Killing Bin Laden Operation Neptune Spear 2011
On May 2, 2011 a ten-year manhunt drew to a deadly end as the men of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (a.k.a. SEAL Team Six) closed in on their prey, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. Flown from Afghanistan by Army Special Operation...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK :
Osprey Publishing,
2014.
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| Series: | Raid (Oxford, England) ;
45. |
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Table of Contents:
- Origins. The making of Osama bin Laden ; A jihadist education ; The Muslim Brotherhood ; The lessons of Beirut and Afghanistan ; al-Qaeda : "the base" ; al-Qaeda's long-term strategic plan
- Initial strategy. A ten-year manhunt ; Key leads : mistaking the courier ; To raid or not : a matter of decision ; Watching the Abbottabad compound ; Complicating factors ; The options
- The plan. The McRaven model ; Tactical objectives ; The aerial plan ; The assault plan
- The raid. The "Infil" ; Chalk one down ; To the heart of the compound ; "Geronimo : EKIA" ; Identifying the body ; The "Exfil"
- Aftermath.
- Analysis. Relative superiority and the Spec Ops model ; Good intelligence and innovation.
