a écrit le 3 mai 2011 à 11h22 The assault force of Navy SEALs snatched a trove of computer drives and disks during their weekend raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, yielding what a U.S. official called “the mother lode of intelligence.â€
The special operations forces grabbed personal computers, thumb drives and electronic equipment during the lightning raid that killed bin Laden. Can you imagine what’s on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive?
The SEALs took fire on their way to the compound’s third floor, where bin Laden had been sleeping. The encounter with bin Laden lasted only seconds, and ended with a kill shot to his face.
The team’s photos of bin Laden are gruesome, there are also images of bin Laden in a white shroud before his burial at sea.
The raid was not supposed to last more than 30 minutes. The forces finished in 38 minutes, even though they lost one of their choppers and had to go to a back-up plan.
Four helicopters were used in the raid. Two went in, and two were in reserve.
Hovering above the compound on the way in, one of the choppers developed a mechanical problem that caused it to lose lift. The pilot made a controlled landing, when he couldn’t get the bird airborne again, the SEALs blew it up and left in one of the reserves.
Officials described the reaction of the special operators when they were told a number of weeks ago that they had been chosen to train for the mission.
“They were told, ‘We think we found Osama bin Laden, and your job is to kill him,’†an official recalled.
The SEALs started to cheer.
Radioing a commander on Sunday, Team Six reported the capture with a pre-arranged signal: “Geronimo!â€
Have a good day y'all....
The special operations forces grabbed personal computers, thumb drives and electronic equipment during the lightning raid that killed bin Laden. Can you imagine what’s on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive?
The SEALs took fire on their way to the compound’s third floor, where bin Laden had been sleeping. The encounter with bin Laden lasted only seconds, and ended with a kill shot to his face.
The team’s photos of bin Laden are gruesome, there are also images of bin Laden in a white shroud before his burial at sea.
The raid was not supposed to last more than 30 minutes. The forces finished in 38 minutes, even though they lost one of their choppers and had to go to a back-up plan.
Four helicopters were used in the raid. Two went in, and two were in reserve.
Hovering above the compound on the way in, one of the choppers developed a mechanical problem that caused it to lose lift. The pilot made a controlled landing, when he couldn’t get the bird airborne again, the SEALs blew it up and left in one of the reserves.
Officials described the reaction of the special operators when they were told a number of weeks ago that they had been chosen to train for the mission.
“They were told, ‘We think we found Osama bin Laden, and your job is to kill him,’†an official recalled.
The SEALs started to cheer.
Radioing a commander on Sunday, Team Six reported the capture with a pre-arranged signal: “Geronimo!â€
Have a good day y'all....
