Bin Laden Raid Book By Navy SEAL Coming
An ex-U.S. Navy SEAL who was on the raid that killed
Osama bin Laden and who was present at the time of the terror leader’s death
has written a firsthand account of the operation to be published next month on
the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, according to a statement from
the book’s publisher.
The book, titled “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of
the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden,” was written by a former SEAL team
leader who the publisher said was “one of the first men through the door on the
third floor of the terrorist leader’s hideout.”
“While written in the first person, my experiences are
universal,” the author, who writes under the pseudonym Mark Owen, says in the
book. “It is time to set the record straight about one of the most important
missions in U.S. military history. No Easy Day is the story of ‘the guys,’ the
human toll we pay, and the sacrifices we make to do this dirty job.”
The book, first reported by The New York Times, will be
published by Dutton, a division of the Penguin Group. Dutton said Owen plans to
donate a majority of the proceeds to charities that help the families of fallen
Navy SEALs. The names of the other SEALs on the raid have been changed in the
book for their protection.
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda and the man behind
the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 American lives, was
killed in early May 2011 in a raid by America’s famed SEAL Team Six. During the
operation, one of two Blackhawk helicopters that brought the elite troops to
their target crashed into a wall of bin Laden’s compound, but the SEALs were
able to complete the mission without sustaining any American casualties.
The author of the book retired from the SEALs within
months of the raid, The Times said, but will still appear in disguise for
television interviews to promote the book.
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