CIA • 2023

FOUND IN ABBOTTABAD: 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE UBL RAID

Approved for Release: 2022/12/01 C06932629 Found in Abbottabad: 5 Year Anniversary of the UBL Raid In the early morning hours of May 2, 2011, a US military raid on an al-Qa'ida compound killed Usama Bin Ladin, America's most wanted terrorist. The mission's success was the culmination of many years of complex, thorough, and highly advanced intelligence operations and analyses led by the CIA with support from partners across the Intelligence Community (IC). Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the CIA began collecting information on key individuals connected to or providing support to Bin Ladin...