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Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shots that killed osama bin laden during the raid on his abbottabad compound on may 1, 2011. Will chesney, k9 handler from the navy seal team that killed osama bin laden, will be the keynote speaker at the fulshearkaty area chamber of commerce meeting on feb. In an exclusive interview, the former navy seal who killed usama bin laden, rob oneill, analyzed videos of the u. Navy seals book disputes official account of bin ladens. Navy seal who is widely credited as the man who killed osama bin laden, has revealed he bumped the games fiery hit red nation before the raid to kill the. Trump falsely claims his 2000 book demanded the killing of osama bin laden cnnpolitics after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi president donald. Us navy photo the man who claims he was the seal team 6 operator who shot osama bin laden in 2011 has written a new book, and his retelling of that. Osama bin laden book by navy seal reveals alqaeda leader unarmed and shot in doorway osama bin laden was unarmed when he was shot in the head as he peeked out of his bedroom, according to the. Sep 11, 2017 the former navy seal whose 2012 book included an account of the osama bin laden raid and is at the center of a lawsuit over millions in lost royalties now serves as an adviser on a cbstv. Top navy seal who oversaw the osama bin laden raid says. Navy seal from osama bin laden raid to speak at chamber of. Does navy seals new book suggest bin laden killing was a war. One former seal team 6 member with knowledge of the raid said in an interview on thursday that he believed the point. Nov 11, 2014 a former navy seal who contends he killed osama bin laden says he and other team members did not believe they would survive the raid on the terrorists compound.
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