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Shortly before the first printing of my book the finish last year, one of the navy seals who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden published his own account. A new firsthand account of the navy seals raid that killed osama bin laden raises questions about whether the leader of al qaeda posed a clear threat to the commandos who fired on him. Navy seal matt bissonnette, who wrote under the name mark owen, gained widespread attention because of his firsthand account of how he and other members of seal team six killed osama bin laden. Osama bin laden killing book by seal team six member. Seal who killed bin laden details the mission in new book. Navy seal to release book on bin laden raid, publishing. Navy seal involved in osama bin laden raid to release book. Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shots that killed osama bin laden during the raid on his abbottabad compound on may 1, 2011. Pentagon says navy seal, author of bin laden book, in. On may 1st, news of osama bin laden s death spread across the globe.
The new book by former navy seal matt bissonnette, published under the pseudonym mark owen, has some eyeopening, sometimes amusing details. Us navy seal who wrote unauthorised book about osama bin. Former navy seal robert oneill claims fired the shot that killed osama bin laden. New book details seals raid that killed osama bin laden richard miniter on the new book detailing the night al qaeda s chief diedand the headaches it could cause obama.
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