AP Uncovers New Details About OBL Raid: ‘It Nearly Went Terribly Wrong’
- Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:49am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Those who planned the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong.
The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national outrage over the breach of Pakistani sovereignty would make it impossible to try again if the raid on bin Laden’s suspected redoubt came up dry.
Once the raiders reached their target, things started to go awry almost immediately, officials briefed on the operation said.
Adding exclusive new details to the account of the assault on bin Laden’s hideout, officials described just how the SEAL raiders loudly ditched a foundering helicopter right outside bin Laden’s door, ruining the plan for a surprise assault. That forced them to abandon plans to run a squeeze play on bin Laden – simultaneously entering the house stealthily from the roof and the ground floor.
Instead, they busted into the ground floor and began a floor-by-floor storming of the house, working up to the top level where they had assumed bin Laden – if he was in the house – would be.
They were right.
The raiders came face-to-face with bin Laden in a hallway outside his bedroom, and three of the Americans stormed in after him, U.S. officials briefed on the operation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a classified operation.
A mock-up of the compound released by the DoD.
U.S. officials believe Pakistani intelligence continues to support militants who attack U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and actively undermine U.S. intelligence operations to go after al-Qaida inside Pakistan. The level of distrust is such that keeping Pakistan in the dark was a major factor in planning the raid, and led to using the high-tech but sometimes unpredictable helicopter technology that nearly unhinged the mission.
Pakistan’s government has since condemned the action, and threatened to open fire if U.S. forces enter again.
On Monday, the two partners attempted to patch up relations, agreeing to pursue high-value targets jointly.
The decision to launch on that particular moonless night in May came largely because too many American officials had been briefed on the plan. U.S. officials feared if it leaked to the press, bin Laden would disappear for another decade.
U.S. special operations forces have made approximately four forays into Pakistani territory since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, though this one, some 90 miles inside Pakistan, was unlike any other, the officials say.
The job was given to a SEAL Team 6 unit, just back from Afghanistan, one official said. This elite branch of SEALs had been hunting bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan since 2001.
Five aircraft flew from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with three school-bus-size Chinook helicopters landing in a deserted area roughly two-thirds of the way to bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, two of the officials explained.
Aboard two Black Hawk helicopters were 23 SEALs, an interpreter and a tracking dog named Cairo. Nineteen SEALs would enter the compound, and three of them would find bin Laden, one official said, providing the exact numbers for the first time.
Aboard the Chinooks were two dozen more SEALs, as backup.
The Black Hawks were specially engineered to muffle the tail rotor and engine sound, two officials said. The added weight of the stealth technology meant cargo was calculated to the ounce, with weather factored in. The night of the mission, it was hotter than expected.
The Black Hawks were to drop the SEALs and depart in less than two minutes, in hopes locals would assume they were Pakistani aircraft visiting the nearby military academy.
One Black Hawk was to hover above the compound, with SEALs sliding down ropes into the open courtyard.
The second was to hover above the roof to drop SEALs there, then land more SEALs outside – plus an interpreter and the dog, who would track anyone who tried to escape and to alert SEALs to any approaching Pakistani security forces.
If troops appeared, the plan was to hunker down in the compound, avoiding armed confrontation with the Pakistanis while officials in Washington negotiated their passage out.
The two SEAL teams inside would work toward each other, in a simultaneous attack from above and below, their weapons silenced, guaranteeing surprise, one of the officials said. They would have stormed the building in a matter of minutes, as they’d done time and again in two training models of the compound.
The plan unraveled as the first helicopter tried to hover over the compound. The Black Hawk skittered around uncontrollably in the heat-thinned air, forcing the pilot to land. As he did, the tail and rotor got caught on one of the compound’s 12-foot walls. The pilot quickly buried the aircraft’s nose in the dirt to keep it from tipping over, and the SEALs clambered out into an outer courtyard.
