London: Two British special forces officers played a central role in planning the covert operation that killed Al Qaeda Leader Osama Bin Laden at his hideaway in Abottabad area of Pakistan, a media report said.
The unnamed officers, a captain and a major, were involved in the “detailed planning of the operation, the Sunday Express reported.
Two officers from Britain’s Special Boat Service (SBS) could be in line with American military and intelligence officials in planning the audacious raid on Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, the report said.
Neither the captain nor the major was involved in the raid when US Navy Seals stormed Bin Laden’s hideout
on Monday but their top secret role has been described as crucial for the success of the mission.
Details have also began to emerge about the sophisticated levels of cyber warfare used in Operation Neptune’s Spear, nicknamed “Geronimo”.
In the run-up to the assault, the Americans jammed all communications in the target area, bringing down electronic systems and cell phones.
The mission was mounted by an EA-6 Prowler aircraft operating from the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and a revolutionary pilotless drone aircraft.
According to the report, Britain’s SBS officers were involved in the briefings prior to the attack.
A military source said: “One of the things the SBS is renowned for is its specialist signals capabilities and these were used by the US forces in the days and weeks leading up to the operation.”
Source told the Express: “We did have people on exchange but they were exchange staff officers in a role which we have maintained for many years.”
The Pentagon has encouraged British for involving in some of their most secretive job in recent times because of our special forces’ unrivalled expertise in urban warfare, particularly surveillance operations and raids on fortified buildings, the source said.
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