How Bin Laden Met His End

Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Mon, 05/02/2011 - 8:49pm

Targeting the Al Qaeda leader with a missile strike wasn't enough. President Obama needed proof he was dead — and a much bolder plan.The nail-biting moment, the period when absolute disaster loomed, came at the very start.

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Topics:  al qaeda   president obama   
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