Contemporary · South Asia · War
2011
Bin Laden killed in Abbottabad
May 2, 2011
Two stealth helicopters carrying Navy SEALs descended on a high-walled compound near Pakistan's premier military academy. Within forty minutes Osama bin Laden was dead, his body bagged for a sea burial. President Obama announced it after midnight. Crowds gathered outside the White House to chant USA into the spring air.
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