# Raid That Killed Osama bin Laden

> Ordered the Navy SEAL raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 attacks.

Barack Obama · Foreign Policy · Military Action · May 2, 2011
Official record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden

## What happened

Ordered the Navy SEAL raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 attacks.

## How it happened

Presidential authorization of a covert special-operations raid on May 2, 2011.

## Documented impact

- [positive / substantiated] Eliminated the world's most-wanted terrorist; broadly popular. — A signature national-security achievement that drew rare near-universal public approval.
- [negative / contested] Strained U.S.-Pakistan relations. — The unilateral raid on Pakistani soil without notice damaged bilateral trust.

## Sources

- [Killing of Osama bin Laden (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden)

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