Operación Neptune's Spear: Gerónimo EKIA - Muerte Bin Laden

[Zigor]

Lo cierto es que salió estupenda la operación, es más, se puede uno cargar un helicóptero de varios millones de dólares y que te feliciten, porque no os habeis matado y tu equipo ha dado caza a Osama Bin Laden, es que no dejo de pensar estos días en el ostión más alegre de la historia de la aviación con helicópteros, y que no lo podamos tener colgado en el youtube

[Loopster]

Más de uno en la base del JSOC en Jalalabad tuvo que hacérselo encima cuando escuchó por radio eso de "Blackhawk Down", a 800m de la Academia Militar de Pakistán.

El esquema del blog de Cenciotti recoge muy bien los medios aéreos que seguramente participaron, pero creo que es complicado que fueran Rangers los que hicieron el cerco, a pesar de que están asignados al JSOC de manera casi permanente (un Batallón en rotación, cosa de McChrystal, que fue quien acabó con la costumbre de que los Rangers fueran solamente un "criadero de Deltas" *) no gozan de la excepción legal que si tienen Devgru y Delta en cuanto a participar en operaciones clandestinas y bajo mandato exclusivo del Presidente. El primer asalto lo hicieron dos Blackhawks modificados de los que uno se piñó mientras descendía para el fast-rope, entre los dos aparatos y descontando cuatro tripulantes en cada uno, queda el espacio justo para 12 miembros del Devgru y "Cairo", con lo que los 80 y tantos que dicen que participaron serían entre los otros dos MH47 y algunos que ya estarían en tierra, seguramente CIA + GRS, ya que se podían mover desde Islamabad y otros sitios por tierra sin necesidad de infiltración/exfiltración en helos.

Es una putada enorme que los planes para el centro de formación del SOCEUR en Rota no salieran adelante, y que le cortaran las alas al proyecto de la UOE post-SoSan... McRaven estaba destinado como comandante del SOCEUR en esas fechas y la cosa podía haber sido acojonantemente buena para nuestras OEs.

* McChrystal es casi seguro que fue la primera persona, fuera del JSOC y el Gabinete de Obama en la Situation Room, que supo de la operación. Dos turnos como Comandante del JSOC, mentor de McRaven y la persona que revolucionó el JSOC cargándose las diferencias entre Delta y Devgru, llenándolos de apoyos y centrando el abanico de misiones en Acción Directa pura y dura.

[LEPANTO]

En las fotos de satélite la academia militar estaba a escasos km del lugar del raid. Siguiendo los manuales US de este tipo de operaciones tendría lógica que los Security teams (tierra) estuviesen a la vista de cualquier posible intromisión o refuerzo que desbaratese la operación, en esa carretera directa que se aprecia, y esto incluye la mencionada academia. Sin embargo, desde el gobierno de Paquistán no se habla de enfrentamientos ni de bajas, en este sentido. tampoco iban a decir nada, imagino, si se hubiesen producido. No creo tampoco que estos equipos abriesen fuego como distracción previa, porque el objetivo principal podría haberse dado el piro. Sigue sin cuadrarme la poca operatividad de la escolta de B.L. O a lo mejor es que los operativos del Devgroup se los pasaran por el forro como si tal cosa, que también es posible. Bueno casi todo es posible. Desde Paquistán negarán haber sido avisados, se rasgarán las vestiduras, y a otra cosa.
Lo más lógico es que los US avisaran en el mismo momento de la operación, con la suerte echada, y un severo aviso de que se lo tomaran con calma.

[manzaricoh]

Momentos despues del asalto y una vez que se hizo cargo el ejercito de Pakistan de la zona se produjeron una serie de arrestos, si bien no ha habido más datos al respecto. Lo que ha trascendido que algunos vecinos han sido detenidos, quizás para interrogatorios para saber el nivel de conocimiento del asunto, pero la duda está en si algunos de los arrestados son agentes de la CIA que estaban allí de apoyo como habeis comentado. (De hecho, se ha filtrado que tenían una casa segura cercana para vigilar los movimientos). Y que por motivos de la tensión que se ha abierto entre Pakistan y EEUU a raiz de OBL, no ha salido a la luz y serían piezas para jugar en los despachos.

