Osama Bin Laden killed in CIA operation
Osama bin Laden has been killed in a CIA operation in Pakistan, President Obama will announce, ending a years-long manhunt for the leader of al-Qaeda and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City and Washington, according to multiple sources.
Osama bin Laden killed in CIA operation, Obama tells nationOsama bin Laden has been killed in a U.S. operation in Pakistan, President Obama announced, ending a years-long manhunt for the leader of al-Qaeda and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.- KEITH URBAHN, Chief of Staff for Donald Rumsfeld, tweets that Osama bin Laden has been killed:
- DAN PFEIFFER, assistant to the president:
- By 10 p.m., the Associated Press confirmed that President Obama was to make a highly unusual late-night statement on an undisclosed topic. Speculation on Facebook and Twitter quickly focused on Osama bin Laden in the lead-up to Obama's speech.
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Obama in Oct. 08 debate: "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority."
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