Assault team's rules of engagement were clear

Wed, 04 May 2011

14:51

The American commandos who attacked Osama bin Laden's compound were operating under rules of engagement that all but assured the Al Qaeda leader would be killed, US officials have acknowledged, backing away from an initial account that bin Laden was armed and used a woman as a shield, the Los Angeles Times has reported.

The assault force was told to accept a surrender only if it could be sure he didn't have a bomb hidden under his clothing and posed no other danger.

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