[pagano]

la casa de vigilancia estaba operativa desde 5 años (los datos aportados por Alí Mohamed fueron vitales para la localización del escondite e inmediato reconocimiento de zona y apostaje en una casa de seguridad cercana para su vigilancia).

[FlancoSur]

El trasiego de medios aéreos pudo disimularse teniendo en cuenta los pasillos habilitados en el espacio aéreo pakistaní entre el Océano Índico y Afganistán.

[Loopster]

Tuvieron que dejarlo guapo con los dos balazos en la cara.

http://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/05/1 ... 14030.html

[pagano]

La filtración decía que era un tiro en el pecho y otro en la cabeza, lo que no casa con la doctrina de las unidades de primer nivel.

[Loopster]

Por esto pagan tan bien al Devgru... porque cuando todo el plan se va a tomar por culo, lo bordan.

Sources: Raiders knew mission a one-shot deal

Those who planned the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong.

The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national outrage over the breach of Pakistani sovereignty would make it impossible to try again if the raid on bin Laden’s suspected redoubt came up dry.

Once the raiders reached their target, things started to go awry almost immediately, officials briefed on the operation said.

Adding exclusive new details to the account of the assault on bin Laden’s hideout, officials described just how the SEAL raiders loudly ditched a foundering helicopter right outside bin Laden’s door, ruining the plan for a surprise assault. That forced them to abandon plans to run a squeeze play on bin Laden — simultaneously entering the house stealthily from the roof and the ground floor.

Instead, they busted into the ground floor and began a floor-by-floor storming of the house, working up to the top level where they had assumed bin Laden — if he was in the house — would be.

They were right.

The raiders came face-to-face with bin Laden in a hallway outside his bedroom, and three of the Americans stormed in after him, U.S. officials briefed on the operation told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a classified operation.

U.S. officials believe Pakistani intelligence continues to support militants who attack U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and actively undermine U.S. intelligence operations to go after al-Qaida inside Pakistan. The level of distrust is such that keeping Pakistan in the dark was a major factor in planning the raid, and led to using the high-tech but sometimes unpredictable helicopter technology that nearly unhinged the mission.

Pakistan’s government has since condemned the action, and threatened to open fire if U.S. forces enter again.

On Monday, the two partners attempted to patch up relations, agreeing to pursue high-value targets jointly.

The decision to launch on that particular moonless night in May came largely because too many American officials had been briefed on the plan. U.S. officials feared if it leaked to the press, bin Laden would disappear for another decade.


U.S. special operations forces have made approximately four forays into Pakistani territory since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, though this one, some 90 miles inside Pakistan, was unlike any other, the officials say.

The job was given to a SEAL Team 6 unit, just back from Afghanistan, one official said. This elite branch of SEALs had been hunting bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan since 2001.

Five aircraft flew from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with three school-bus-size Chinook helicopters landing in a deserted area roughly two-thirds of the way to bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, two of the officials explained.

Aboard two Black Hawk helicopters were 23 SEALs, an interpreter and a tracking dog named Cairo. Nineteen SEALs would enter the compound, and three of them would find bin Laden, one official said, providing the exact numbers for the first time.

Aboard the Chinooks were two dozen more SEALs, as backup.

The Black Hawks were specially engineered to muffle the tail rotor and engine sound, two officials said. The added weight of the stealth technology meant cargo was calculated to the ounce, with weather factored in. The night of the mission, it was hotter than expected.

The Black Hawks were to drop the SEALs and depart in less than two minutes, in hopes locals would assume they were Pakistani aircraft visiting the nearby military academy.

One Black Hawk was to hover above the compound, with SEALs sliding down ropes into the open courtyard.

The second was to hover above the roof to drop SEALs there, then land more SEALs outside — plus an interpreter and the dog, who would track anyone who tried to escape and to alert SEALs to any approaching Pakistani security forces.

If troops appeared, the plan was to hunker down in the compound, avoiding armed confrontation with the Pakistanis while officials in Washington negotiated their passage out.

