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September 2010 - The CIA informs President Barack Obama that bin Laden may be living in the Abbottabad compound. They base this on the size and price tag of the compound as well as the elaborate security.
March 14, 2011 - President Obama chairs the first of five National Security Council meetings to discuss an operation to raid bin Laden's compound and killing or capturing bin Laden.
March 29, 2011 - Second National Security meeting.
April 12, 2011 - Third meeting.
April 19, 2011 - Fourth meeting.
April 28, 2011 - Last of the National Security Council meetings on the bin Laden raid.
April 29, 2011 - At 8:20 a.m. EDT, President Obama gives the order to raid bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
NINE MONTHS LATER!
May 2, 2011 - In the early morning hours (approximately mid-afternoon on May 1 in the United States), a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
- They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters.
- The operation takes 40 minutes total.
- US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three-story building where bin Laden lived.
- The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the bin Laden family lives.
- In the last 5-10 minutes of the firefight, bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head, above the left eye.
- Three men, including a son of bin Laden, are killed as well as one woman.
- Bin Laden's body is identified by one of his wives. Facial recognition is used also.
May 2, 2011 - Osama bin Laden is buried at sea off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea.
- He is buried within 24 hours according to Islamic law.
- The hour-long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law.
May 2, 2011 - A DNA test is done on a sample from the body, confirming that it is bin Laden.
May 3, 2011 - Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid "lawful, legitimate and appropriate in every way."
https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/world/death-of...index.html