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SEAL helmet cams recorded entire bin Laden raid
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 12, 2011 07:21pm |
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| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Friday, May 13, 2011 01:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | More accurate version of what happened includes details that bin Laden first emerged on third floor, retreated to bedroom after shot fired
By David Martin
(CBS News)
WASHINGTON - A new picture emerged Thursday of what really happened the night the Navy SEALs swooped in on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports the 40 minutes it took to kill bin Laden and scoop his archives into garbage bags were all recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 SEALs.
Officials reviewing those videos are still reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. We now know that the only firefight took place in the guest house, where one of bin Laden's couriers opened fire and was quickly gunned down. No one in the main building got off a shot or was even armed, although there were weapons nearby.
Special Report: The Killing of Osama bin Laden
The SEALs first saw bin Laden when he came out on the third floor landing. They fired, but missed. He retreated to his bedroom, and the first SEAL through the door grabbed bin Laden's daughters and pulled them aside.
When the second SEAL entered, bin Laden's wife rushed forward at him -- or perhaps was pushed by bin Laden. The SEAL shoved her aside and shot bin Laden in the chest. A third seal shot him in the head.
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee went to CIA headquarters Thursday to view photos the SEALs took of bin Laden's body. |
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