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Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, went into hiding following the start of the War in Afghanistan in order to avoid capture by the United States and its allies for his role in the September 11, 2001 attacks, and having been on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since 1999. After evading capture at the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, his whereabouts became unclear, and various rumours about his health, continued role in al-Qaeda, and location were circulated. Bin Laden also released several video and audio recordings during this time. In the decade following his disappearance, there were many attempts made by the United States government to locate bin Laden. In December, 2009, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal said that bin Laden would need to be "captured or killed" in order for the U.S. to "finally defeat al-Qaeda." According to the U.S. government's official account of the operation, in August 2007 the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency located a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan and identified it as the likely location of bin Laden. On May 1, 2011, United States Navy SEALs of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DevGru) carried out an assault on the compound on orders from U.S. President Barack Obama. During a 40-minute raid, bin Laden was killed by one bullet above the left eye and another to the chest.〔Bob Drogin, Christi Parsons and Ken Dilanian, "(How Bin Laden met his end )" (May 3, 2011). ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 The SEALs overpowered the compound's remaining residents, killing several, and extracted bin Laden's body (which was subsequently buried at sea) as well as computer hard drives, documents, and other material. In May 2015, Seymour Hersh reported that the official U.S. government's account of the bin Laden killing had been a lie to secure a propaganda victory, and that bin Laden had in fact been captured in 2006 by the Pakistani ISI, who had later helped the U.S. to arrange the killing of bin Laden. ==Bin Laden's life between 2001 and 2011== New information of Bin Laden's location has been emerging since his death and the arrest of his wives. According to one of his wives, bin Laden was united with his family the first time after the 9/11 attacks in the second half of 2002 in Peshawar. After this, bin Laden took his family into rural mountain areas of northwest Pakistan (and very notably, not in the tribal belt where main US attention was focused.) First they stayed in the Shangla district in the Swat valley, where they stayed in two houses for eight to nine months. In 2003 they moved to Haripur, a small town close to Islamabad, where they stayed in a rented house for two years. In mid-2005, Bin Laden and his family moved to Abbottabad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Search for Osama bin Laden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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