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The soldier who killed Osama Bin Laden

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*He shot the Al Qaeda leader three times in the head

Rob O'Neill. Photo Pundit Press
Rob O’Neill. Photo Pundit Press

The Mail Online has unveiled the Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden dead in the US special force’s most famous operation, the raid on a house on Abbottobad, in Pakistan, on 2 May 2011.

He is Rob O’Neill, a highly-decorated 38 year old, who quit after 16 years service. He is scheduled to make an appearance on Fox News later this month, reported Mail Online.

Rob’s father, Tom O’Neill, tells MailOnline, ‘People are asking if we are worried that ISIS will come and get us because Rob is going public. I say I’ll paint a big target on my front door and say come and get us.’

Osama Bin Laden, alive and dead. AFP
Osama Bin Laden, alive and dead. AFP
Robert O'Neill. Photo: Mail Online
Robert O’Neill.
Photo: Mail Online

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