{"id":429561,"date":"2011-05-24T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/24\/bin-laden-raid-helicopter-returns\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:51:10","slug":"bin-laden-raid-helicopter-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/bin-laden-raid-helicopter-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bin Laden raid helicopter returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"52.5567322239\"><span><span>24 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>13:51 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has returned the wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon has said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman said the remains of the aircraft were back on US soil having been returned &#8220;over the weekend&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed the helicopter was a UH-60 Blackhawk, heavily modified to make it quieter and less visible to radar.<\/p>\n<p>After developing problems, the helicopter &#8211; one of up to four used during the 2 May raid &#8211; was blown up.<\/p>\n<p>The team of Navy Seals did not want sensitive technology falling into enemy hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wreckage of the helicopter destroyed in the Bin Laden operation was returned over the weekend and is now back in the United States,&#8221; said Pentagon spokesman Col Dave Lapan.<\/p>\n<p>Its delivery meets a key US demand of Pakistan following the mission to kill the al-Qaeda leader, which Islamabad called a violation of its sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani officials were not told of the raid before it took place in Abbottabad, only 30 miles (50km) from Pakistan&#8217;s capital, Islamabad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-south-asia-13531607\" title=\"Bin Laden raid helicopter returns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bin Laden raid helicopter returns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 24 May 2011 Last updated at 13:51 ET Pakistan has returned the wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon has said. 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