killing of Osama bin Laden

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United States military operation counterterrorism operation covert operation military operation special forces raid

The killing of Osama bin Laden was a 2011 U.S. special operations raid in Pakistan that resulted in the death of the al-Qaeda leader responsible for the September 11 attacks.

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Label Occurrences
killing of Osama bin Laden canonical 2
Address by Barack Obama on Osama bin Laden’s death 1
Hunt for Osama bin Laden 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
counterterrorism operation ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
special forces raid ⓘ
aircraftUsed CH-47F Chinook ⓘ
surface form: Boeing CH-47 Chinook

UH-60 Black Hawk ⓘ
surface form: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

stealth-modified Black Hawk helicopter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Neptune Spear ⓘ
Operation in Abbottabad ⓘ
surface form: U.S. raid on Abbottabad
announcedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
announcementDateUTC 2011-05-02 ⓘ
announcementMedium televised address from the White House ⓘ
authorizedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
bodyDisposition burial at sea ⓘ
bodyHandledBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States military
casualties Osama bin Laden killed ⓘ
four other adults killed in compound ⓘ
commandedBy Admiral William H. McRaven ⓘ
surface form: William H. McRaven
conductedBy SEAL Team 6 ⓘ
surface form: SEAL Team Six

United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group ⓘ
controversy legality under international law debated ⓘ
violation of Pakistani sovereignty ⓘ
coordinates 34.169°N 73.242°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
date 2011-05-02 ⓘ
followedBy Pakistani investigations into intelligence failures ⓘ
release of details and conflicting accounts by U.S. officials ⓘ
intelligenceLedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
surface form: CIA
justifiedAs response to the September 11 attacks ⓘ
legalStatusClaimedByUS act of national self-defense ⓘ
location Abbottabad ⓘ
Bilal Town ⓘ
Osama bin Laden compound ⓘ
method helicopter-borne raid ⓘ
orderedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
oversightAgency Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
PakistaniMilitaryInvolvement not officially informed in advance ⓘ
partOf War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
surface form: War on terror
perpetrator Navy SEALs ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy SEALs
plannedBy Joint Special Operations Command ⓘ
precededBy years-long CIA manhunt for Osama bin Laden ⓘ
relatedTo September 11 attacks ⓘ
result capture of intelligence materials ⓘ
killing of Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: death of Osama bin Laden
supportFrom 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ⓘ
target Osama bin Laden ⓘ
tookPlaceAtNight true ⓘ
tookPlaceOn 2011-05-02 ⓘ
USMilitaryFatalities 0 ⓘ

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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: killing of Osama bin Laden
Description of subject: The killing of Osama bin Laden was a 2011 U.S. special operations raid in Pakistan that resulted in the death of the al-Qaeda leader responsible for the September 11 attacks.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barack Obama presidency → significantEvent → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ
Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film) → mainSubject → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ
subject surface form: Zero Dark Thirty
this entity surface form: Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film) → portraysEvent → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ
subject surface form: Zero Dark Thirty
this entity surface form: Killing of Osama bin Laden
killing of Osama bin Laden → result → killing of Osama bin Laden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: death of Osama bin Laden
Operation in Abbottabad → followedBy → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ
this entity surface form: burial of Osama bin Laden at sea
Operation in Abbottabad → describedIn → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Address by Barack Obama on Osama bin Laden’s death
Bilal Town → eventLocation → killing of Osama bin Laden ⓘ