Osama Bin Laden Killed In Pakistan?

Author: jone Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 2399

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[Osama bin Laden has been killed in an American operation in Pakistan, President Obama announced from the White House on Sunday, calling his death [the most significant achievement to date in our nations effort to defeat al-Qaida]. In a statement delivered from the East Room, Obama said a small team of U.S. personnel attacked a compound in Pakistans Abbottabad Valley, where bin Laden had been hiding since late last summer. The U.S. team killed the 54-year-old al-Qaida leader after a firefight and [took custody of his body], Obama said.] – Nwsource.com

Photo: Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden in an undated photo. October 10, 2001. Afghanistans ruling Taliban lifted restrictions on Bin Laden, giving him permission to conduct [Jihad], or holy war, against Afghanistans enemies. (Photo by Getty Images)

People celebrate with NYPD officers in Times Square after the death of accused 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama May 1, 2011 in New York City. Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, Pakistan almost a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and his body is in possession of the United States. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Pakistani soldiers approach the suburb of Bilal Town, near the compound where Osama Bin Laden was reported to have been killed in a joint operation by US/Pakistani forces on May 2, 2011 in Abottabad, Pakistan. The residence where Bin Laden was killed is located just a few hundred meters from the Pakistan Military Academy. He is reported to have been killed after [a firefight] after which US forces took possesion of the body with unconfirmed reports saying that the body was buried at sea. (Photo by Warrick Page/Getty Images)

Pakistani media gather on the outskirts of Bilal Town, near the compound where Osama Bin Laden was reported to have been killed in a joint operation by US/Pakistani forces on May 2, 2011 in Abottabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Warrick Page/Getty Images)

Pakistani policeman guard a crossroad on the outskirts of Bilal Town, near to the compound where Osama Bin Laden was reported to have been killed in a joint operation by US/Pakistani forces on May 2, 2011 in Abottabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Warrick Page/Getty Images)

Newspapers announcing the death of accused 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden are seen at a newsstand outside the World Trade Center site May 2, 2011 in New York City. Bin Laden was killed in an operation by U.S. Navy Seals in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)