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(CBS News) The founder and spiritual figurehead for al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is dead.
Several officials confirmed the report to CBS News, and say that his body is currently in U.S. hands. A senior U.S. counterterrorism official told the Associated Press that bin Laden was killed in a ground operation in Pakistan. While details are still sketchy, CBS News correspondent Chip Reid reports from the White House that officials are saying bin Laden was shot in the head. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation on the subject shortly. The long-lost terrorist mastermind had eluded an aggressive hunt by U.S. authorities for nearly ten years since the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2001. CBS News correspondent Lara Logan reports that human intelligence was vital in killing bin Laden, which is an important boost to the image of U.S. international intelligence gathering, and says that no enemy is safe anywhere. Bin Laden's death is a major accomplishment for Mr. Obama and his national security team, as the administrations of both presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush hunted the Saudi-born terrorist. Security at "strategic places in Pakistan has been beefed up as a precaution against any retaliation to news of Osama bin Laden's death", a senior Pakistani security official told CBS News early on Monday. "If he(bin Laden) is really dead, there will be attempts to seek revenge," said the official who spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity. Former State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said on Twitter: "#BinLaden's death does not eliminate the threat from #alQaeda, but it is hard to see anyone playing the same organizational role he did." |
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romy said on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:32 AM
true bin laden was here in mindanao phil.tsk tsk is that realy true?were is d proof?
66278732thomas Kyte said on Monday, May 2 at 7:45 AM
Isn't it interesting that the day after Osama Bin Laden is supposedly killed, that DNA testing confirms that it was him. In any date to date issues we are told that DNA testing can take weeks or even months to confirm the identifying of anyone elses' remains. I for one hope this isn't a government ruse however the timing couldn't come at a better time for the "other" Osama. We (the American public) have nothing other than the "word" of Osama that this actually took place, no pictures of the body, no eye witnesses that have "personally" viewed the remains or anything else, just a politician telling us that it took place. Interesting......................
66220929Robert Fruehan said on Monday, May 2 at 7:43 AM
Good riddance to another parasite!
66220827Big Dan said on Monday, May 2 at 6:49 AM
JJJ, I'm with you. This is just something to take the heat of the current administration about the sky rocketing energy prices, economy, etc. Plus the fact that he supposedly has already been buried at sea. I think this is just Obama trying to pull the wool over our eyes. Also, why isn't there any comment sections after any of the Yahoo news stories?
66217061Misla said on Monday, May 2 at 12:33 AM
Does recovering Gabby Giffords have crosshairs on Sarah Palin? I wonder if part of her rehab is to pull the trigger!
66200582jjj said on Sunday, May 1 at 10:11 PM
bin laden was killed in 2002, then kept on ice for a political ace, dont believe me research it yourself
66197546Steven said on Sunday, May 1 at 8:58 PM
Osama Bin Laden can rot and rot....along with all his religious followers. Stuff the idiot and put him in the Smithsonian next to the swine display.
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