Washington, May 19: The US Navy SEALs’ raid on Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s hideout inside Pakistan ran into trouble after their original plan for a surprise assault was ruined when one of their helicopters clipped a wall, it has been revealed.
Five aircraft flew from Jalalabad in 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, media reported
Aboard two Black Hawk helicopters were 23 SEALs, an interpreter and a tracking dog named Cairo, the report said.
–Agencies