0Commando RaidsThe bin Laden mission hit all the military musts: quick, well-executed, no casualties. But how does it rate historically? From Entebbe to Iran, The Daily Beast ranks the raids, from first to worst.Updated Jul. 13, 2017 5:30PM EDT / Published May 12, 2011 6:47AM EDT Matias Recart / AP Photo #1, Operation Thunderbolt (Entebbe) Ya'acov Sa'ar, GPO / AP Photo #2, Operation Neptune Spear (Bin Laden killing)AP Photo (3) #3, Raid at CabanatuanLandov #4, Maersk Alabama RescueJason R. Zalasky, U.S. Navy / AP Photo; Sayyid Azim / AP Photo #5, Capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed AP Photo #6, Operation Ivory CoastSon Tay Raider Association #7, Captain Scott O’Grady Rescue MissionU.S. Navy / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images #8, Jessica Lynch Rescue MissionU.S. Department of Defense / Reuters / Landov (2) #9, Black Hawk Down: The Battle of MogadishuKathy Willens / AP Photo #10, Operation Nifty PackageMatias Recart / AP Photo #11, Munich MassacreAP Photo #12, Operation Eagle Claw (Failed Iranian hostage rescue)AP Photo (2) #13, Beslen school hostage crisisNTV / AP Photo
#1, Operation Thunderbolt (Entebbe) Ya'acov Sa'ar, GPO / AP Photo #2, Operation Neptune Spear (Bin Laden killing)AP Photo (3) #3, Raid at CabanatuanLandov #4, Maersk Alabama RescueJason R. Zalasky, U.S. Navy / AP Photo; Sayyid Azim / AP Photo #5, Capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed AP Photo #6, Operation Ivory CoastSon Tay Raider Association #7, Captain Scott O’Grady Rescue MissionU.S. Navy / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images #8, Jessica Lynch Rescue MissionU.S. Department of Defense / Reuters / Landov (2) #9, Black Hawk Down: The Battle of MogadishuKathy Willens / AP Photo #10, Operation Nifty PackageMatias Recart / AP Photo #11, Munich MassacreAP Photo #12, Operation Eagle Claw (Failed Iranian hostage rescue)AP Photo (2) #13, Beslen school hostage crisisNTV / AP Photo