Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, President Obama said. The U.S. has his body in its possession, U.S. officials said late Sunday. Laden was killed in a joint raid overnight on Sunday in Pakistan's northwestern district of Abbottabad, 40 miles from Islamabad.The town also is home to a Pakistani military academy. the official said ,Two American helicopters took part in the operation.One Pakistani helicopter involved in the raid crashed after it was hit by firing from militants.
Barack Obama made an announcement on a Sunday at the White House.The development capped a manhunt of more than a decade for the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead and dramatically altered U.S. foreign policy and the nation's sense of security.
Although bin Laden was not a critical operational leader of Al Qaeda, he had been the worldwide symbol of the terrorist network.He has been so difficult to find for more than a decade, the killing of bin Laden is a major victory for Obama, who demanded an aggressive expansion of Predator drone strikes in Pakistan.In a recent book on bin Laden, Michael Scheuer, former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's bin Laden unit, wrote that the Al Qaeda leader's goal was to attack the West, and then to move on to Arab states and Israel, but that "he has given no indication that he expects to live long enough to finish the job.
Osama bin Lead death was a relief and i know that everyone was excited that he died. it was crazy how they killed him. it took them 10 years to kill him. the 911 was so sad and devastating . So I'm kinda glad that he is not here with us anymore .
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