Thursday, May 05, 2011

US Team's Mission Was To Kill, Not Capture Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden Dead

First Posted: 05/ 2/11 08:25 AM ET
Updated: 05/ 2/11 04:07 PM ET
Courtesy Of "The Huffington Post"


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al Qaeda mastermind, not capture him, a U.S. national security official told Reuters.
"This was a kill operation," the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan. (Reporting by Mark Hosenball, writing by Matt Spetalnick)
Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters. 

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