OSAMA BIN LADEN

Former al Qaeda chief’s wife speaks out for first time about how he was killed Amal bin Laden, who was bin Laden’s youngest wife, described the events of the night of May 1, 2011, when he was killed by US forces, to Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy for their book The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden 2 She recalled the fearful look on his face when a US military chopper landed in their compound in Pakistan. She rushed the entering US Navy SEALs, who shot her in the leg and then killed bin Laden 3 In the account, Amal also recalls how the SEALs held bin Laden’s terrified daughter and his distraught wife Khairiah next to his body to confirm his identity, and then took his body with them.