Inside the bin Laden raid: 5 new takeaways

A new ABC News e-book reveals more details about the secret mission, including bin Laden's real code name, the hero war-dog's breed, and more

New bin Laden e-book
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There's no question that Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. special forces was well-covered by the news media. In fact, ABC News decided it had enough reporting to fill a book, literally. So on Thursday, it released a multimedia e-book, Target: Bin Laden — The Death and Life of Public Enemy Number One, that provides the most complete account yet of the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and the decisions leading up to it. Here, five intriguing new details:

1. Bin Laden's real code name was "Cakebread"

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