Navy SEALS Kill Osama Bin Laden

US naval special forces commandos are called SEALs, referring to their ability to operate at SEa, in the Air and on Land.   Yesterday Navy SEALs were called upon to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden who was hiding in a mansion in Abbottabad, a garrison city of 100,000 about 65 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan.  In an operation reported to be carried out by 20-25 Navy SEALs, Bin Laden was killed after a forty minute firefight.  Bin Laden’s body was subsequently buried at sea from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.

Osama Bin Laden Killed By Navy SEALs in Firefight

Osama Bin Laden was killed not by a drone strike, but up close during a firefight with U.S. troops Sunday. He was not living in a cave when he died, but in a million-dollar mansion with twelve-foot walls less than 100 miles from the Pakistani capital.

According to U.S. officials, two U.S. helicopters flew in low from Afghanistan and swept into the compound late Sunday night Pakistan time, or Sunday afternoon Washington time. Twenty to 25 U.S. Navy SEALs under the command of the Joint Special Operations Command in cooperation with the CIA stormed the compound and engaged Bin Laden and his men in a firefight, and killed Bin Laden and all those with him.

The Secret Team That Killed bin Laden






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  1. Show Your Gratitude…send the Navy SEALs a postcard:
    Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
    Place page
    3300 North Highway A1a
    Fort Pierce, FL 34949-8520

    Though working in secret & seeking no glory, they richly deserve our thanks—so let’s give it to them. It would be so awesome to build a mountain of thank you cards from their fellow Americans (and people from all nations). Please take a moment to write two little words that could mean so much. Tell our finest ‘”thank you.”

    More on SEAL history
    http://www.navysealmuseum.com/

    And please pass this on to anyone you know who is grateful for what the SEALs have done in the War on Terror and who would take the time to say thanks.

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  5. To our Military,we love you,we thank you,we pray for you…As always..Well Done. Take Care..