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Dwayne Johnson
remembering the moment he revealed the death of the founder of al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
faster than the official announcement by the President
Barack Obama
more than two decades ago.
Osama bin Laden died on May 1, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after being killed by US Navy special forces during a military operation.He died in a shootout that took about 40 minutes at his residence, which was his headquarters.
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When he was a guest on the Awards Chatter podcast, as reported by Entertainment Weekly on Friday (7/11), the Smashing Machine star admitted that he had a “friend of a friend” who called him and told him the news.
“The conversation was like, ‘Hey, this is happening,'” Dwayne Johnson said.”And I said, ‘OK, great news.’I was told on the phone that the president at the time [Barack Obama] would be speaking in about 20 minutes.”
After the phone call, Johnson said he waited until 20 minutes had passed.In the 25th minute, he immediately tweeted the news on Twitter.
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The tweet in question was shared on May 1, 2011, reading, ”
Just got news that will shock the world – Land of the free… home of the brave, SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
”
Not long after the upload, Dwayne Johnson admitted that he received a telephone call and realized he had made a mistake.
“I got a call and was told that the President hadn’t announced it yet. I said, ‘Damn.'”
Meanwhile, Obama only delivered a televised speech from the White House some time later and still on the same day.He said Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was dead.
“Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,” Obama said at the time.
“A small American team carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and skill. No Americans were injured. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took possession of his body.”
Speaking with Moviefone in 2012, Johnson remained tight-lipped about who the source of this friend of a friend was.
“If I say that, I don’t have to ‘kill’ you, but I have to cut off your head – no, I have the source,” he said at the time.
“I had friends both high and low. It was a very interesting day. The people who were there were proud to tell me.”
“I know the president will deliver his speech. So, I think he will deliver it at a certain time,” he said.
“So I thought, I think it’s appropriate to tweet that ‘I’m very proud to be an American’ and stay at that place without giving away too much information.”
(chri)
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