The other aircraft did not even attempt hovering, landing its SEALs outside the compound.
Now, the raiders were outside, and they’d lost the element of surprise.
They had trained for this, and started blowing their way in with explosives, through walls and doors, working their way up the three-level house from the bottom.
They had to blow their way through barriers at each stair landing, firing back, as one of the men in the house fired at them.
They shot three men as well as one woman, whom U.S. officials have said lunged at the SEALs.
Small knots of children were on every level, including the balcony of bin Laden’s room.
As three of the SEALs reached the top of the steps on the third floor, they saw bin Laden standing at the end of the hall. The Americans recognized him instantly, the officials said.
Bin Laden also saw them, dimly outlined in the dark house, and ducked into his room.
The three SEALs assumed he was going for a weapon, and one by one they rushed after him through the door, one official described.
Two women were in front of bin Laden, yelling and trying to protect him, two officials said. The first SEAL grabbed the two women and shoved them away, fearing they might be wearing suicide bomb vests, they said.
The SEAL behind him opened fire at bin Laden, putting one bullet in his chest, and one in his head.
It was over in a matter of seconds.
Back at the White House Situation Room, word was relayed that bin Laden had been found, signaled by the code word “Geronimo.” That was not bin Laden’s code name, but rather a representation of the letter “G.” Each step of the mission was labeled alphabetically, and “Geronimo” meant that the raiders had reached step “G,” the killing or capture of bin Laden, two officials said.
As the SEALs began photographing the body for identification, the raiders found an AK-47 rifle and a Russian-made Makarov pistol on a shelf by the door they’d just run through. Bin Laden hadn’t touched them.
They were among a handful of weapons that were removed to be inventoried.
It took approximately 15 minutes to reach bin Laden, one official said. The next 23 or so were spent blowing up the broken chopper, after rounding up nine women and 18 children to get them out of range of the blast.
One of the waiting Chinooks flew in to pick up bin Laden’s body, the raiders from the broken aircraft and the weapons, documents and other materials seized at the site.
The helicopters flew back to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and the body was flown to a waiting U.S. Navy ship for bin Laden’s burial at sea, ensuring no shrine would spring up around his grave.
When the SEAL team met President Barack Obama, he did not ask who shot bin Laden. He simply thanked each member of the team, two officials said.
In a few weeks, the team that killed bin Laden will go back to training, and in a couple months, back to work overseas.
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Comments (111)
Contrarian51
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:24pmWhoever keeps leaking this information, especially the confirmation of which special forces units were involved, ought to be locked up in solitary for the rest of their lives. Has there ever before been an administration that is this full of people who can’t wait for their chance to prove they “know” something secret? It’s almost like a grade school bragging competition.
Non-stop apology tours, butt-kissing our enemies, throwing our allies under the bus, and now this.
Who in their right mind can continue to support or defend this band of idiots?
Report Post »patriotwoman
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:17pmThis is what, version #257, of this story? I bet the SEALs wish the “media” would just shut up about this mission and go back to sleep like they always do.
Report Post »Trying to Remain Calm
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:07pmRight on ragtop!!!
Report Post »Remember how Obama would have Homeland Security put out those terror alerts every time he was tanking in the polls……
What? That was Bush?
Nevermind.
Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:51pmoof
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:06pmI still do not understand why so much information is being released that should not be released?
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:06pmToo bad seal team # 6 did not whack the real enemy of the United States of America.
Report Post »BornTwice
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:02pmThe More I Hear, The More I Read, The More Questions I Have……I Would Hate To Have Been The One Who Actually Killed OBL,,, He Is In A Spot With The Attorney General,,,, Did Not Read OBL His Rights And THat Was Att General Holder’s Commands When He Took Over,,, That All Persons Arrested Or Taken On The Battlefield Would Be Morandized…. Sad For The Team That Had To Carry Out The Operations…..Now They Need Lawyers,,, As Don King Says,,,,, OnlyInAmerica
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:26pmThis is to many ideas in a single place, you need to make wider sentances
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:01pmIt’s so hard to tell the truth from the propaganda any more.
