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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
What I found funny was when they got to the third floor, they basically didn't see anyone and then someone hiding whispers in the dark "Osama?"[/quote]

According to Mark Bissonnette, the author of "No Easy Day" and one of the three SEALs first on the top floor, they did call the names of people they suspected were there.  I don't remember if they called Bin Laden's name, but I do remember that he said the called Bin Laden's son's name. This was a tactic they learned from someone else (maybe the Israeli's? I'd have to check the book again) and found to be useful. In that type of situation, there is a lot of confusion. When someone hears his name, he might think for a second that friendlies are calling him because he wouldn't expect his enemies to know his name (true in Ahmad's case maybe, but obviously not Osama's).

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+1. I actually found the movie depiction of the raid to be very accurate in regards to what Mark Bissonnette described in his book and in interviews. They did in fact call out the names of the people they were looking for, and at least one (one of Osama's sons) stuck his head out in reply and was promptly shot. [/quote]

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