The next day, a DNA test confirmed that the body was indeed that of Osama bin Laden. – Osama bin Laden’s body is buried at sea within 24 hours to comply with Islamic law. – President Obama addresses the nation about the raid.ġ2:59 a.m. – President Obama receives further intelligence information that the body killed in the raid is likely that of bin Laden.ġ1:35 p.m. – The choppers with SEAL team members return to Afghanistan.ħ:01 p.m. – A backup helicopter scoops up remaining team members and leaves the area.ĥ:53 p.m. – The team destroys the chopper that crashed.Ĥ:10 p.m. – The first helicopter exits the compound.Ĥ:08 p.m. – The team locates and retrieves multiple items from the compound for intelligence investigation.Ĥ:05 p.m. – SEAL team members move bin Laden’s body to the first floor of the compound and place it in a body bag.ģ:39 p.m.-4:10 p.m. – President Obama receives preliminary word that bin Laden is identified and dead.ģ:55 p.m. Sometime during the operation, three other men (including one of bin Laden’s sons) and a woman in the compound are also killed.ģ:53 p.m. – Osama bin Laden is located on the third floor of the compound and is shot in the head, above the left eye. The mission continues, uninterrupted.ģ:39 p.m. One helicopter crashes, but there are no injuries. – The choppers land on the compound in Abbottabad. – Stealth Black Hawk helicopters take off from Afghanistan, carrying a group of 25 Navy SEALs.ģ:30 p.m. – President Obama, along with other top officials, formally approve the execution of Operation Neptune Spear.ġ:51 p.m. The actual mission, dubbed Operation Neptune Spear, officially started in the early-morning hours of May 2, Pakistan time (afternoon of May 1, Eastern Daylight Time).ġ:25 p.m. Operation Neptune Spear begins on May 2, 2011. The team began intense training for the operation, which included practicing in a life-sized replica of the compound. On April 29, 2011, President Barack Obama authorized a small special operations team, known as SEAL Team Six, to carry out a raid on the compound. SEAL Team Six starts training for the raid in a replica of the compound. The compound’s unusual and extensive security features, along with further intelligence information, prompted suspicion that the residence was Osama bin Laden’s hideout.Īerial view of Osama bin Laden's compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, made by the CIA. intelligence officials discovered the name of one of bin Laden’s closest couriers, whom they speculated may have been involved in supporting or harboring the terrorist.īy late 2010, analysts were able to link the courier to a large, highly-secured compound in Abbottabad, a town about 35 miles north of Islamabad. Intelligence linked a courier to a large compound in Pakistan.Īround 2007, U.S. Ultimately, bin Laden was found and killed within nine minutes, and SEAL Team Six was credited with carrying out a nearly flawless mission.Īlmost 10 years after 9/11, here's what led to the death of Osama bin Laden. The entire operation, which lasted only 40 minutes from start to finish, was the culmination of years of calculated planning and training. Special Forces raided an al-Qaeda compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed the world’s most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. A man reads the front page of a newspaper featuring the news that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead deep inside Pakistan in a night-time helicopter raid by US covert forces, ending a decade-long manhunt for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
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