As far as I'm concerned, I don't buy any of that shit... A guy who didn't care about living or dying would have been the Martyr a long time ago

I dunno... Just the fact he was alive, releasing statments, helped recruitment for his cause.
Maybe this will become the prevalent conspiracy theory here- why he was shot in the eye (and I"m betting his woman had a self-inflicted similar shot...
There's no denying he had a suicide man, right? it's been talked about a lot - he could never be taken alive.
My guess is that they got some noise warning. exchanged some words and she popped him. Then she off'd herself. OR maybe he shot himself, who knows.
Special forces did their job, found the bodies, and got him the hell out of there.
Really - doesn't that make more sense than "middle of night magic shot to the eye socket in a fast 3 am shootout in the dark"? LOL! He's dead, that's all that matters. The rest is the story we choose to sell.