A third member of the US Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden has come forward to challenge the version of events published in Esquire magazine. The new account, given to CNN security analyst Peter Bergen, dismisses the Esquire story as 'complete B-S'.
The Esquire article, published in February, featured a SEAL identified only as 'the shooter', who claimed he confronted bin Laden in his bedroom and shot him twice in the forehead after seeing him reach for a gun. That account contradicted the version in Matt Bissonnette's book No Easy Day, which said bin Laden was already mortally wounded when he was finished off.
According to Bergen's source, the point man shot and gravely wounded bin Laden, then two other SEALs entered the room and finished him off. The source also claimed that the shooter was sacked from the unit after bragging about his role in bars, contradicting the Esquire portrayal of a humble retired soldier.
The conflicting accounts have cast doubt on the precise details of bin Laden's death, with no forensic evidence available after the compound in Abbottabad was demolished.
