Navy Seals

Events (9)

• Before September 11, 2001: US Military’s Special Forces Never Used Against Al-Qaeda Before 9/11 2001-09-11
• (8:46 a.m.-9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special Operations Personnel Are Away from the US for a Counterterrorism Exercise in Europe 2001-09-11
• Early Morning September 3, 2008: US-Led Special Ops Unit Crosses into South Waziristan and Assaults Village Killing at Least 15; Women, Children among Dead 2008-09-03
• June 5, 2009: Pentagon Sends 1,000 Additional Special Operations Forces to Afghanistan Ahead of McChrystal Confirmation 2009-06-05
• January 2011: US Special Forces Begin Planning for Raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad Compound
• 1980: Afghan Fighters Begin Training in US
• Early 2005: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Cancels Mission to Capture Al-Zawahiri in Pakistan
• Early-November 2006: US Intelligence Tracks Al-Qaeda Leader for Months in Pakistan, but Does Not Try to Capture or Kill Him
• Late 2002-Early 2003: More Talented US Personnel Redeployed from Afghanistan to Iraq