After many failed attempts to locate Bin Laden, US officials began to trace who was in his inner circle. They discovered that a man named Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti was acting as his courier. In the summer of 2010, there was a breakthrough moment when the US traced Abu Ahmed to a town in Pakistan called Peshawar, and they could pick up a phone call.

Netflix's latest true crime outing will focus on the story of Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

On May 2, 2011, President Obama and his top officials watched on as Seal Team 6 invaded bin Laden’s compound in Abottabad, Pakistan, and fatally shot him. No Americans were lost in the mission. As Rob O’Neill of Seal Team 6 says in the doc, “We accepted death on this mission but it’s nice to live,” per Time.

American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden is a gripping, well-crafted documentary that will appeal to viewers interested in global politics, espionage, and contemporary history.

On May 2, 2011, teams of U.S. Navy SEALs landed in and around a compound in Abbottabad, deep inside Pakistan. Their mission that morning was to capture or kill the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.