A key detail in the initial narrative of the historic operation that killed the world’s most wanted man – al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – has proven to be inconsistent, raising concerns about what really happened at the lavish gated compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
US president Barack Obama and his officials announced Sunday night that bin Laden “was engaged in a firefight” and was killed by US Navy SEAL commandos after an intense exchange. But the story was altered when White House press secretary acknowledged on Tuesday that bin Laden was unarmed when shot dead.
Amid accusations of possible violations of international laws, the US attorney general justified the raid “as an action of national self-defence” against “a lawful military target”.
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