compound. The 2 helicopters had 23 navy seals