Osama bin Laden killed
Top news: Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, President Barack Obama announced the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a dramatic late-night televised address. "Justice has been done," Obama said, disclosing that military and CIA operatives had cornered and killed Bin Laden in the city of Abottabad, Pakistan.
"The death of Bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat Al Qaeda. But his death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that Al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad," he continued. The president was also careful to note that "Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims."
Cheering crowds gathered outside the White House and in New York in response to the news. The United States has placed military installations on high alert throughout the world in anticipation of possible retaliation. The status is Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is not known.
Bin Laden was reportedly shot in the head during a Sunday night helicopter strike. The president ordered the attack on Friday and Pakistan's government was informed afterward.
The discovery that Bin Laden was hiding in a million-dollar in Abottabad, a popular tourist resort just two hours from Islamabad, rather than in the country's northwestern tribal regions will put pressure on Pakistani officials to explain how he stayed undetected for so long.
Libya: Crowds attacked and burned the U.S., British, and Italian embassies in Tripoli in response to an airstrike that killed Muammar al-Qaddafi's son. In response, the United Nations has pulled all of its staff out of Tripoli.
Pro-Qaddafi forces again bombarded the rebel-held western city of Misrata.
- A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three others on the first day of the Taliban's spring offensive.
- India's home minister said the killing of Bin Laden near Islamabad proves the country is a sanctuary for terrorist groups.
- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's top radiation safety expert has quit, criticizing the government for ineffective decision making.
- After being arrested and hospitalized last Thursday, Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye vowed to lead more protests.
- Zimbabwe's main labor union accused the government of failing to stop violence against labor activists.
- Liberia's main opposition party has chosen a candidate.
-By Joshua Keating |
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