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WASHINGTON, Feb 11: There was (Osama) Bin Laden standing there. He had his hands on a womans shoulders, pushing her ahead, not exactly towards me but by me, in the direction of the hallway commotion, says the man who killed the Al Qaeda chief.
In this first ever interview to the media, the US Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden shares the details of the operation with the Esquire magazine, telling interviewer Phil Bronstein how the raid had affected his life.
Fearing a possible terrorist reprisal, his wife left him and he has been unemployed since he retired from the Navy in September, 2012.
The woman Bin Laden was using as a shield, the Navy SEAL explained, was his youngest wife, Amal.
When the Team6, which killed the Al-Qaeda chief, arrived at Bin Ladens compound in Abbottabad on May 1, it was coal-dark and they could hear Bin Laden and other residents but could not see them without their night-scopes.
Bin Laden looked confused and was way taller than I was expecting, said the shooter. He had a cap on and didnt appear to be hit. I cant tell you 100 per cent, but he was standing and moving. He was holding her in front of him. Maybe as a shield, I dont know, he said.
For me, it was a snapshot of a target ID, definitely him. Even in our kill houses where we train, there are targets with his face on them. This was repetition and muscle memory. Thats him, boom, done.
Bin Laden was skinny, tall and had a short beard. He was wearing a white headgear, which showed his almost shaved head. I remember all that registering. I was amazed how tall he was, taller than all of us, and it didnt seem like he would be, because all those guys were always smaller than you think, said the shooter.
Im just looking at him from right here [he moves his hand out from his face about 10 inches]. Hes got a gun on a shelf right there, the short AK hes famous for. And hes moving forward, he added.
I dont know if shes got a vest and shes being pushed to martyr them both. Hes got a gun within reach. Hes a threat. I need to get a head shot so he wont have a chance to clack himself off [blow himself up].
In that second, I shot him, two times in the forehead. Bap! Bap! The second time as hes going down. He crumpled onto the floor in front of his bed and I hit him again, Bap! same place. That time I used my (electronic) red-*** holo sight. He was dead. Not moving. His tongue was out. I watched him take his last breaths, just a reflex breath.
And I remember as I watched him breathe out the last part of air, I thought: Is this the best thing Ive ever done, or the worst thing Ive ever done? This is real and thats him.
Explaining why he shot Bin Laden at first sight without making any effort to arrest him, the US Navy SEAL said: Everybody wanted him dead, but nobody wanted to say, hey, youre going to kill this guy. It was just sort of understood thats what we wanted to do.
The shooter also endorsed the Obama administrations decision to turn down media requests for releasing photos of the shooting.
His forehead was gruesome. It was split open in the shape of a V. I could see his brains spilling out over his face. The American public doesnt want to know what that looks like, he said.
After the shooting Bin Ladens second wife, Amal, turned back, screaming, first at bin Laden and then at the shooter.
She came at me like she wanted to fight me, or that she wanted to die instead of him. So I put her on the bed, bound with zip ties.
The SEAL then noticed Bin Ladens youngest son, who was about two or three, was standing there on the other side of the bed.
I didnt want to hurt him, because Im not a savage. There was a lot of screaming, he was crying, just in shock. I didnt like that he was scared.
Hes a kid, and had nothing to do with this. I picked him up and put him next to his mother. I put some water on his face.
Before they killed Bin Laden, the team also had zip-tied two other women they met in the compound.
The third-floor action and killing took maybe 15 seconds.
US commando describes how he killed Osama | World | DAWN.COM
In this first ever interview to the media, the US Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden shares the details of the operation with the Esquire magazine, telling interviewer Phil Bronstein how the raid had affected his life.
Fearing a possible terrorist reprisal, his wife left him and he has been unemployed since he retired from the Navy in September, 2012.
The woman Bin Laden was using as a shield, the Navy SEAL explained, was his youngest wife, Amal.
When the Team6, which killed the Al-Qaeda chief, arrived at Bin Ladens compound in Abbottabad on May 1, it was coal-dark and they could hear Bin Laden and other residents but could not see them without their night-scopes.
Bin Laden looked confused and was way taller than I was expecting, said the shooter. He had a cap on and didnt appear to be hit. I cant tell you 100 per cent, but he was standing and moving. He was holding her in front of him. Maybe as a shield, I dont know, he said.
For me, it was a snapshot of a target ID, definitely him. Even in our kill houses where we train, there are targets with his face on them. This was repetition and muscle memory. Thats him, boom, done.
Bin Laden was skinny, tall and had a short beard. He was wearing a white headgear, which showed his almost shaved head. I remember all that registering. I was amazed how tall he was, taller than all of us, and it didnt seem like he would be, because all those guys were always smaller than you think, said the shooter.
Im just looking at him from right here [he moves his hand out from his face about 10 inches]. Hes got a gun on a shelf right there, the short AK hes famous for. And hes moving forward, he added.
I dont know if shes got a vest and shes being pushed to martyr them both. Hes got a gun within reach. Hes a threat. I need to get a head shot so he wont have a chance to clack himself off [blow himself up].
In that second, I shot him, two times in the forehead. Bap! Bap! The second time as hes going down. He crumpled onto the floor in front of his bed and I hit him again, Bap! same place. That time I used my (electronic) red-*** holo sight. He was dead. Not moving. His tongue was out. I watched him take his last breaths, just a reflex breath.
And I remember as I watched him breathe out the last part of air, I thought: Is this the best thing Ive ever done, or the worst thing Ive ever done? This is real and thats him.
Explaining why he shot Bin Laden at first sight without making any effort to arrest him, the US Navy SEAL said: Everybody wanted him dead, but nobody wanted to say, hey, youre going to kill this guy. It was just sort of understood thats what we wanted to do.
The shooter also endorsed the Obama administrations decision to turn down media requests for releasing photos of the shooting.
His forehead was gruesome. It was split open in the shape of a V. I could see his brains spilling out over his face. The American public doesnt want to know what that looks like, he said.
After the shooting Bin Ladens second wife, Amal, turned back, screaming, first at bin Laden and then at the shooter.
She came at me like she wanted to fight me, or that she wanted to die instead of him. So I put her on the bed, bound with zip ties.
The SEAL then noticed Bin Ladens youngest son, who was about two or three, was standing there on the other side of the bed.
I didnt want to hurt him, because Im not a savage. There was a lot of screaming, he was crying, just in shock. I didnt like that he was scared.
Hes a kid, and had nothing to do with this. I picked him up and put him next to his mother. I put some water on his face.
Before they killed Bin Laden, the team also had zip-tied two other women they met in the compound.
The third-floor action and killing took maybe 15 seconds.
US commando describes how he killed Osama | World | DAWN.COM
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; he had what 50 wives i reckon . The youngest being Amal , his daughters age 
