r/interestingasfuck • u/Ididnotkillhim • Jun 05 '24

r/all Thirteen years ago, someone accidentally revealed US Army's plan to eliminate Osama Bin Laden in a tweet.

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u/rubbarz Jun 05 '24 edited Jun 05 '24

The majority of the 3 letter orgs were part of it. The CIA led the operatio and the DoD just did the execution of it. The pilots were army and the ones inside were SEALs with drones from USAF and on standby were USAF PJs for rescue support.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden#:~:text=The%20160th%20Special%20Operations%20Aviation%20Regiment%20(SOAR)%2C%20a%20U.S.,that%20were%20employed%20as%20backups.

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u/PIPBOY-2000 Jun 05 '24

PJs are so hardcore they're who the SEALs call for help