Military raids: Operation Entebbe, Jameson Raid, Doolittle Raid, Death of Osama bin Laden, Raid at Cabanatuan, Operation Ivory Coast

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Operation Entebbe, Jameson Raid, Doolittle Raid, Death of Osama bin Laden, Raid at Cabanatuan, Operation Ivory Coast, Iranian Embassy siege, Raid on the Medway, Raid at Los Baños, Raid on Deerfield, Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, 2005 Nalchik raid, Indian Ocean raid, Operation Barras, Po Valley raid, Makin Island raid, Tatsinskaya Raid, Zeebrugge Raid, Battle of Fort Oswego, Raid on Drvar, Christmas Raid, Raid on Choiseul, Raid on Alexandria, 2004 Nazran raid, Raid on Pebble Island, Gran Sasso raid, Carleton's Raid, Chittagong armoury raid, List of raids, Operation Acid Gambit, Ouadi Doum air raid, Royalton Raid, Raid of the Redeswire, Raid on Cartagena, Tyre raid, Raid on Elizabethtown, Dalola raid, Raid on Gananoque, Raid on Pickawillany. Excerpt: Osama bin Laden, former head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 a.m. local time by a United States special forces military unit. The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was ordered by United States President Barack Obama and carried out in a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation by a team of United States Navy SEALs from the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or informally by its former name, SEAL Team Six) of the Joint Special Operations Command, with support from CIA operatives on the ground. The raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan was launched from Afghanistan. After the raid, U.S. forces took bin Laden's body to Afghanistan for identification, then buried it at sea within 24 hours of his death. Al-Qaeda confirmed the death on May 6 with posts made on militant websites, vowing to avenge the killing. Bin Laden's killing was generally favorably received by U.S. public opinion; was welcomed by the United Nations, NATO,...