Did the Seals not consider the possibility of high temperatures?
This was almost a repeat of Jimmy’s failed raid in Iran. If UBL and the Al Queda was half as good as advertized, that whole raid could have ended up like the Bay of Pigs.
Just goes to show that plans don’t always work out.
Thank God for the Seals.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:47pmIf the story is true then, the planning to the Nth degree shows that you have no room for errors. And not taking into account for temps means that they did not have human intel with a handheld weather station to relay information back to OPs. On top of that it could be that the “Stealth” features degraded the lift capacity in the higher temperatures of which was unknown.
And the mission would have planned for that but not in a way that would be known but these men train and train and train. Having to change operational methods on scene is what they train for. Since no SoCom operator was killed is proof that we are just as good as the Israeli IDF in bringing specialized power to bear on a specific target outside the boundaries of known operations.
Report Post »jdog777
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:54pm“Bin Laden is NOT a trophy” Barack Obama. It is starting to feel like a trophy.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:51pmSo who manufactured the helicopter? How much did it cost the tax payers? And what is being done to hold them responsible for it’s malfunction? I seems this is the time to deal with this issue before it happens again!!!
Report Post »CWW
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:50pmI saw the Discovery Channel program Killing bin Laden….
It was this story word for word. All spin for the Obama Administration.
Report Post »Stark Industries
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:41pmHaven’t seen the photo yet have you? :)
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:35pmKill more of them please. They want to be with the vigrins any way so who cares. They respect force and only force.
Report Post »ILUVAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:33pmAll this is
Report Post »LIES!!! LIES!!! ALL LIES!!!
And if you believe it you deserve OBAMA
riseandshine
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:29pmI don’t believe any of it…If it happened, it doesn’t matter…..if it didn’t happen…no surprise
Report Post »JohnBirch
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:33pmThe chicken littles are wringing their hands: Oh no, it almost went wrong!…….
Report Post »While the warriors are saying: Good Op! everybody came back alive that was suposed to and handled the unexpected with their extensive training.
Semper Fi
Trying to Remain Calm
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:36pmI thought that the Marines did not like the Navy. And this was a Navy operation.
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:10pmI heard there was Army and Marines on helicopters as a joint operation supported from airforcers too
Report Post »Trying to Remain Calm
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:42pmI haven’t heard of Army or Marine involvement, but who knows.
Report Post »The boots on the ground were definitely Naval Special Warfare Development Group personnel and the chief strategist was Vice-Admiral William H. McRaven.
EQUALIZER
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:27pmFirst Bin Laden, then Paki’s nukes. Shut your mouths China!
Report Post »Buydebook59
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:20pmThe SEALs had done the “what ifs” you can count on that. They knew that Mr. Murphy would always be along for the ride. That‘s why they’re the best.
Report Post »40 Ford Ragtop
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:17pmThis will be re-used whenever poll numbers waver for Obama
These people know how to manipulate, nudge, and massage public opinion
Report Post »saranda
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:17pmBecause GWB, Cheney and Rove never used the terrorist alert increases whenever polls slipped. Take off the rose colored glasses and try to see things with a more open mind.
Report Post »Trying to Remain Calm
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:31pmSorry Ragtop. This was supposed to go here.
Right on ragtop!!!
Report Post »Remember how Obama would have Homeland Security put out those terror alerts every time he was tanking in the polls……
What? That was Bush?
Nevermind.
1stAdmendment
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:17pmSorry thank god our seals did Not get hurt! God bless them!!!
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:15pmGod Bless our SEALS, and let us ALL Vote this Non Presidential Pretender OUT.
