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Chronicles the process by which Osama bin Laden's pursuers hunted down the terrorist mastermind before finally locating and killing him on May 2, 2011. Contains never-before-revealed details about the mission to strike bin Laden's stronghold.

An overview of the events of September 11, 2001, that provides a time line of the attack and discusses Osama bin Laden, jihad, the Taliban, acts of bravery, and other related topics.

Presents biographical information about militant Islamic leader Osama bin Laden, including his role in international terrorism and the beliefs that fuel his actions.

On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: "Geronimo, Echo, KIA." These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, put paid to Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror. SEAL Target Geronimo is the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former assault element commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed details of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute of the mission--both inside the building and outside.

Presented as a comprehensive timeline that culminates in the hijacking of four passenger jets (including those that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York), the program incorporates news footage and archival photos, computer graphics, thoroughly researched documentation, and eyewitness interviews to build an epic chronology of Islamic fundamentalism, carried out by radical sects which, in bin Laden's own words, "love death" with a religious fervor that was largely dismissed, in the early stages of terrorist assembly, by American intelligence services.

Traces the history of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, discussing their roots in the jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan, their reasons for hating the United States, the impact their terrorist attacks have had on the world, and their beliefs and values.

Osama bin Laden's first wife and fourth-born son tell what it was like to grow up in the bin Laden household, and detail the process by which their husband and father became a terrorist.

Examines Osama bin Laden's role in Middle Eastern and world terrorism, studies his pre-September 11 activities, and traces his financial sources in addition to explaining how a wealthy Saudi millionaire rose to become the most sought-after threat to world peace.

An anonymous senior member of the U.S. intelligence community explains why he believes the United States and its allies are losing the war on terror, arguing that while Muslims may well be offended by aspects of Western democracy and culture, their hostility is centered on specific U.S. policies and related military, political, and economic implications.