The two SEAL teams inside would work toward each other, in a simultaneous attack from above and below, their weapons silenced, guaranteeing surprise, one of the officials said. They would have stormed the building in a matter of minutes, as they’d done time and again in two training models of the compound.

The plan unraveled as the first helicopter tried to hover over the compound. The Black Hawk skittered around uncontrollably in the heat-thinned air, forcing the pilot to land. As he did, the tail and rotor got caught on one of the compound’s 12-foot walls. The pilot quickly buried the aircraft’s nose in the dirt to keep it from tipping over, and the SEALs clambered out into an outer courtyard.

The other aircraft did not even attempt hovering, landing its SEALs outside the compound.

Now, the raiders were outside, and they’d lost the element of surprise.

They had trained for this, and started blowing their way in with explosives, through walls and doors, working their way up the three-level house from the bottom.

They had to blow their way through barriers at each stair landing, firing back, as one of the men in the house fired at them.

They shot three men as well as one woman, whom U.S. officials have said lunged at the SEALs.

Small knots of children were on every level, including the balcony of bin Laden’s room.

As three of the SEALs reached the top of the steps on the third floor, they saw bin Laden standing at the end of the hall. The Americans recognized him instantly, the officials said.

Bin Laden also saw them, dimly outlined in the dark house, and ducked into his room.

The three SEALs assumed he was going for a weapon, and one by one they rushed after him through the door, one official described.

Two women were in front of bin Laden, yelling and trying to protect him, two officials said. The first SEAL grabbed the two women and shoved them away, fearing they might be wearing suicide bomb vests, they said.

The SEAL behind him opened fire at bin Laden, putting one bullet in his chest, and one in his head.

It was over in a matter of seconds.

Back at the White House Situation Room, word was relayed that bin Laden had been found, signaled by the code word “Geronimo.” That was not bin Laden’s code name, but rather a representation of the letter “G.” Each step of the mission was labeled alphabetically, and “Geronimo” meant that the raiders had reached step “G,” the killing or capture of bin Laden, two officials said.

As the SEALs began photographing the body for identification, the raiders found an AK-47 rifle and a Russian-made Makarov pistol on a shelf by the door they’d just run through. Bin Laden hadn’t touched them.

They were among a handful of weapons that were removed to be inventoried.

It took approximately 15 minutes to reach bin Laden, one official said. The next 23 or so were spent blowing up the broken chopper, after rounding up nine women and 18 children to get them out of range of the blast.

One of the waiting Chinooks flew in to pick up bin Laden’s body, the raiders from the broken aircraft and the weapons, documents and other materials seized at the site.

The helicopters flew back to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, and the body was flown to a waiting Navy ship for bin Laden’s burial at sea, ensuring no shrine would spring up around his grave.

When the SEAL team met President Obama, he did not ask who shot bin Laden. He simply thanked each member of the team, two officials said.

In a few weeks, the team that killed bin Laden will go back to training, and in a couple months, back to work overseas.

[Jose Luis Mansilla]

You Lived a Praised Life and You Died as a Martyr!!!

The General Command of Al-Qaedah
A Statement Concerning the Defiant Battle, and the Martyrdom of Sheikh Usama bin Laden (may Allah have mercy on him)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم


