[Chuck Pfarrer] SEAL Target Geronimo : The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden(pdf){Zzzzz}[BЯ]

The true story of the killing of bin Laden by author and former U.S. Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer

On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink was sent from Pakistan crackling into the situation room of the White House: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, ended Osama bin Laden’s reign of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Neptune's Spear from the men who were there. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details in an exclusive account of what happened as he takes readers inside the walls of Bin Laden’s compound penetrating deep into the terrorist’s lair to reach the exact spot where the Al Qaeda leader was cowering when the bullet entered his head. SEAL Target Geronimo is an explosive story of unparalleled valor and clockwork military precision carried out by the most elite fighting force in the world—the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six.

Editorial Reviews
Review

"A marvelously engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden...Richly told in broad, cinematic strokes, this is catnip for readers who enjoy special-ops tales."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The book is more than just a high-adventure black ops thriller. It is a work of historical importance that sets the record straight about our struggle against forces dedicated to rebuilding an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East... It is a book you will read as you walk on the sidewalk because you do not want the action to stop."--Neil W. McCabe, Human Events
"Pfarrer certainly had access. A SEAL Team Six assault-element commander in the 1980s, he is known inside the intelligence community for his well-regarded first book, Warrior Soul...He clearly had detailed conversations with senior officers in the SEALs’ chain of command (especially Adm. William McRaven and then–SEAL Team Six commander Scott Kerr) and understands the vocabulary and the culture very well...SEAL Target Geronimo explodes a number of media myths about the raid to kill bin Laden...There was no “45-minute” running gun battle. The SEAL team fired only 12 bullets, and the whole operation lasted only 38 minutes...The most provocative part of the book is pure speculation: by killing bin Laden, did the SEALs accidentally do Zawahiri’s dirty work?... As the British Foreign Office used to famously say: 'Interesting, if true.'"--Richard Miniter, The Daily Beast
“Chuck Pfarrer writes with the brilliant eye of a novelist and the real-world authority of a soldier who has fought in the world’s most mysterious corners. He’s not only a poet and soldier, but also a deeply read historian. Pfarrer has written a true page-turner about the inside story of Operation Neptune’s Spear. There is enough action here, enough human drama, enough fascinating history, to keep you reading until dawn—you simply have to know what happens next. SEAL Target Geronimo is first-rate storytelling. It’s an amazing story, written about a world no one knows better than Chuck Pfarrer himself.”--Doug Stanton, author of In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers
From the Author
THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SEAL
TEAM SIX OPERATION IN ABBOTTABAD

NEW IN THE PAPERBACK EDITION

Three new chapters of Information from newly declassified documents captured in the raid as well as a blockbuster independent investigation conducted by Pakistani Brigadeer General (Ret) Shukat Qadir, who interviewed military and ISI personnel as well as debriefing eyewitness and undertaking a guided tour of the bin Laden residence hours after the raid.

The new chapters include detailed information on:

OBL's exact locations for the ten years he was on the run in Pakistan
The locations of Ayman Zawahiri and Mullah Omar.
An analysis of declassified papers taken by ST6 from Abbottabad
Al Qaeda's planned attack on the Pakistani nuclear weapons facility at Kahuta
Al Qaeda's plan to use poison gas in Yemen (from a letter dated six days before OBL's death)
Information taken from an independent Pakistani investigation of the raid to include previously unknown details of CIA's pre mission reconnaissance
The code name of Dr. Shekel Afridi's CIA controller and details about the "Hepatitis Screening Program" that eventually located OBL
New details about Al Qaeda's kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat to trade for Khairee bin Laden (Wife #1) who was being held in Tehran
Details of OBLs detailed planning for the transfer of his wife after the prisoner exchange with the Iranians.
New details on CIA's phone call to the compound two nights before the raid
Information obtained during Pakistan's nearly year long interrogation of OBL's surviving wives and children
Information from the Pakistani first responders who entered the compound only minutes after the helicopters had left.
Connecting the dots on who the US closed in after the arrival of Khairee bin Laden, as well as the capture of Bali Bomber Umer Patik in Abbottabad a mere four months prior to the raid
Eye witness testimony about the raid from OBL's widows and Children, as well as Pakistani neighbors who saw the entire raid.
Confirmation from eye witnesses who saw the helicopter crash in the middle of the operation and not at the beginning.
Details about Pakistani fighters who were scrambled and nearly shot down the US helicopters as they retreated.
More details about the "special access granted to Boal and Bigelow--confirmed by Freedom of Information Act requests that show DoD and WH emails confirming that the two SONY Studios filmmakers were give the names of ST6 operators unlawfully.

And there is more, including information that following the November 2011 "Border Incident" in which US Special Operations Forces killed 20 Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan moved surface to air missiles to the Afghan Border. The source for this information was Pakistani and all of it has been cross-referenced.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Publisher: St. Martin's Press (November 8, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 125000635X
ASIN: B007MXAUQ2