Bin Laden's guards fired rocket-propelled grenades from the roof and at least two explosions rocked the town during the fight.
Officials said the terror chief refused to give himself up, returned fire, and was eventually shot in the head and killed.
Three other adult men - including the leader’s son - are believed to have died.
A woman apparently used as a human shield - thought to be another of Bin Laden's wives- also died in the battle.
None of the US troops were injured in the operation, during which they were on the ground for just 40 minutes. The firefight itself lasted around five minutes.
bin laden video: dates and locations unspecified One US helicopter broke down and could not fly out again, which meant the troops had to carry out Bin Laden's body on foot.
It was mid-afternoon in Virginia when the CIA chief and his team received word the terrorist leader was dead.
An official said: "When word came in that the operation was a success, CIA officials in the conference room had a rather large applause."
The mission is now set to go down in history as one of the most spectacular intelligence operations in US history.
And it will be a huge boost to Mr Obama's presidency as he begins to campaign for a second term.
The leader had made finding the al Qaeda boss the CIA's top priority when he took office in 2008.
His predecessor George W Bush had declared he wanted Bin Laden alive or dead weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
But it took 10 years and vast resources to eventually locate the man described as 'the world's most wanted', in a Pakistani army town.
Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and is less than half a day’s drive from the borders of Afghanistan and two hours from Islamabad.
His discovery there raises questions about how he managed to evade capture and whether some officials in Pakistan had turned a blind eye.
The US had believed they were close to capturing the terror chief in the mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001 but he slipped through the net.
Most intelligence had put Bin Laden in the lawless border area between the two countries, possibly in a cave being sheltered by tribesmen
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Bin Laden's guards fired rocket-propelled grenades from the roof and at least two explosions rocked the town during the fight.
Officials said the terror chief refused to give himself up, returned fire, and was eventually shot in the head and killed.
Three other adult men - including the leader’s son - are believed to have died.
A woman apparently used as a human shield - thought to be another of Bin Laden's wives- also died in the battle.
None of the US troops were injured in the operation, during which they were on the ground for just 40 minutes. The firefight itself lasted around five minutes.
bin laden video: dates and locations unspecified One US helicopter broke down and could not fly out again, which meant the troops had to carry out Bin Laden's body on foot.
It was mid-afternoon in Virginia when the CIA chief and his team received word the terrorist leader was dead.
An official said: "When word came in that the operation was a success, CIA officials in the conference room had a rather large applause."
The mission is now set to go down in history as one of the most spectacular intelligence operations in US history.
And it will be a huge boost to Mr Obama's presidency as he begins to campaign for a second term.
The leader had made finding the al Qaeda boss the CIA's top priority when he took office in 2008.
His predecessor George W Bush had declared he wanted Bin Laden alive or dead weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
But it took 10 years and vast resources to eventually locate the man described as 'the world's most wanted', in a Pakistani army town.
Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and is less than half a day’s drive from the borders of Afghanistan and two hours from Islamabad.
His discovery there raises questions about how he managed to evade capture and whether some officials in Pakistan had turned a blind eye.
The US had believed they were close to capturing the terror chief in the mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001 but he slipped through the net.
Most intelligence had put Bin Laden in the lawless border area between the two countries, possibly in a cave being sheltered by tribesmen sarika of battambang.barang
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Bin Laden's guards fired rocket-propelled grenades from the roof and at least two explosions rocked the town during the fight.
Officials said the terror chief refused to give himself up, returned fire, and was eventually shot in the head and killed.
Three other adult men - including the leader’s son - are believed to have died.
A woman apparently used as a human shield - thought to be another of Bin Laden's wives- also died in the battle.
None of the US troops were injured in the operation, during which they were on the ground for just 40 minutes. The firefight itself lasted around five minutes.
bin laden video: dates and locations unspecified
One US helicopter broke down and could not fly out again, which meant the troops had to carry out Bin Laden's body on foot.
It was mid-afternoon in Virginia when the CIA chief and his team received word the terrorist leader was dead.
An official said: "When word came in that the operation was a success, CIA officials in the conference room had a rather large applause."
The mission is now set to go down in history as one of the most spectacular intelligence operations in US history.
And it will be a huge boost to Mr Obama's presidency as he begins to campaign for a second term.
The leader had made finding the al Qaeda boss the CIA's top priority when he took office in 2008.
His predecessor George W Bush had declared he wanted Bin Laden alive or dead weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
But it took 10 years and vast resources to eventually locate the man described as 'the world's most wanted', in a Pakistani army town.
Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and is less than half a day’s drive from the borders of Afghanistan and two hours from Islamabad.
His discovery there raises questions about how he managed to evade capture and whether some officials in Pakistan had turned a blind eye.
The US had believed they were close to capturing the terror chief in the mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001 but he slipped through the net.
Most intelligence had put Bin Laden in the lawless border area between the two countries, possibly in a cave being sheltered by tribesmen
How Special Forces Raid On Osama Unfolded ( 2nd part )
Bin Laden's guards fired rocket-propelled grenades from the roof and at least two explosions rocked the town during the fight.
Officials said the terror chief refused to give himself up, returned fire, and was eventually shot in the head and killed.
Three other adult men - including the leader’s son - are believed to have died.
A woman apparently used as a human shield - thought to be another of Bin Laden's wives- also died in the battle.
None of the US troops were injured in the operation, during which they were on the ground for just 40 minutes. The firefight itself lasted around five minutes.
bin laden video: dates and locations unspecified
One US helicopter broke down and could not fly out again, which meant the troops had to carry out Bin Laden's body on foot.
It was mid-afternoon in Virginia when the CIA chief and his team received word the terrorist leader was dead.
An official said: "When word came in that the operation was a success, CIA officials in the conference room had a rather large applause."
The mission is now set to go down in history as one of the most spectacular intelligence operations in US history.
And it will be a huge boost to Mr Obama's presidency as he begins to campaign for a second term.
The leader had made finding the al Qaeda boss the CIA's top priority when he took office in 2008.
His predecessor George W Bush had declared he wanted Bin Laden alive or dead weeks after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
But it took 10 years and vast resources to eventually locate the man described as 'the world's most wanted', in a Pakistani army town.
Abbottabad is surrounded by hills and is less than half a day’s drive from the borders of Afghanistan and two hours from Islamabad.
His discovery there raises questions about how he managed to evade capture and whether some officials in Pakistan had turned a blind eye.
The US had believed they were close to capturing the terror chief in the mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001 but he slipped through the net.
Most intelligence had put Bin Laden in the lawless border area between the two countries, possibly in a cave being sheltered by tribesmen
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