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A little mini jihadist king dochl it was his country retreat. >> six years later, a journalist interviewed bin laden here, in a cave, turned in to a command center. >> he told me that he feels safe in this cave. he knows that area very well and he knows it is very difficult for anybody to come and follow him there. >> reporter: but now bin bib la is being followed. >> we paid a number of afghans. >> the journalists gather thoend mountainside there. >> reporter: tim lister was part of the cnn team covering the war. >> we outnumbered the u.s. personnel on the ground. >> reporter: the americans c...

>> reporter: the americans call for air strikes and they come with thundering force. [ explosions ] >> we brought in spectre gunships which can put a bullet on every inch of a football field. >> the amount of ordinance dropped over a period of two weeks almost defies belief. the mountains were rearranged. >> reporter: from a radio, word of a dead al qaeda fighter. the americans hear bin laden try to rally the men. >> we hear him apologize to them for having led them to an area where they are having air strikes on them relentlessly. >> reporter: with bin laden in the crosshairs, berntsen wants ...

It was his retreat. >> reporter: six years earlier a journalist interviewed bin laden here in a cave turned into a command center. >> he told me that he feels safe in the caves. he knows the area very well. he knows it is very difficult for anybody to come and follow him there. >> reporter: but now bin laden is being followed. >> at that point i only had about 20 americans in the province, you know, working with a couple thousand afghans we had put online. we had paid a number of afghans. >> the journalists gathered on the mountainside there. >> reporter: tim lister was part of the cnn team fo...

>> reporter: six years earlier a journalist interviewed bin laden here in a cave turned into a command center. >> he told me that he feels safe in the caves. he knows the area very well. he knows it is very difficult for anybody to come and follow him there. >> reporter: but now bin laden is being followed. >> at that point i only had about 20 americans in the province, you know, working with a couple thousand afghans we had put online. we had paid a number of afghans. >> the journalists gathered on the mountainside there. >> reporter: tim lister was part of the cnn team for the war. >> we out...

failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> re...