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Electrifying investigation of white house lies about the assassination of osama bin laden in 2011, an elite group of us navy seals stormed an enclosure in the pakistani city of abbottabad and killed osama bin laden, the man the united states had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 911. Mike was the leader of the bin laden unit when it was founded in 1995. His works include manhunt, about the cias secret war against al qaeda and the hunt for osama bin laden, which premiered at the sundance film festival in january 20, in the u. May 21, 2015 i already knew that osama bin laden read my book before the headlines this week but im still angry that he gave the best democracy money can buy only fourandahalf stars on his amazon. The tenyear search for bin ladenfrom 911 to abbottabad by peter l.
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