Report Post »1stAdmendment
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:13pmYeh, it’s all little details, bottom line Osama bin laden is dead!! And thank god that our seal did get hurt! God bless them!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:03pmDon’t mean to sound conspiratorial, but what proof do we have that OBL is dead? What proof do we have they even killed OBL? They could have killed anyone, dumped them in the ocean, if that even happened. Old DNA could have been compared to old DNA. How would we know?
Report Post »How do we know this wasn’t done to make BHO look good.
No body, stories from a proven liar, though I can’t say the rest of the people are liars, BUT they are a part of his administration. Just sayin’
papa2thdoc
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:12pmProbably not as easy as it looks in the movies.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:53pmCorrect. No battle plan ever survided contact with the enemy………….everything is on the fly after you land……….trust me……..been there done that; A toast to ‘chargin charlie beckworth’….father of the delta force and former commander of trhe 2/327 Inf……..“No slack”…..
Report Post »emertz8413
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:10pmOMG – I CAN’T stand anymore of this, anything to make this Prez look good… Throwing up
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:51pmSeal Team 6 getting too much praise……..making the 44th look too insignificant……need to minimize those seals!!!
Report Post »cranes
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:08pmSTOP and I repeat STOP sending Pakistan any more money!
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:22pmPakistan’s government has since condemned the action, and threatened to open fire if U.S. forces enter again.
So, tell me again why we give money to Afghanistan?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:43pmWhy we keep releasing vital infos about this mission as if it was the last mission for our military .
Report Post »Why don’t we also release their names with their SS# & address & their facebook accounts & twitter & where they like to hang out & what hobbies they like .
Seal everything about the SEALS for their own safety & the safety of future missions .
GEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CalvinandHobbes
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:44pmI absolutely AGREE!!!! Stop sending unfriendly countries millions of dollars!
Report Post »ILUVAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:07pmThe REAL NEWS
Report Post »10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
While You Were Sleeping, They Abolished the Fourth Amendment
TSA Responds To Texas: Resistance is Futile
New Eco-fascist Light Bulbs to Cost $50 Each
http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:38pmAlready seen these.
Report Post »ILUVAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:42pmMaybe you did
Report Post »But others have not
Wht not bring these important matters to others attention?
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:11pm@I Luv America:
I have been trying to, the Blaze and other sights keep dropping the posts about them I have made and several other matters.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:15pmAdvertising for Alex Jones huh!
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:08pmWhen clicking that I get a hole different blaze on my computer and have to start over
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:58amThere are going to beat this horse until it dies.
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:04pmAre you saying you will not be buying an Obama seal team 6 action figure?
Report Post »anutter
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:05pmNo kidding. Before, it was said they did everything right. Anymore twists and turns on this story?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:15pmSEAL Team 6…The BEST of the Best…Thanks for Serving our Country!!
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:18pmIt is truly amazing this raid was not known about before hand with the seive this administration has become since the raid! Of course it should come as no surprise that information is being slowly leaked tho. “It’s not like us“ to ”spike the ball” but we will pull a slow motion touchdown by slowly letting out information over a long period of time to help Obama’s poll numbers. How pathetic! As Glenn has asked, “where is the next George Washington?”.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:19pmThis is far too much detail. This administration doesn’t give a crap about the security of our armed forces.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:25pmThe Administration giving online commando training? The details of this or any operation, I do not believe, should be made public.
Report Post »ILUVAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:37pmLIES!! LIES!! ALL LIES!!!
Report Post »The REAL NEWS
10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
While You Were Sleeping, They Abolished the Fourth Amendment
TSA Responds To Texas: Resistance is Futile
New Eco-fascist Light Bulbs to Cost $50 Each
http://www.prisonplanet.com/
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:38pm@Let us Prey:
Yes they will beat the horse beyond all manner of reason. For some illogical mannerism, some folks of the liberal press and administration do not understand that a mission like this has a high risk of anything going wrong…in spades at that. We still got Bin Lauden, so what now needs to be done is to stop covering the story, leave the SEAL’s alone, and get back to the stories that matter.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 12:50pmAnd they are NOT going to release the photo’s …….
