[Kerry]

Could have been a week ago....


All apparently revealed "shortly"

[King Gizzard]

Very very very historic weekend!

Wedding, christian wins the world heavyweight championship, and Osama is dead.

[King Gizzard]

Obama statement soon, put on any news channel

[Mr XcX]

I am shocked at this news. But now worried as to how Al Queda will take revenge against the US.

[Doogle]

I put it on BBC1. FML. I don't know any news channels. :'(

[Shaun]

bet it was Anonymous.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Doogle3097

I put it on BBC1. FML. I don't know any news channels. :'(

Sky if you have it. 501

[King Gizzard]

Originally Posted by Mr XcX

I am shocked at this news. But now worried as to how Al Queda will take revenge against the US.

If anything, it puts us on our guard even more as we know attempts of terrorism are likely..therefore the threat level decreases slightly

[King Gizzard]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live?utm_s...paign=shorturl will be on here apparently

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

Sky if you have it. 501

Thanks.

I have it downstairs but, well at 4:15am I don't feel like waking up the family to hear about Bin Laden.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Doogle3097

Thanks.

I have it downstairs but, well at 4:15am I don't feel like waking up the family to hear about Bin Laden.

Don't blame you

[GiRTh]

According to CNN killed by US in mansion outside Islamabad.

[Kerry]

What do they do with his body....... My OH seems to think they'd store it indefinately

[King Gizzard]

Apparently Pakistan Government confirming it too..showing they're apart of it and that they wont be pissed off

Good news

[Kerry]

I feel a bit like the Queen Bee has been disturbed from a nest..... :/

[Kerry]

Taking his time...... He won't bloomin' say much anyway

[Kerry]

Ooooh he's here

[Shaun]

pretty slick speech... probably just guaranteed himself the white trash vote right there.

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by Shaun

pretty slick speech... probably just guaranteed himself the white trash vote right there.

Wasn't slick. I could see his eyes reading the autocue

[Jords]

Good news, I dont know too much about it all but I know hes been in hiding for ages after 9/11, only just found out he actually organised it though.

[Kerry]

America celebrating right now outside the WhiteHouse

[Kerry]

Worldwide travel alert for all US citizens

*sigh*

[Liberty4eva]

I would be celebrating in the streets except that I no longer believe he was the mastermind - if indeed he had any part - in the 9/11 attack. People can lie but physics can't.

Anyways, I wonder WHICH Osama we killed. Some people may remember that a couple months after 9/11 a tape was found -very luckily I might add - in Afghanistan with "Osama" in it where he confesses to the whole 9/11 thing and was touted by Bush as definitive proof that Osama was guilty and "had no soul". Yet no one in the media pointed out that the man had only a vague resemblance to the real Osama.

So which one of these two gentlemen do you think we killed?

[Benjamin]

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden dead

Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Obama has said.

The al-Qaeda leader was killed in a ground operation outside Islamabad based on US intelligence, the first lead for which emerged last August.

Mr Obama said after "a firefight", US forces took possession of his body.

Bin Laden was accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001.

He was top of the US "most wanted" list.

Mr Obama said it was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaeda".

The US has put its embassies around the world on alert, warning Americans of the possibility of al-Qaeda reprisal attacks for Bin Laden's killing.

Crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington DC, chanting "USA, USA" after the news emerged.

Bin Laden approved the 9/11 attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died, saying later that the results had exceeded his expectations.

He evaded the forces of the US and its allies for almost a decade, despite a $25m bounty on his head.

His death will be seen as a major blow to al-Qaeda but also raise fears of reprisal attacks, correspondents say.

Mr Obama said he had been briefed last August on a possible lead to Bin Laden's whereabouts.

"It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground," Mr Obama said.


Osama Bin Laden approved the 9/11 attacks "I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located Bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan.

"And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorised an operation to get Osama Bin Laden and bring him to justice," the president said.

On Sunday a small team of US forces undertook the operation in Abbottabad, north of Islamabad.

After a "firefight" Bin Laden was killed and his body taken by US forces, the president said.

Former US President Bill Clinton said in a statement: "This is a profoundly important moment not just for the families of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and in al-Qaeda's other attacks but for people all over the world who want to build a common future of peace, freedom, and cooperation for our children."

Mr Clinton's successor, President George W Bush, described the news as a "momentous achievement".

"The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done," Mr Bush said in a statement.

BBC Security correspondent Frank Gardner says that to many in the West, Bin Laden became the embodiment of global terrorism, but to others he was a hero, a devout Muslim who fought two world superpowers in the name of jihad.

The son of a wealthy Saudi construction family, Bin Laden grew up in a privileged world. But soon after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan he joined the Mujahideen there and fought alongside them with his Arab followers, a group that later formed the nucleus for al-Qaeda.

After declaring war on America in 1998, Bin Laden is widely believed to have been behind the bombings of US embassies in East Africa, a billion-dollar US warship, and the attacks on New York and Washington.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676

[Angus]

It took nearly 10 years but better late than never. May Bin Laden's soul rot in hell along with every other cowardly fanatic who hides behind religion in order to commit terrorist atrocities.

I'm glad Obama made the point that Bin Laden was NOT a true muslim - just an over-privileged, deluded zealot who used Islam to justify the mass murder of innocent people, including muslims. Pleased to hear they killed his murderous offspring as well.