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The Words The SEAL Killing Osama bin Laden Radioed Home

Kompas.com - 02/08/2011, 14:48 WIB

With the women out of the way, the second SEAL moved forward and saw Bin Laden, wearing a prayer cap on his head and a tan shalwar kameez. He was unarmed.

He pulled the trigger, shooting Bin Laden first in the chest and then in the left eye. Then, on his radio, he broadcast the historic words: 'For God and country - Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo.'

The team moved quickly to get out of the compound, putting Bin Laden into a body bag and scouring the house for flash drives and other records. They also found large quantities of digital pornography.

They heaved the body outside and waited for the back-up Chinook. A medic took bone marrow and DNA samples from Bin Laden's body, which was then loaded into the helicopter and taken back to Afghanistan.

Before they left they destroyed the grounded Black Hawk. The pilot smashed the top-secret control panel using the hammer he always carries in case of a crash, then the SEALs set it on fire.

Back in Washington, Obama faced an anxious wait as the Black Hawk met the second Chinook to refuel just inside the Pakistan border, saying: 'I’m not going to be happy until those guys get out safe.'

Biden said simply: 'We should all go to Mass tonight.'

In Jalalabad, McRaven identified the body as Bin Laden, then officials took photographs before it was flown to Bagram and eventually transferred to U.S.S. Carl Vinson.

Before Bin Laden was buried at sea, a senior intelligence official called his counterpart in Saudi Arabia, where his family is still prominent, and asked if they wanted the body. He replied simply: 'Your plan sounds like a good one'.

Just a few days later, he travelled to Virginia to meet Team Six, in what his adviser described as 'an extraordinary base visit'.

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