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Al-Qaeda leader Osama
Bin Laden has been killed by
US forces in Pakistan,
President Barack Obama
has said.
Bin Laden was shot dead at
a compound near Islamabad,
in a ground operation based
on US intelligence, the first
lead for which emerged last
August.
Mr Obama said US forces
took possession of the body
after "a firefight".
Bin Laden is believed to be
the mastermind of the
attacks on New York and
Washington on 11 September
2001 and a number of
others.
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.
CIA director Leon Panetta
said al-Qaeda would
"almost certainly" try to
avenge the death of Bin
Laden.
Bin Laden has been killed by
US forces in Pakistan,
President Barack Obama
has said.
Bin Laden was shot dead at
a compound near Islamabad,
in a ground operation based
on US intelligence, the first
lead for which emerged last
August.
Mr Obama said US forces
took possession of the body
after "a firefight".
Bin Laden is believed to be
the mastermind of the
attacks on New York and
Washington on 11 September
2001 and a number of
others.
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.
CIA director Leon Panetta
said al-Qaeda would
"almost certainly" try to
avenge the death of Bin
Laden.
