Military Operations
Operation Neptune Spear
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Operation Neptune Spear was the United States raid on 2 May 2011 in which Navy SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Approximately 79 commandos, flown in by helicopters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, assaulted the compound in a raid lasting roughly 40 minutes, ending a decade-long manhunt.
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Operation TypeSpecial-forces raid (targeted killing) 1 LocationBin Laden compound, Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 1 ParticipantsU.S. Navy SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU), 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, CIA Special Activities Division 1 ObjectiveLocate and kill Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda and organizer of the September 11 attacks 1 OutcomeOsama bin Laden was killed along with four others; one U.S. helicopter was lost in a hard landing without casualties; bin Laden's body was buried at sea 1 Sources
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