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Former Navy SEALs Book Describes Death of Osama bin Laden

 

            A first-hand account written by a former Navy SEAL detailing the circumstances surrounding Osama bin Laden's death is set to be released on September 4th, a week earlier than its planned launch date on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks because of high demand. The book was written by a SEAL under the pseudonym "Mark Owen" and relays a decidedly different sequence of events than originally reported by the White House following bin Laden's death. Furthermore, the book was not vetted by government officials prior to its publishing, which is a clear violation of the author's contract under the SEALs (Zakaria). .
             The book, titled "No Easy Day," reports that bin Laden was actually peeking his head out from behind his bedroom door when he was shot in the head during a raid. However, immediately after the raid, the White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan said that bin Laden was "engaged in a firefight" with the Navy SEALs when he suffered a fatal bullet wound that ended his life (Zakaria).
             Many media outlets have managed to get copies of the book and leaked the contents. "Bin Laden apparently was hit in the head when he looked out of his bedroom door into the top-floor hallway of his compound as SEALs rushed up a narrow stairwell in his direction, according to former Navy SEAL Mark Bissonnette, writing under the pseudonym Mark Owen. . Bissonnette says he was directly behind a 'point man' going up the stairs. 'Less than five steps' from top of the stairs, he heard 'suppressed' gunfire: 'BOP. BOP.' The point man had seen a 'man peeking out of the door' on the right side of the hallway," reported the Associated Press (Kellogg).
             "Bissonnette writes that bin Laden ducked back into his bedroom and the SEALs followed, only to find the terrorist crumpled on the floor in a pool of blood with a hole visible on the right side of his head and two women wailing over his body," the Associated Press continued.


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