'Bin Laden shoved his wife at soldiers'

Sources involved in covert operation shed light on last moments of al-Qaeda arch-terrorist. 'He was scared, completely confused,' sources tell Fox News

Ynet|Published: 05.06.11 , 00:36

"Osama bin Laden was scared and confused in his last moments, shoving his wife at the Navy SEAL who ultimately shot him," sources who were involved in the operation that killed al-Qaeda arch-terrorist told Fox News on Thursday.

According to the sources, a frightened bin Laden was unable to reach for his AK-47 and Makarov handgun, and tried blocking the soldiers by shoving his wife on them.

Protesers call Obama to release photos of body (Photo: Taly Shamir)

A White House senior official told Fox News that President Barack Obama on Friday is slated to meet with the team members of the force that was involved in the convert operation.

The source added that Obama met Thursday with Vice Admiral William H. McRaven – who according to The Washington Post commanded the operation – and "personally thanked him in the Oval Room."

CNN network reported that despite the kidney disease that bin Laden allegedly suffered from for many years, no medical equipment was found in his Abbottabad compound.

Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad (Photo: AP)

Earlier it was reported that only one of the five people who were killed in the raid was armed and opened fire at the American SEALs.

No further information was revealed on what went on in bin Laden's room, and the White House stressed that it will not disclose any further details.

However, sources reported that the exchange of fire only lasted several minutes, while the rest of the 40-minute-long mission was devoted to collecting computers and documents that may contain valuable information about al-Qaeda.

Yitzhak Benhorin contributed to this report