Two years later, militants shot down Black Hawk helicopters and killed American forces attempting to raid a warlord in the capital of Mogadishu.

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In May 2011, U.S. Special Operations forces killed bin Laden during a nighttime raid on the compound in Pakistan where he had been living in secret.

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He said British forces also killed 20 irregulars in the swiftly conducted raid.

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The British military reported three of its soldiers were killed as forces moved to secure the strategic city of Basra in an early morning raid on Sunday.

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Yemeni forces carried out an air raid at 2:30 p.m. near Alajasher in the country's far north, the Yemeni Embassy to the United States said in its statement.

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They include members of all three armed forces along with members of the Merchant Navy killed as a result of enemy action and air raid wardens in uniform.

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