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" Killing Bin Laden : "
Peter F. Panzeri, Jr.
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BL
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566245
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GBB383069b395464
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| Main Entry
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Panzeri, Peter F.
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Killing Bin Laden : : Operation Neptune Spear 2011 /\ Peter F. Panzeri, Jr.
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| Series Statement
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Raid ;; 45
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80 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm.
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9781472804082 (print)
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9781472804105 (PDF ebook)
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9781472804099
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-79) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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 Operations Commands 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and evading detection by the Pakistani military, two US helicopters flew towards the compound where they believed Bin Laden to be. Forty minutes later one helicopter had crashed and five people were dead, including the al-Qaeda leader. In this book the story of the raid is told, from start to finish, using specially commissioned full-colour artwork, photographs, and maps. The operation, codenamed Neptune Spear, is expertly analyzed and the events are told in a concise and clear account of its build-up, execution, and aftermath, demonstrating the skill and courage of the men who carried it out.
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Bin Laden, Osama,1957-2011-- Assassination.
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Bin Laden, Osama,1957-2011
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United States.-- History-- 21st century.
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United States.
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United States.
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Special operations (Military science)-- Pakistan.
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Special operations (Military science)-- United States.
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Assassination.
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Special operations (Military science)
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Pakistan.
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| Dewey Classification
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359.984
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958.104/7092B
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HV6430.B55P36 2014
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