Seal Target Geronimo: The inside story of the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden

Author: Chuck Pfarrer

Goodreads Rating: 3.78

Publisher: Penguin Books India

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About the Book: SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden The inside account of the Bin Laden Mission, told by the men who were there to the only author they trusted, a former SEAL commander. On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink wassent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation roomof the White House in Washington, D.C.: 'Geronimo, Echo, KIA'.These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden'sthree-decade-long career of terror. This is the story of BinLaden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terroristmastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault elementcommander of SEAL Team Six. After talking to members of the SEALteam involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealeddetails of the historic raid and the men who planned and conductedit in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happenedduring each minute of the mission - both inside the building andoutside. Pfarrer takes readers inside the operation as the SEALsflew over the wall of Bin Laden's shabby compound and thenpenetrated deeper and deeper into the terrorist's lair, telling usjust what it looked, sounded, and smelled like in that swelteringPakistani suburb. He takes us to the exact spot where the al-Qaedaleader was cowering when the bullet entered his head. SEAL TargetGeronimo is an explosive story of unparalleled valour, clockworkmilitary precision, and deadly accuracy carried out by one of themost elite fighting forces in the world - the U.S. Navy's SEAL TeamSix.