U.S. commandos knew bin Laden likely would die
Inside bin Laden's compound U.S. Special Operation Capable (SOC) Marines with the 26th Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU), patrol past a picture of Osama bin Laden as they practice urban combat and room clearing in their quarters aboard the USS Whidbey Island, off the coast of Pakistan, December 12, 2001.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special forces set out to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to make it harder for the al Qaeda founder to become a martyr, U.S. national security officials told Reuters on Monday.
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Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON
Mon May 2, 2011 1:10pm EDT
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