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    US official: SEAL team in rescue also killed Osama

    By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Associated Press – Wed, Jan 25, 2012

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Navy SEAL team that rescued two hostages in Somalia was the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden.

    SEAL Team Six parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness Wednesday and rescued an American woman and a Danish man from an outdoor camp where they were being held by Somali pirates, the official said.

    The same team executed the mission last May in which al-Qaida leader bin Laden was killed.

    The U.S. official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the top secret operation.

     
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    1,102 comments

    • JJMurray
      JJMurray  •  3 days ago
      SEAL Team Six is not made up of just a handful of people. It is a UNIT.
    • David
      David  •  Lafayette, Louisiana  •  3 days ago
      Hollywood could not invent a more inspiring group of young heroes.Well done young men Once again you make a nation proud.
    • QQ
      QQ  •  3 days ago
      Someone buy those guys a drink.
    • Jeremy P
      Jeremy P  •  Encinitas, California  •  3 days ago
      Now we need Seal Team 6 to raid the the Kardashians' house and take em out!
    • Fear Itself
      Fear Itself  •  3 days ago
      I only have 3 words to say: Seals are awesome!!!!
    • ML
      ML  •  Deforest, Wisconsin  •  3 days ago
      Good !!!! I am glad those people are safe.Some of the best men in the world doing there job.
    • anonymouseagain
      anonymouseagain  •  3 days ago
      Bravo to these true heroes.....BRAVO!!!
    • Marty
      Marty  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 days ago
      My hat goes off to any man or woman who can pass the Navy Seal Training. Toughest thing I ever watched in real life. No better men in the armed forces. No one else I would ever want if my butt was in a bind. Awesome men is all you can say about them.
    • Glenn
      Glenn  •  Bremerton, Washington  •  3 days ago
      Navy SEALS are terminators. I truly pity anything or anyone that stands between them and their objective. Bravo Zulu to all of America's warriors, and particularly the legendary Seal Team 6 DEVGRU operators!
    • Kim L
      Kim L  •  Portsmouth, Virginia  •  3 days ago
      Way to go Seals!! You are awesome!!!
    • Harry
      Harry  •  San Jose De Guaymas, Mexico  •  3 days ago
      Thomas. They are already rescuing America. When you have people like SEAL team 6 handle the hardest tasks in the world an get them done, that is true inspiration to all Americans that we can do it. This one act of extreme bravery is worth a thousand times more to us than all the political #$%$ we have been hearing this past 6 months.
    • D.J.Bubba
      D.J.Bubba  •  3 days ago
      The Navy Seals are the best, Special Forces, Marines,
      Green Berets, we have some of the best trained forces in the world,
      Now it is up to us to sort out the truth from fantasy in what the media reports
    • Martha
      Martha  •  Jackson, Mississippi  •  3 days ago
      There are not enough words to praise these brave men. Way to go SEALS.
    • D CURTIS
      D CURTIS  •  Chattanooga, Tennessee  •  3 days ago
      When do we need to tell every thing we know.
    • Frank
      Frank  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 days ago
      These are the true heroes.... Not those ego consumed, self important, celeberties of Hollywood, or worthless polititions, in Washington....
    • Lawrence B
      Lawrence B  •  New Berlin, Wisconsin  •  3 days ago
      Score 9-0 Seals. Nice shooting, boys.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 days ago
      I'm glad that they are killing the scumbags. Moar special operations, pease.
    • lovemexfood
      lovemexfood  •  3 days ago
      Hope that the SEALS left a pile of terrorist bodies filled with bullet holes before they left.
    • sunshinette
      sunshinette  •  3 days ago
      Seals forever
    • Reuben
      Reuben  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 days ago
      These guys are just too tough !Go Navy Seals !!!
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