CIA Mocked with ‘Live Tweeting’ on Anniversary of Bin Laden Execution

Hit Brother

9 years ago

US spy agency the CIA has “live tweeted” the military raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan five years ago, drawing derision and satire from many people on Twitter.

Bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seal commandos on May 2, 2011, when they raided his compound in Abbottabad.

Several of the tweets included diagrams and maps of the compound, providing a rundown of the operation from the moment US President Barack Obama and intelligence officials approved it until the president received confirmation that bin Laden had been killed.

To mark the 5th anniversary of the Usama Bin Ladin operation in Abbottabad we will tweet the raid as if it were happening today.#UBLRaid

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

Join us beginning at 1:25 p.m. EDT today as we tweet the #UBLRaid as if it were happening today. pic.twitter.com/x8EBpW571f

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

Death of Usama Bin Ladin marked significant victory in US-led campaign to disrupt, dismantle, & defeat al-Qa`ida.#UBLRaid

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

Features
High walls/barbed wire
Double entry gates
No internet/phone connection
Trash burned not collected#UBLRaid pic.twitter.com/KyPIFPxA4d

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

Late 2010, intel linked a courier to compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Compound & main house had security features unusual for area#UBLRaid

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

Success of mission was culmination of years of complex, thorough & highly advanced intel ops & analyses led by CIA w support of IC.#UBLRaid

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

#OTD 2011: US military raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan killed Usama Bin Ladin.#UBLRaid https://t.co/rklCIS2W8d pic.twitter.com/o2Ym4vM7ri

— CIA (@CIA) May 1, 2016

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