Channel Ten has secured a world exclusive about killing the worlds biggest terrorists. Osama Bin Laden.
a one-hour TEN special event, hear the remarkable first-hand account of the raid that killed the world’s most wanted terrorist, from one of the US Navy SEALS who pulled the trigger.
Telling his story for the very first time on Australian television, Mark Owen – a former SEAL who was in the room when Osama bin Laden died – speaks to Scott Pelley in his only interview.
Owen, who uses a pseudonym for security, recalls each step of the May 2011 mission and the preparation he and the elite force made for it. His SEAL comrades and hundreds of others played a role in the historic mission that brought about the end of the decade-long hunt for the al-Qaeda terrorist leader.
Owen’s riveting account mirrors that of Kathryn Bigelow’s Hollywood blockbuster Zero Dark Thirty. His true identity is clouded in secrecy, and a heavy disguise and voice distorter are used to protect him.
Hosted by TEN’s award-winning National Political Editor and Canberra Bureau Chief, Hugh Riminton, Killing Bin Laden: A TEN News Special comes hard on the heels of NATO handing over security for the whole of Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
Yesterday’s ceremony saw the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force hand over control of the last 95 districts in a transition process that began in 2011 when Bin Laden was killed.
Tuesday June 25, 9.30pm on TEN
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