--- title: "Bin Laden shooter Robert O’Neill threatened by ISIS as ‘number one target’" description: "![]()" date: "2018-04-02" modified: "2020-10-21" authors: - name: "Paul Szoldra" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/paul/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/robert-oneill-isis-target/" categories: - "Military News" - "Special Operations" - "Tactical" tags: - "ISIS" --- # Bin Laden shooter Robert O’Neill threatened by ISIS as ‘number one target’ ![]() ![]() --- The former Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid had his address made public while being named the "number one target" [by a purported member of the ISIS]() terrorist group, Military Times reports. After monitoring extremist chatrooms, the UK's Daily Mirror [reported]() a British ISIS member giving out the SEAL's name and address to others, which has been shared by jihadis in recent days. "I leave this info of Robert O'Neill for my brothers in America and Al Qaeda in the U.S., as a number one target to eventually hunt down and kill," the ISIS supporter wrote. Since O'Neill is no longer on active duty, the Defense Department told the Times it would likely not be opening an investigation. But the SEAL, who retired in 2012 as a senior chief petty officer, doesn't appear to be worried. "All soldiers who serve their country assume certain risks. It's part of the deal," O'Neill told The Daily Caller. "But I am alert, I am vigilant and I take precautions. My bigger concern is a lack of a clear strategy for containing and or neutralizing ISIS as a national security threat." Be sure to watch [@seanhannity]() tonight at 10Eastern on [@FoxNews](). We have some stuff to discuss. — Robert O'Neill (@mchooyah) [October 6, 2015]() ## Author After serving nearly a decade in the U.S. Marines, Paul created [Duffel Blog](), a site often called "The Onion of the military." Before joining WATM, he reported on defense, tech, and breaking news as the west coast editor for Business Insider. You can learn more [at his website.]()