In May 2011, the U.S. military received important information that bin Laden, the perpetrator of the 911 attacks, was hiding in a remote town in Pakistan.
Subsequently, a hunt codenamed "Neptune's Spear" immediately began. Two Black Hawk helicopters, loaded with live ammunition, took advantage of the darkness to make their way to bin Laden's hideout.
Perhaps sensing that danger was imminent, bin Laden suddenly woke up from his sleep and shouted to his wife beside him, "The Americans are coming!" and a fierce burst of gunfire rang out......
So, what is the final result of this "Neptune Spear" operation orchestrated by the US military?
Osama bin Laden's grudge against the United States
Before we tell the story of this thrilling night, let's get to know bin Laden and his life. Because only by sorting out the context of bin Laden's growth can we understand why Americans do not hesitate to go so far and only want to take his head.
Regarding bin Laden's origins, there has been a rumor circulating on the Internet that he was a rich boy born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and all the talents had enough financial support to organize so many large-scale terrorist activities.
In fact, this statement is only half true: the bin Laden family in Saudi Arabia is indeed very wealthy, but bin Laden did not inherit much of the family's wealth.
And since he became involved in terrorism, the family has cut ties with him.
Let's start with bin Laden's grandfather, who was also quite a legend. Although this man came from a humble background, he lived a hard life and was born from self-made, and even worked as a porter at the dock when he was young.
But he is very visionary, good at judging the situation, and devoted himself to the real estate construction industry that was just emerging at that time, and grasped the opportunity to earn the first pot of gold.
Later, he also attached himself to the Saudi royal family. Since then, personal wealth has skyrocketed as if it were open, and it has become a rich country in Saudi Arabia.
Unfortunately, bin Laden's grandfather, despite his fortune, had a life that was thinner than paper. Before he could enjoy the fruits of his hard work, he died in a plane accident.
Next, the person who inherited the family's vast fortune was bin Laden's father, whom we will call bin Laden for the time being.
The elder bin Laden had two major achievements in his life, one was to invest in many politician families in the West, for example, Bush, who later became president of the United States, once accepted his huge sponsorship; the second was to spread out the branches, the elder bin Laden gave birth to a total of 55 children, and bin Laden was ranked seventeenth.
As a teenager, bin Laden did not stand out among his many siblings, he was usually silent, and when his father died, he was only a teenager, so naturally he did not receive much inheritance.
So bin Laden is actually not as many people think, a nostalgic and extravagant rich second generation.
His only hobby was the study of Islam, and he had become an extreme religious in college.
And the reason why bin Laden and the United States have an undying enmity is also related to his fanatical belief in Islam.
In the 80s of the last century, Israel invaded Lebanon, and the United States also sent a fleet to bomb Lebanon indiscriminately. Strictly speaking, Lebanon, like Saudi Arabia, is an Islamic country.
So bin Laden also hated the United States with the same hatred, he looked at the ruins of Lebanon after the bombing from the news, and vowed to make the Americans pay for the debt.
Perhaps from that moment on, the foreshadowing of "911" has been laid.
American politicians knew nothing about this, and they even gave bin Laden a sum of money to recruit troops in order to win over the bin Laden family against the Soviet Union.
Osama bin Laden used the money to build the famous al-Qaeda, recruit tens of thousands of soldiers, and have the capital to "take revenge" on the United States.
However, until this time, bin Laden has not made up his mind to completely tear his face with the United States, after all, he always has to make long-term plans for his family's future.
But then the situation in the Middle East changed dramatically, prompting him to put his plan on the agenda.
The scars of the United States
In the 90s, the United States launched the Gulf War, and while invading Iraq, it sent 20,000 U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia in the name of "providing protection".
Osama bin Laden saw such a move as threatening and tantamount to luring the wolf into the house, but instead of taking it seriously, the Saudi royal family sided with the United States.
The hot-blooded bin Laden came out publicly to denounce the Saudi royal family as a betrayal of Islam.
After making bold statements, he finally calmed down, and realized that if he continued to stay in Saudi Arabia, he would definitely wait for the disaster of death, so he quickly fled to Sudan in Africa, where he continued to train dead soldiers, expand the "al-Qaeda" organization, and gradually embarked on a road of "blackening".
Osama bin Laden soon devised a terrible plan that left no room for fear and trembling in the United States and even in the world, and finally made the United States dare not intervene in the Middle East and set foot in Saudi Arabia.
