Former navy seal robert oneill claims fired the shot that killed osama. Navy seal team six member who shot osama bin laden is. Members of seal team 6 and other units parachute from a plane near the. The seal team six member who was named as the man who shot osama bin laden dead is facing a whispering campaign from other seals claiming that his account of the killing is not truthful. Navy seal mark owen credits army pilots for success of bin. How seal team six took out osama bin laden history. Seal team six members brand rob oneill bin laden shooter a liar. Seal team six is a clandestine unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue and counterinsurgency. Navy seals book on the bin laden killing shows the real.
Nov 06, 2014 dueling seal team six narratives news reports identify the us navy seal who killed osama bin laden as robert oneill, scheduled to appear in a fox news interview next week. Osama bin laden, the founder and first leader of the islamist terrorist group, al qaeda, was killed in pakistan on may 2, 2011, shortly after 1. Seven members of navy seal team 6 have been disciplined for. Bin laden, joining the navy seals, life after and his new book. Navy seals call controversial new book about bin laden. Exnavy seal team shooter robert oneill is unwavering in his claim. After navy seals assassinated osama bin laden in may 2011, i coproduced an hour for discovery channel called killing bin laden. Whats the difference between shooting them as i was told and. Robert oneill allegedly being probed by naval criminal investigative service. Inside bin ladens lair with seal team six cbs news.
Osama bin laden killing book by seal team six member raises. Exseal member who wrote book on bin laden raid forfeits. Robert james oneill born april 10, 1976 is a former united states navy sailor. On may 2, 2011, seal team 6 allegedly infiltrated the compound of osama bin laden in pakistan, a raid during which he died. Seal team six members brand rob oneill bin laden shooter a.
The man who shot osama bin laden tells his story to a packed. Seal target geronimo is the latest in a series of book and film projects about the elite navy special operations forces generally and the bin laden raid specifically. New york the identity of the american navy seal who shot osama bin laden is to finally be revealed more than three years after firing the fatal shot that ended one of the longest manhunts in. According to cbs news, it was the investigation the military launched into bissonnettes book. The unit best known for killing osama bin laden has been converted into a. Branch of governments plague on the houses of those who spill secrets. Rob oneill branded a liar by fellow seal team six members. Aug 19, 2016 government ends war against navy seal who wrote book on bin laden raid. Did seal team 6 members strangle green beret to cover up fake. Seal team six is a masterful blend of one manswazmansjourney from hard knocks to hard corps. The post writes he also acknowledged in an interview that shots were fired at bin laden by at least two other seal team. Exnavy seal robert oneill maintains he singlehandedly. Navy seal team six member who shot osama bin laden is reportedly under investigation for revealing military secrets.
Bin ladens code name was jackpot or geronimo, although some sources say that geronimo was code for bin laden if captured or dead. Aug 22, 2012 osama bin laden killing book by seal team six member raises eyebrows this article is more than 7 years old no classified information will be betrayed, publisher says, but security aspects and. Rob oneill of seal team six says he killed osama bin laden. Seven seals from bin laden team are punished for sharing military. Seal team six member who shot bin laden to appear on fox news. Apr 08, 2016 robert james oneill, the former member of seal team 6 who claimed to have shot and killed alqaeda leader osama bin laden in a 2011 raid, was charged with dui on friday in his home town of. Oneill was born april 10, 1976 in butte, montana, where he was raised. The following points of interesting info make the events all the more intriguing. Seal who killed bin laden is revealed the daily beast.
Nov 05, 2014 osama bin laden shooter idd ahead of fox interview. Osama bin laden shooter robert oneill broke secret code. Three retired members of seal team six have confirmed to nbc news that oneill is. Team 6s role in the 2011 bin laden raid spawned a cottage industry of books and. Osama bin laden shooter idd ahead of fox interview usa today. The incredible story of an elite sniper and the special operations unit that killed osama bin laden wasdin, howard e. Dueling seal team six narratives news reports identify the us navy seal who killed osama bin laden as robert oneill, scheduled to appear in a fox news interview next week. Yeah, instructors are running around shooting machine guns, but no one has.
