The shooter told esquire that the night bin laden was killed he had encountered al qaedas leader facetoface. Seal team 6 won%27t benefit from books and movies based on the killing of osama bin laden. Unlike former seal team 6 member matt bissonnette no easy day, they do not rush to write books or step forward publicly, because that. According to this serving seal team 6 operator, the story is complete bs. The esquire article was about a seal team 6 member, identified for his protection only as the shooter, who told of firing the shots that killed bin laden. Exseal robert oneill reveals himself as shooter who killed. The story did not identify the killer by his real name, referring to him only as the shooter. Seal who shot bin laden without pension, health care. Now that cnn is challenging esquires story and navy seals are. Is esquires osama bin laden shooter story a giant fraud. Seals question story of the shooter who claimed to have killed bin laden. The guy who deserves credit is a stillanonymous point man who shot bin laden in the head.
Esquire story on bin laden shooter sparks debate about. Feb 11, 20 seal team 6 won%27t benefit from books and movies based on the killing of osama bin laden. In that article, oneill described approaching bin ladens thirdfloor bedroom behind another seal. In conversations with esquire, the shooter said that he was the last person to see osama bin laden alive. Robert james oneill born april 10, 1976 is a former united states navy sailor. Seal who shot bin laden speaks out social work ground diary. Robert oneill might be the navy seal who claims to have shot osama bin laden. 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.
In the esquire article, an exseal, who the magazine only calls the shooter, claims he and another seal, the point man, were alone on the stairs heading up to the third floor of bin ladens. Navy seal killed bin laden rob oneill inspired hollywood. Since the seal raid on osama bin ladens compound in pakistan in 2011. Mar 27, 20 the latest leak comes after one navy seal published a book last year about. Exseal reveals himself as shooter who killed osama bin laden. In the esquire piece, oneillthe shooter was said to have. Google esquire bin laden shooter and theres an excellent report from another seal on the raid. Cairo was off the retirement track and, with the team, sent to north carolina to train at a fullscale replica of bin laden s compound. According to no easy day, the new book by navy seal matt. Neither man is the seal who was first up the stairs at bin ladens pakistan. In that second, i shot him, two times in the forehead. Jun 03, 20 shortly before the first printing of my book the finish last year, one of the navy seals who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden published his own account. Seals question story of the shooter who claimed to have.
Mar 26, 20 in february, esquire magazine published a lengthy profile of the man who killed osama bin laden. The shooter told esquire that what happened next was that bin laden peered through his bedroom door and the point man. That esquire story about the seal who killed osama bin laden is complete. Seal who killed bin laden is revealed the daily beast.
Us navy seal robert oneill backs off claim that he was bin. Nov 06, 2014 so who actually killed osama bin laden. Now, another member of the secretive seal team 6, which executed the bin laden raid, tells cnn the story of the shooter as presented in esquire is false. Esquire s editorinchief david granger reflects on the magazines landmark 20 story, the shooter. Bin laden shooter dispute sparked by esquire interview. Navy seal who claims he killed bin laden finally reveals. Apr 14, 2017 bin laden shooter story is fubar, special ops sources say. Although the shooter was the number two behind the point man going up the stairs to bin laden s third. Nov 08, 2014 us navy seal robert oneill backs off claim that he was bin laden shooter. Feb 11, 20 hes the man who rolled into a bedroom in abbottabad, pakistan, raised his gun and shot osama bin laden three times in the forehead. Hes also the secret star of three hollywood films and the man who shot 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. There has been a book by one of the team, no easy day. The man who killed osama bin laden, in the march 20 issue, is based on information from numerous sources, including members of. Mar 28, 20 in the esquire article, an ex seal, who the magazine only calls the shooter, claims he and another seal, the point man, were alone on the stairs heading up to the third floor of bin laden s. Bin ladens shooter goes public, but fellow seals dispute. In february, esquire magazine published a lengthy profile of the man who killed osama bin laden.
Nov 11, 2014 the man who shot and killed osama bin laden is going public for the first time. Bronsteins story profiles the shooter, the member of navy seal team 6. The latest issue of esquire has a long profile of the navy seal that shot osama bin laden, identified in the piece only as the shooter. In light of the controversial claims in seymour hershs new story on the death of osama bin laden, here is the shooter, phil bronsteins definitive account of the seal team 6 operation that. Nov 07, 2014 another excommando says he shot bin laden.
The man who shot and killed osama bin laden is going public for the first time. That esquire story about the seal who killed osama bin laden is. Yet the shooter in the esquire story says he shot bin laden on purpose twice in the forehead. The seal who was anonymous said that the shooter had shot bin. Mystery seal, who could settle bin laden controversy, wont. In no easy day, bissonnette said he stood directly behind the seal teams point when the point man shot bin laden. Bin laden shooter story is fubar, special ops sources say. Despite esquire storys claims, the seal who shot osama has access to. In the esquire version of the raid, oneill is second in the stack. The latest leak comes after one navy seal published a book last year about. That account was in conflict with the account from another raid participant in a wildly successful book no easy day. Seal team 6 member who killed osama bin laden recalls.
Confusion swirls around esquire story on osama bin ladens. Nov 06, 2014 exseal robert oneill reveals himself as shooter who killed osama bin laden. Thats how the man who actually shot and killed osama bin laden reacted when he saw zero dark thirty. In his book, he does not identify the man who fired the fatal shots at bin laden. That esquire story about the seal who killed osama bin laden. Another excommando says he shot bin laden the new york. The official story of who shot bin laden has given way to a stupid. Us navy seal robert oneill backs off claim that he was.