Among them, the most famous, and at the same time the most "traumatic" to the United States, is naturally the "911 incident".
At about 8 o'clock in the morning of September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York, USA, was as busy and busy as usual, and no one expected that an earth-shattering disaster was imminent.
Not long after, a passenger plane that was supposed to be bound for Los Angeles suddenly changed course and crashed headlong into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
It is said that the airliner was flying at a speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour at that time, and the impact on the building can be described as devastating. For a while, the building was on fire, and the people in the building had no time to react, and in the blink of an eye, there were no bones.
It was a hell on earth that stunned all New Yorkers, but the nightmare wasn't over, and just a quarter of an hour later, another airliner crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center like a headless fly.
For a time, the whole American was panicked, people looked up at the sky in horror, and the whole world was talking about it - which hapless American will the next plane fall on?
The answer was revealed at 10 o'clock that day, and the last target of the collision attack was none other than the Pentagon, where US dignitaries worked.
Subsequently, another passenger plane crashed towards the White House, but was intercepted on the way, which is the whole process of the "911" incident.
According to the statistics of the authoritative American magazine "Newsmax", the "911" incident brought "wounds that are difficult to heal" to the United States -- more than 3,000 people were killed on the spot, the World Trade Center lost more than $20 billion, the Pentagon cost $500,000 to repair it, and the passenger plane crash cost $400 million......
The U.S. government immediately ordered an investigation into the truth of the matter, and finally found that the four passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists in Osama bin Laden's "al-Qaeda" organization during the voyage, and then crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House respectively.
These three places are the economic, political, and military centers of the United States, and bin Laden's hand can be described as "the middle seven inches".
Enraged, the United States immediately launched a war on terror to bring the culprits to justice. Although al-Qaeda has been operating for many years, it is difficult for it to really compete with a country, and bin Laden saw that the situation was not good, and immediately smeared oil on the soles of his feet and fled without a trace.
But the United States does not intend to let him go, and this hunt has been going on for ten years. So, how was bin Laden's trail finally discovered?
Hunt time
After bin Laden fled, his whereabouts immediately became the number one news in the world, and even many media began to "hype" and spread false news in the international community, making the US military almost a headless fly.
Moreover, bin Laden is also well aware of the truth of the "three holes of the cunning rabbit", he ran around for his life, and once he arrived at a safe place, he did not forget to record a video of his personal speech to continue the "provocation" to the United States.
In such a day, bin Laden has been safe and sound for ten years, which has caused the United States to lose face.
However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and ten years after the "911" incident, bin Laden's mysterious trace was finally caught by the US military.
At the time, bin Laden was hiding in a small town on the border with Pakistan, and he could have been foolproof. But one of his subordinates was very careless, often walking around the surrounding houses, which gradually attracted the attention of the CIA.
Then-US President Barack Obama, after learning of this important clue, ordered the launch of a military operation called the "Spear of Neptune".
The main force of the operation was more than 20 Navy SEALs, all of whom were skilled and special, some skilled in shooting, fighting, some good at defusing bombs and laying mines, as well as an intelligence officer fluent in many Chinese languages and a trained police dog.
After assembling this "luxury lineup," they were divided into two groups, carried by two Black Hawk fighters, to the target location, and arrived around bin Laden's villa late at night on May 1, 2011.
Osama bin Laden was asleep with his family, unaware that the end was coming, until the roar of the helicopter grew louder and louder, and he woke up from his sleep. His intuition told him that the Americans had come to claim their lives.
He shook his hand to wake up his wife in a panic while shouting, "The Americans are here!"
However, before his wife could come to his senses to respond to him, a rapid burst of gunfire rang out, and bin Laden was killed on the spot. Meanwhile, in the distant United States, Obama sat in front of satellite television with a group of dignitaries to witness the thrilling historic moment.
About half an hour after the operation began, the attackers carried bin Laden's body out of the yard, and the decade-long hunt finally came to an end.
epilogue
As a wealthy child from a Middle Eastern "local tyrant" family, bin Laden could have lived a wealthy and carefree life. However, his own fanatical belief in religion and the unbridled intervention of the United States in the Middle East finally propelled him to the path of no return.
From the tragedy of bin Laden's life, people around the world should learn a lesson, cherish the present peace, oppose all forms of terrorism, and remain vigilant against the hegemonic policy of the United States.
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- Author: Ruyan
- Edit: The sound of the night rain is annoying