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Right up until election time.
thepatriotic1
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:08pmIs anyone else deeply disturbed that these kinds of detailed operational procedures are being made public? Whoever provided this information just endangered any special operations troops on any future black missions. There must be a public outcry to demand this person be named and if any laws were broken, be prosecuted. Am I wrong?
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:09pmBecause of the Grand-Standing-Narcissist-In-Chief, too much info about America’s SEALs and how they operate is now in the hands of our enemies.
In his all about him world, the pretender-in-chief has no clue about, or care about, when to keep his mouth shut. The pseudo-potus has placed America‘s Heroes and Their Families and America in harm’s way.
Contact the White House, America! Tell the narcissist-in-chief to Shut-Up and Sit-Down!
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:12pmyes they will and its something that should not be “aired” Im surprised someone hasn stepped up from the military and said enough stop talking about it you are putting lives at risk. The media is “uncovering” too much info on this operation, its a leak coming from a directive IMO from the White House. There was a time when SEALs weren’t even acknowledged along with Delta now they talk about them daily.
That said get ready to hear about Tier1 which is the cream of those elite crops. Heck while the media is at it why not just find out operators names and families addresses and post them for the world to see! Ridiculous, all this talk must end.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:18pmOnce again, NO MORE MONEY TO THEM. Maybe even tell them that they can return ALL the money that they have already received.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:35pmThat is why the SEAL’s are so great .. even when things went “wrong” they completed the mission.
It’s not like Obama parachuted in to help .. AP.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:36pm……
Is this version O.5 or O.6
Every day there’s another revelation.
Report Post »I’m not buying.
William113
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:49pmAnother BS story by jewish Jonathon
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:52pmIf they knew anything about combat they would know that every operation goes nearly incredibly wrong as soon as the first shot is fired!
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 1:57pmHa ha ha. If it had gone horribly wrong then the Obama government would have looked really as bad as they deserve to and would have killed our SEALS AND would lose the election SO THERE OBAMA!
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:21pmThe white house political operatives are going to keep leaking tidbits through election time. Eventually we will know what the names of the U.S. soldiers are including their home states. This presidency is the most corrupt in our history.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:40pm@anutter — They did do everything right. They got their prey; who cares if it was ugly or pretty.
BZ! Gentlemen of the Team and support! BZ!
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:36pm@pajamash:
And there is a story out on the internet about the events leading up to the decision leading up to the raid. I found it on Pat Dollard website.
http://patdollard.com/2011/05/obama-hesitated-%E2%80%93-panetta-issued-order-to-kill-osama-bin-laden/
I wonder if we will hear more about this story anytime soon…
Report Post »muhamadhater
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:26pmIm Glad there on our side!! But want 2 give a shout out 2 ALL militaries all branches from the grunt up, u all desrve the respect that is giving to Seal Team 6 as u are all hero’s defending our country and reaching out 2 others!!! Thank u all and God Bless u!!! and best wishes ALWAYS 2 U AND YOUR FAMILIES, as they are serving too!!
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:58pmThe leakers in this administration should be punished! No WAY should all these operational details be public knowledge. As much as I admire the men who brilliantly and bravely executed this raid, I detest the dirtbags who WON’T SHUT THEIR PIE HOLES! I want them to do time behind bars. Can ANY elected official make that happen please?
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:25pmI wonder how many “I”s would there have been in Obama‘s speech if he’d had to make an announcement about the mission’s failure?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:51pmGood thing OBL was already dead otherwise he might have escaped.
Report Post »ebill
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:17pmThank God we have a Military ready and willing to risk their lives for our freedom and safety. The SEALs take pride in knowing they completed their mission successfully. We should not be learning this level of details. Thank the SEALs and our Military Leaders for the real work. The planning and execution of the mission.
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