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The tenyear search for bin laden from 911 to abbottabad kindle. The search for bin laden is a 20 documentary film directed by greg barker that explores the central intelligence agencys investigation of osama bin laden, starting from 1995 until his death in 2011. Jul, 2017 a year after the commando raid that killed osama bin laden in abbottabad, pakistan, we have a terrific new book on the decadelong search for highvalue target no. Published in the express tribune, sunday magazine, september 9 th, 2012.
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