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Bin Laden: code name Geronimo
As President Barack Obama and his team sat on tenterhooks in the Situation Room, the CIA director Leon Panetta broke the silence with the memorable words: "We have a visual on Geronimo." It was the first confirmation that Osama bin Laden, who had been given the 19th Century Apache leader's name as a code word, was definitely in the compound in Pakistan. Shortly afterwards, a Navy Seal halfway across the world sent the message "Geronimo EKIA" -- meaning enemy killed in action -- which was relayed to a jubilant White House Situation Room. US President Barack Obama watched events unfold sitting in the thousands of miles away from the al-Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad. In one picture released by the White House, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits near the president, her hand covering her mouth. Mr Obama is leaning forward in his chair in the same photograph, watching intently as the raid takes place. Posted by: tipper 2011-05-03 |
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