Neptune Spear

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Neptune Spear is the code name for the 2011 U.S. Navy SEAL operation that located and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

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Neptune Spear canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States special operations mission
covert operation
military operation
aftermath bin Laden body buried at sea
aircraftUsed CH-47 Chinook
surface form: Chinook helicopter

modified Black Hawk helicopter
airSupport 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
alsoKnownAs Operation Neptune Spear
announcedBy Barack Obama
announcementLocation White House
announcementMedium televised address
authorizedBy Barack Obama
casualtiesTarget Osama bin Laden killed
other occupants of compound killed
codenameFor United States operation to kill Osama bin Laden
codeNameType U.S. military operation codename
commander Admiral William H. McRaven
surface form: William H. McRaven
controversy violation of Pakistani sovereignty debate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 2011-05-01
2011-05-02
executedByUnit United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group
surface form: Naval Special Warfare Development Group

SEAL Team 6
surface form: SEAL Team Six
legalContext unilateral U.S. action in Pakistan
location Abbottabad
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
objective capture or kill Osama bin Laden
obtain intelligence from bin Laden compound
operator Central Intelligence Agency
Joint Special Operations Command
Navy SEALs
surface form: United States Navy SEALs
partOf Global War on Terrorism
surface form: War on Terror
planningAgency Central Intelligence Agency
Joint Special Operations Command
precededBy tracking of courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
years of CIA intelligence gathering on bin Laden
relatedEvent September 11 attacks
relatedOrganization Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

National Security Council of the United States
surface form: United States National Security Council
result death of Osama bin Laden
securityMeasures operation conducted at night
stealth helicopters used
status successful
target Osama bin Laden
targetOrganization al-Qaeda
timeZoneContext Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Pakistan Standard Time
UScasualties no U.S. personnel killed
one helicopter lost

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Subject: Neptune Spear
Description of subject: Neptune Spear is the code name for the 2011 U.S. Navy SEAL operation that located and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

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Operation Neptune Spear alsoKnownAs Neptune Spear