All praise be to the One who has said:
﴿وَلَئِنْ قُتِلْتُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مُتُّمْ لَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ﴾
“And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of Allah, forgiveness and mercy from Allah are far better than all they could amass.” (Aali Imran: 157)
May peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, who said:
‹‹ لوددت أني أقتل في سبيل الله ثم أحيا ثم أقتل ثم أحيا ثم أقتل ››
“I wish that I could be killed in the Path of Allah, then be raised again, then be killed, then be rasied again, and then be killed.”
... and upon his family and companions who spread the truth in their justice, and guarded the religion with their lives, and spilt their blood for its supremacy.
﴿مَا وَهَنُوا لِمَا أَصَابَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُوا وَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا﴾
“But they never lost heart if they met with disaster in Allah's way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in.” (Aali Imran: 146)
...and upon all those who followed their path, fighting Jihad and showing patience like them until the Day of Recompense.
On a historical day in the history of the magnificent Ummah, in a situation not newfound for its heroes and chivalrous men in its blessed past, and upon a prepared and paved way trekked by the best men in history, the Sheikh, the Mujahid, the Commander, the ascetic, the Muhajir (Emigrant), Abu Abdullah Usama bin Muhammad bin Laden, may Allah have mercy on him, in a situation of truth, proving his words with actions, his claim with evidence, was killed, joining the caravan of the awed Ummah, whose caravans have left one after one, joined by great leaders, loyal soldiers, and noble knights, who all refused to pay a cheap price for this religion, refusing to hand over its leadership and be humiliated by those over whom Allah has written humiliation and wretchedness from those who have earned His wrath and the misguided. He confronted them, his weapons against theirs with his, and his strength against theirs, and he accepted the challenge of those who came out their fancy equipment, machinery, weapons, aircrafts and their troops, all haughty and pompous. His determination did not weaken in front of them, nor was he sapped of strength. Rather, he stood and confronted them face to face like a firm mountain, and continued to engage them in a fierce battle, the likes of which he was already accustomed to a thousand others in its likes, after which he excused himself and fulfilled the trust, receiving bullets of treachery and infidelity, submitting his soul to its creator, reciting:
[Poetry]
من يبذُلِ الروحَ الكريم لربِّه --- دفعاً لباطلهم فكيف يُلامُ
Whoever submits his noble soul to his Lord ... to repel their falsehood, how can he be blamed?

