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The killing of Osama Bin Laden

The US tracked down the man behind the 9/11 terror attacks to a city in northern Pakistan in 2011. He was killed by US special operations troops in a top secret night-time raid.

The US tracked down the al Qaeda leader to a city in northern Pakistan in May 2011. Special operations troops were sent to capture or kill bin Laden in a top secret raid in the dead of night. The Americans didn't tell their Pakistani allies about the raid beforehand. Gabriela Jones has been speaking to Nicholas Rasmussen who was in the White House situation room with President Barack Obama and US military chiefs as the raid took place.

Photo: Osama bin Laden. Credit:AFP/Getty Images

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