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Jan 2022
1h 6m

Head of the Snake Part 2: A New Kind of ...

JACK CARR
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In May of 2011, Mark Owen crossed the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on a mission to capture/kill Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda - to decapitate “The Head of the Snake.”  But that night in Abbottabad, Pakistan is just a part of Mark’s story. In this special four-part series of Danger Close, Jack sits down for an extended interview with Mark to discuss ... Show More
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