The account by the shooter in esquire of how the raid went down is total bs, another seal tells cnn. Navy seal who shot and killed osama bin laden is speaking out for the first time since the may 1, 2011, raid on the alqaida leaders compound in abbottabad, pakistan. Navy seal claims he killed osama bin ladenrobert oneill says he is. He was the one who went through bin ladens bedroom door and. Although the shooter was the number two behind the point man going up the stairs to. The former us navy seal robert oneill, who has claimed to be the shooter of osama bin laden. On tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around esquire magazines cover story about the navy seal who. First came the story, via esquire, of the navy seal who shot osama bin laden, only to now find himself unemployed and without health care. Bissonnette wrote in no easy day that he was one of the seals who shot bin laden, and he and robert oneill, another former seal team 6. Nov 05, 2014 at the time a serving seal was quoted by cnn as disputing the shooter s account that he had killed bin laden with three shots. The esquire article followed less than six months later, in. Bin laden shooter in dispute by peter bergen cnn national security analyst cnn in february, esquire magazine published a lengthy profile of.
Esquire stands by its osama bin laden story amid storm of. Nov 07, 2014 in the esquire article and the book no easy day, oneill and bissonnette have given contradictory accounts of bin ladens final moments. Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shots that killed osama bin laden during the. Avoid the book seal target geronimo, its full of wrong.
Bin laden %27s shooter lacks a pension and health care%2c according to the report. The shooter told esquire that what happened next was that bin. He confirmed that he is the shooter profiled by esquire in february 20. 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. Esquire magazine is out with an indepth interview with the navy seal they say was the actual shooter who killed osama bin laden in the 2011 raid in pakistan. Feb 11, 20 for the first time, the navy seal who killed osama bin laden tells his story speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself. Exseal robert oneill reveals himself as shooter who killed osama bin laden. The identity of the seal is not revealed, but he says he is without a job now and has been offered no protection by the obama administration from what he believes will be eventual retaliation for his role in killing bin laden. The navy seal who shot osama bin laden dead in the special forces most famous operation can be named today. The man who shot bin laden hes a hunter from montana with a fondness for shooting moose and bears. In an interview with esquire, the former sealidentified as. In an interview with esquire, the former sealidentified as the shooter due to what the magazine described as. The situation room of the white house on may 1, 2011.
According to a press release on monday from the center for investigative reporting and esquire magazine, esquire is planning to run the first exclusive, fu. Avoid the book seal target geronimo, its full of wrong information. Navy seal who shot bin laden tells esquire he lost health insurance. Man who killed osama bin laden going public esquire.
Of the two primary accounts of osama bin ladens death. That account was in conflict with the narrative from another raid participant in a wildly successful book, no easy day. Seal challenges the shooters account of osama bin laden. 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. Us commandos disagree in public over who fired the shot that killed osama bin laden, more than three years after the alqaeda leaders death. Mystery seal, who could settle bin laden controversy, won. In our new story about the seal team six member who shot and killed osama bin laden we call him the shooter the man told us that he listened to one particular song when pumping himself. That esquire story about the seal who killed osama bin. Esquires editorinchief david granger reflects on the magazines landmark 20 story, the shooter. Navy seal and special warfare operator, oneill claims to have fired the shots that killed osama bin laden during the raid on his abbottabad compound on may 1, 2011. Mar 28, 20 first came the story, via esquire, of the navy seal who shot osama bin laden, only to now find himself unemployed and without health care. Seal team 6 member disputes esquire magazine article about. Mar 26, 20 bin laden shooter in dispute by peter bergen cnn national security analyst cnn in february, esquire magazine published a lengthy profile of the man who killed osama bin laden.
Another excommando says he shot bin laden the new york times. Mar 27, 20 seals question story of the shooter who claimed to have killed bin laden. Nightmare at home for seal who shot osama bin laden cnn. 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. Feb 11, 20 navy seal who shot bin laden speaks to esquire. Feb 11, 20 navy seal who shot bin laden tells esquire he lost health insurance. With an excerpt of a 15000 word story on the seal who allegedly killed osama bin laden, esquire magazine has sparked a whole lot of debate on the kinds of. Bin laden shooter in dispute by peter bergen cnn national security analyst cnn in february, esquire magazine published a lengthy profile of the man who killed osama bin laden. He left the navy right around the time bissonnettes book hit the stands in september. Yesterday, journalist peter bergen came out with a story on and on their network asserting that esquire s 15,000 word report on the navy seal who killed osama bin laden was bs. Inside story of cairo, the dog that helped catch osama bin. Us navy seal robert oneill backs off claim that he was bin laden shooter.
Shortly before the first printing of my book the finish last year, one of the navy seals who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden. Hes the man who rolled into a bedroom in abbottabad, pakistan. Nov 07, 2014 the former us navy seal robert oneill, who has claimed to be the shooter of osama bin laden. Navy seal who claims he killed bin laden finally reveals his. The game the shooter the rapper the bin laden shooter.
Bissonnette described how the point man shot bin laden in the. For the first time, the navy seal who killed osama bin laden tells his storyspeaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. Esquire profiles anonymous osama bin laden shooter. The seal team 6 operator who spoke to me says there is no way the shooter could have seen a gun in bin ladens reach because the two guns that were found in bin ladens bedroom after al qaeda. Navy seal whose shot killed bin laden goes public associated press 03. Esquire to publish exclusive interview with navy seal bin. Osama bin ladens compound in abbottabad, pakistan before it was torn down. The previously anonymous navy seal who claims he fired the shot that killed alqaida leader osama bin laden has come forward and is scheduled to appear on cable television on veterans day in an interview with fox news robert oneill is the same person profiled in the shooter, the moniker used by the center for investigative reportings phil bronstein in a march 20 article for. Man who killed osama bin laden treatment of veteran who shot.
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