<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Christina Lamb]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=19635Author <![CDATA[Bitter SEALs Tell of Killing 'Bert' Laden]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 OSAMA BIN LADEN was killed within 90 seconds of the US Navy Seals landing in his compound and not after a protracted gun battle, according to the first account by the men who carried out the raid. The operation was so clinical that only 12 bullets were fired.

The Seals have spoken out because they were angered at the version given by politicians, which they see as portraying them as cold-blooded murderers on a “kill mission”. They were also shocked that President Barack Obama announced bin Laden's death on television the same evening, rendering useless much of the intelligence they had seized.

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