Nov 06, 2014 the first line says, the man who shot and killed osama bin laden sat in a wicker chair in my backyard. Rob oneill is a former navy seal team leader with more than a dozen deployments and 400 combat missions in four different. Naval special warfare development group also known as devgru or seal team six. When seal team 6 was given the bin laden mission, oneill said he was sure he wouldnt be coming back. Government ends war against navy seal who wrote book on bin. Us navy photo the man who claims he was the seal team 6 operator who shot osama bin laden in 2011 has written a new book, and his retelling of that raid shows. The member of seal team six claiming to have shot and killed osama bin laden in a daring night raid in may 2011 is robert oneill, multiple news sources have confirmed. Thanks to former navy seal and recent author mark owens appearance on sundays 60 minutes, we now have an even clearer picture of what those pilots did to pull off one of the most daring operations in us history. Did seal team 6 members strangle green beret to cover up fake bin laden killing. A secret history of quiet killings and blurred lines. Navy seal team six that killed osama bin laden december 14, 2014 seal team six commandos and yemeni counterterrorism troops entered the village in southern yemen around 1 a. Navy seal who wrote controversial bin laden book is advising.
Navy seal team six that killed osama bin laden facebook. Matt bissonnette, has also claimed to be the man who killed him, and wrote a book about his exploits. The prevailing narrative about seal team 6 in news coverage, bestselling books, and hollywood movies. Us navy photo the man who claims he was the seal team 6 operator who shot osama bin laden in 2011 has written a new book, and his retelling of that.
More than three years after seal team six killed the terror leader, the. Dec 24, 2014 navy seal who shot osama bin laden under investigation for leaking secrets robert oneill, the navy seal who says he killed alqaeda leader dead during 2011 secret raid in pakistan, could face. An elite unit of navy seals took out osama bin laden in mayand made it look easy. Dalton fury, former delta force commander and new york times bestselling author of black site and kill bin laden.
Robert oneill, 38, a former member of the elite seal team 6. Apr 14, 2017 the man who killed osama bin laden has been revealed as rob oneill, a member of the navy seal team 6 who shot bin laden three times in the head to kill him on may 2, 2011, in abbottabad, pakistan. The man who shot osama bin laden tells his story to a packed house at nixon library. Seal challenges the shooters account of osama bin laden. The new york times best selling book that takes you inside seal team six the covert squad that killed osama bin laden. When the seals send their elite, they send seal team six. Nov 07, 2014 another excommando says he shot bin laden. Navy seal who wrote bin laden raid book must pay government. Aug 02, 2019 seal team six raided an alqaeda compound in abbottabad, pakistan, in may 2011 and killed the worlds most wanted terrorist. In oneills account of the bin laden shooting, he was the seal who killed bin laden at close range with three shots to his forehead during their raid on the al qaeda leaders compound in.
Nov 06, 2014 former navy seal robert oneill said in an interview with the washington post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill osama bin laden in 2011. Seal team six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue. Another excommando says he shot bin laden the new york times. He alone pumped two bullets into osama bin laden, killing the architect of the 911 attacks. Sep 11, 2017 the former navy seal whose 2012 book included an account of the osama bin laden raid and is at the center of a lawsuit over millions in lost royalties now serves as an adviser on a cbstv. Navy seal who claims shooting osama bin laden charged with dui. Hyder said that his single shot had blasted open the mans head. A seal team six member reveals how to escape a kidnapping. We thought we had a pretty good idea of the badassery of the helicopter pilots who participated in the seal team six raid that killed osama bin laden.
Now two seal team 6 members being investigated for murdering a green beret who may have learned too much. Even better, wazman and templin can actually write as good as they can shoot. Transcript for navy seal who shot osama bin laden this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Robert oneill, the navy seal who shot and killed osama bin laden, says he and his teammates did not believe they would survive the mission. The man who killed osama bin laden, in the march 20 issue, is based on information from numerous sources, including members of seal team 6 and the shooter. Apr 10, 2017 a seal holds a gun during a training exercise. Aug 29, 2012 former seal team six member pens book on death of al qaeda leader. Then st6 took down osama bin laden, and the operatives within it were thrust into the global spotlight. May 05, 2011 inside bin laden s lair with seal team six. Navy seal who shot osama bin laden under investigation for.
Robert oneill, 38, is the seal team six member who fired three shots to the head of the al qaeda leader during a top secret may 2011 raid on his hideout in abbottabad, pakistan, according to. Like 1950s spy novel heroes, their objectives are secret missions, classified and hushed. Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shot s that killed osama bin laden during the raid on his abbottabad compound on may 1, 2011. Robert oneill is not the hero of the bin laden raid. The official name of the operation in which seal team 6 raided osama bin ladens compound was operation neptune spear.
Mar 29, 20 details in the account of the osama bin laden killing published in this months esquire magazine are being disputed by another member of the navy seal team in charge of the mission. Bissonnette described how the point man shot bin laden in the. Until recently its existence was a closelyguarded secret. In the opening hour of his inaugural east coast drivetime show, michael savage signaled he has no intention of abandoning his passion for uncovering the full story behind the deaths of 22 members of navy seal team 6 in afghanistan shortly after it was leaked that their unit killed osama bin laden.