Osama bin Laden killed by US forces








Osama Bin Laden with senior al-Qaeda members Ayman Al-Zawahiri and Muhammad Atef.
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Leader of Al-Qaeda is dead following US operation in Pakistan.

(All times are local in Doha GMT+3)

  • 9:34am

    The killing of Osama bin Laden is "good news for all men in the world who think freely and are peaceful," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said.

  • 9:23am

    Americans cheer outside the White House in Washington after US President Barack Obama announced live on television the death of Osama bin Laden. [Reuters]

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  • 9:20am

    Said Agil Siradj, chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, says bin Laden's death will help restore Islam's image as one of people, not violence.

    But he believes terrorism will continue as long as there is injustice against Muslims.

  • 9:14am

    Sohaib Athar, a resident of Abbottabad, tweeted from his account (@ReallyVirtual) when the raid on Osama bin Laden probably happened. Here are some tweets:

    A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S” (posted 10 hours ago)

    Since taliban (probably) don't have helicpoters, and since they're saying it was not "ours", so must be a complicated situation #abbottabad (posted 9 hours ago)

  • 9:00am

    Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley prepared this report:

  • 8:46am

    At least two Pakistani television stations broadcast pictures of what they called unconfirmed images of Osama bin Laden's bloodied face after the United States said he had been killed.

    This picture was uploaded on Twitter by user Shaheryar Mirza:

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  • 8:43am

    The dollar rebounded from three-year lows and US crude slid more than 1 per cent on after news that Osama bin Laden was killed reduced the perception of security risks facing the United States.

  • 8:37am

    A leading US Muslim organisation welcomed the killing of bin Laden, saying he was a threat to America and the world. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement:

    We join our fellow citizens in welcoming the announcement that Osama bin Laden has been eliminated as a threat to our nation and the world through the actions of American military personnel.

    As we have stated repeatedly since the 9/11 terror attacks, bin Laden never represented Muslims or Islam. In fact, in addition to the killing of thousands of Americans, he and Al-Qaeda caused the deaths of countless Muslims worldwide.

  • 8:30am

    India said the killing of Osama Bin Laden was a "victorious milestone" in the war against terrorism but urged the world to continue battling militancy, a statement from the foreign ministry said.

    The world must not let down its united effort to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own neighbourhood. The struggle must continue unabated.

  • 8:16am

    Thousands have flocked to Ground Zero to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden, alleged mastermind of the devastating September 11 attacks on New York nearly 10 years ago.

    New York's police chief Raymond Kelly called the death of bin Laden a "welcome milestone" for the families of the 3,000 victims of the 2001 strikes by Al-Qaeda.

  • 8:13am

    Abbottabad is named after a colonial officer, so the 'Abbott' is the same as the Western pronunication of the name.

    'abad'= aa-baa-d. Low 'a's, as in the British pronunciation of 'class'.

  • 8:00am

    This background on the operation to kill bin Laden was given to Al Jazeera by a senior US offiicial:

    On June 2, 2009 the President signs a memo to Director Panetta stating “in order to ensure that we have expanded every effort, I direct you to provide me within 30 days a detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to justice Usama Bin Ladin…”

    In the lead up to this operation, the President convened at least 9 meetings with his national security Principals. Principals met formally an additional five times themselves; and their Deputies met 7 times. This was in addition to countless briefings on the subject during the President’s intelligence briefings; and frequent consultations between the NSC, CIA, DoD and Joint Staff. The President was actively involved in reviewing all facets of the operation.

    The President made the decision to undertake the operation at 8:20am on April 29th in the Diplomatic Room before he left for Alabama. In the Dip Room were Donilon, Daley, Brennan and McDonough. Donilon then prepared the formal orders and convened the Principals at 3pm to complete the planning.

    May 1 -- staff worked pretty much all day today on the operation. Principals have been in the Situation Room since 1pm.

    2:00pm the President met with the Principals to review final preparations.

    3:32pm the President returned to the Sit Room for an additional briefing.

    3:50pm the President first learns that UBL was tentatively identified.

    7:01pm the President learns that there’s a “high probability” the HVT was UBL.

    8:30pm the President receives further briefings.

  • 7:00am

    US president Barack Obama said Osama bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, was killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad.

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