…to end his enlightened life, a good news for the honor which he was seeking for many years, traveling across earth in its search. He received it, sending the glad tidings when he faced it: Indeed it is martyrdom in the sake of Allah.
﴿وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَمَا يُلَقَّاهَا إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ﴾
“And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint,- none but persons of the greatest good fortune.” (Fussilat 35)
The echoes of his words still ring across the horizons:
فالسَّعيد من اتخذه الله شهيداً
“The successful are those who Allah has chosen as a martyr.”
And his thinking was not one of the unable!
[Poetry]
ومن ظن ممن يلاقي الحروب --- بأن لا يصاب فقد ظن عجزا
Whoever fights in wars and thinks ... he will not be harmed has thought himself unable
Congratulations, O' Ummah of the martyrdom of its righteous son, Usamah! After a life filled with striving and effort, determination and patience, inspiring and waging Jihad, generosity and nobility, emigration and travel, sincerity and excellent stances, wisdom and tact, the worldly years of the Sheikh of Jihad in this time has come to an end, so that his blood, his words, his stances and his final end become a spirit which will travel through the flesh of the coming generations of our Islamic Ummah, one after another, learning from him that glory is not built from mere wishful thinking and hopes, that leadership is not about status and medals, that creed and principles are not mere rants and raves chanted by the tongue, that the religion is not defended and aided in one's spare time, deeds and speech, that the path to honor, in this life and the next, is ready for those who wish to pay the price and bear its pains, that leadership in religion is not gained except by patience and certainty, and that a Muslim's capital investment is truthfulness, sincerity, and purity and intention.
Even if America has been able to kill Usama, this is not embarrassment or shame. Do chivalrous men and heros die in situations other than battles? Everything has an appointed term, but can the Amercans, through their media and their agents, their machinery and armies, their intelligence and their various agencies, kill of what Sheikh Usama lived for and was killed for? Far be it! Far be it! Sheikh Usama did not build this organization to die with his death.
﴿يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ * هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ﴾
“Their intention is to extinguish Allah's Light (by blowing) with their mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it). It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it).” (Saff: 8-9)
This verse will never cease to be an arrow, piercing the necks of these deaf and dumb who have no intellect. The Religion of Allah, from which is Jihad, will always remain to be, its creed carried by those with pure hearts, striving to be revived by those with pure hands, and seeking to be made supreme by bands of truthful men, unharmed by those who oppose them or abandon them until the Promise of Allah comes to be.
Usama bin Laden was not a prophet sent for the twentieth century. Rather, he was a Muslim man from this noble Muslim Ummah who took the Book firmly with strength and sold this life for the next, striving as it deserves. This is how we reckon him. So Allah elevated his status as much has he elevated Islam, gave him glory as much as he strove to glorify Islam, and terrified the nations of infidelity as much as he did not fear others except his Lord. Indeed the Ummah which gave birth to Usama bin Laden is still fertile, and there will be many more heros like him to come, who find delight in sacrifice and patience, choking their enemies, and opening for them the gates of Hellfire, or leading them to Paradise in chains. The University of Faith, Quran and Jihad from which the Sheikh graduated will never close its doors. The Quran has been preserved and memorized, and its verses are recited throughout the night and day; it will never be erased, even if they were to gather from the four corners of the earth. How can it be so when our Muslim Ummah today is flocking back to their religion and their willingness to sacrifice for their creed, and their strengh in confronting their enemies, and are more aware of the plots being conspired against them, after a new pure and pious generation has been reared which Sheikh Usama, may Allah have mercy upon him, played a good part in creating, along with his other brothers from the righteous leaders and good righteous preachers: a generation which is proud with their faith and feels honored with their Islam, and sees nothing of the infidel west and their fake civilization, the civilization of effeminacy, depravity, trickery and deceit, a generation which takes the martyrdom of their leaders an opportunity to reaffirm their alliance to the religion, not a penalty to turn back on their heels, repeating the saying of Allah with belief and certainty:
﴿فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ وَمَنْ يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا﴾
Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah,- whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). (Al Nisaa:74)
We also remind that the blood of Sheikh Usama, may Allah have mercy on him, more precious to us and to all Muslims than to be spilt without result. It will remain as a curse which pursues the Americans and their agents domestically and internationally. Soon, Allah willing their celebration will turn into sorrow, and their tears will mix with their blood. We will indeed fulfill the oath of Sheikh Usama, may Allah have mercy on him:
فلن تنعم أمريكا ولا مَن يعيش في أمريكا بالأمان حتى ينعمَ به أهلنا في فلسطين
“America nor those in it will never feel peace and security unless our fellow Muslims feel it in Palestine.”
The soldiers of Islam, groups and individuals, will continue to plan night and day without rest, without despair and without surrender, without tiring, until you are struck with an amazing event which will whiten the hair of children before the elderly.
We call upon the Muslim people of Pakistan, upon whose soil Sheikh Usama was killed, to stand and revolt, to wash this blemish which has stained them by this small band of traitors and thugs who have sold everything to the enemies of the Ummah, and have no care for the sentiment of this noble Mujahid people. They must carry our a strong uprising to purify their land, Pakistan, from the filth of the Americans who have sought havoc on earth:
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ﴾
“Allah does not change a people's lot unless they change what is in their hearts.” (Ar-Ra'd: 11)
In addition to what has preceded, we mention that the Sheikh refused to leave this world without sharing the joy of the Islamic Ummah over their revolt against the injustice of the tyrants, and he, may Allah have mercy on him, recorded for it an audio message one week before his killing, which consisted of congratulations, advice and direction, which we will soon release, Allah willing. It ended with the following verses of poetry:
فقول الحق للطاغي --- هو العز هو البشرى
هو الدربُ إلى الدنيا --- هو الدربُ إلى الأخرى
فإن شئتَ فمتْ عبداً --- وإن شئتَ فمت حرّا
For speaking the truth to a tyrant...is the true honor and glad tidings.
It is the path to the world...it is the path to the Hereafter.
If you wish die as a slave...and if you wish die as a freeborn.

We also warn the Americans from bringing any harm to the body of the Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, or dealing with it in any unsuitable manner, along with the bodies of anyone one of his family members, whether killed or otherwise, and that they hand over the body to their family. Otherwise, any act of desecration to it will open multiple more doors of evil, about which you should blame none other than yourselves. We ask all the Muslims to do what they can in regards to fulfill this right.

All matters return to Allah, in the beginning and the end, and the wrongdoers will come to know the what end they will meet.
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists, and may much peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family.

Al-Qaedah/ The General Command
Tuesday, Jumada Al Ulaa 29, 1432
May 3, 2011

Source: Al-Fajr Media Center

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