Reliable and reputable sources have reported
that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead
and his body has been recovered by U.S.
authorities, U.S. officials said on Sunday, May 1,
2011.
The United States President, Barack Obama is
said to make an announcement from the White
House in a few moments.
Osama, 54 is the founder of the Al-Qaeda terrorist
group who are responsible for the September 11
attacks in the US back in 2001. Before his death,
he was on the American Federal Bureau of
Investigation‘s (FBI) lists of Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives and Most Wanted Terrorists due to his
involvement but was never apprehended.
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UPDATE
In a short speech given by the president of the
United States Barack Obama at a small
conference in the White House, he confirmed Bin
Laden ’s death. He stated that the operation was
conducted by an elite U.S. special forces on an Al-
Qaeda compound in Pakistan.
‘A few months ago, we learned that Osama was
in a compound in Pakistan. After months of
intelligence work, we authorized an attack last
week, and Osama was killed in a firefight today‘,
Obama disclosed.
‘The American people did not choose this fight. It
came to our shores, and started with the
senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly
10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we
know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh
on me every time I, as Commander-in-Chief,
have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a
loved one, or look into the eyes of a service
member who ’s been gravely wounded.’, Obama
added.
‘We are assuring it is handled in accordance with
Islamic practice and tradition‘, US Officials have
assured the public.




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