Spanish in the early hours of the day the U.S. President, Barack Obama, reported that in an operation in Pakistan, a group of U.S. soldiers killed Osama Bin Laden . The death of the leader of al Qaeda comes after nearly ten years of being pursued by the United States after the attacks of 11 September.
Bin Laden's death occurred north of the town Abbottabad in a shootout in which there has been no civilian casualties or U.S. military, but later reported that the shooting also killed two men and the son of Bin Laden had also died in the shooting. The U.S. military possesses the body of the terrorist and to ensure that it was already carried out DNA tests to verify that indeed it were Osama Bin Laden, although according to recent reports the results have not yet been obtained .
After the euphoria the news has been felt in the U.S. where they have begun organizing rallies celebrating the death of terror, especially in New York and Washington. On the other hand, U.S. officials and others have begun to note that transactions may occur for revenge and calling on the authorities to be more alert to this fact.
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U.S. officials have stated that procedures were followed to bury traditional Islamic Bin Laden but many believe that the procedure was demeaning.
Diagram of the mansion where Bin Laden was at the time of his murder (via New York Times ) and Scientific American explains how he would have made Osama ID :
According to senior U.S. government, the White House never intended to capture bin Laden, the objective was to kill him.
In a press conference by a ceremony of decorations to military veterans, Obama said that "the world is a safer place because of the death of Osama Bin Laden" and congratulated the leadership of the Pentagon for its work well as the U.S. Army
ABC said the U.S. military who had been identified that effectively eliminated Osama bin Laden through a DNA sample from his sister who died in United States
The Iranian government has stated that after the death of Bin Laden Western powers have no excuse to maintain "military escalation in the region to combat terrorism and Pakistan is having demonstrations against the death was until now enemy number a U.S.
The celebration of the American people for the death of Bin Laden in pictures
Image from inside the mansion where Bin Laden was
The Government of Spain will meet tomorrow in an extraordinary way to analyze the possible implications for the country of the death of Bin Laden.
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States, appeared at a news conference few moments ago to discuss the death of Bin Laden. Among other things he has said that "we have done justice" and work to find and kill Osama has been the result of ten years of effort. On the other hand has also said that U.S. counter-terrorism work does not end here, thanked the assistance in the operation to Pakistan and finally closed with a resounding message to the Taliban: you can not defeat us, you can not win, but you can abandon Al Qaeda.
Summary of recent reports: According to Al Arabiya two wives and four sons of bin Laden were arrested during the operation. On the other hand Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, said that "anti-terrorist operations is of utmost importance in life that has lost the top leader of Al-Qaida. His charisma makes his death is a huge loss. Everything seems to point that from an operational standpoint to Al-Qaida is also an important BEPGs. But Al-Qaeda franchises, and Spain is well aware. " Finally, the U.S. network ABC has published on its website several pictures of the house where Bin Laden was killed.
Follow the reactions. In the next video we see the appearance of the President of Israel on the incident:
As expected, the network is filled with humorous images featuring the assassination of the leader of Al Qaeda. On the other side the European shares have welcomed the event .
Correction: Carmen Chacón will meet at 17:00 with the staff to analyze the possible consequences of the death of Osama, not appear at that time at a news conference as stated
Although no official statement from Al Qaeda, the reactions against the killing of Bin Laden have also begun. For example, the Pakistani Taliban have said they will attack American interests in the capital city and Hamas has condemned the incident
As news of the death of Osama Bin Laden, many Americans took to the streets to celebrate. An example:
Obama's entire speech about the death of Bin Laden in Spanish
Another major question that is being done around the world is, " And now what will happen to Al Qaeda ?
Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO, said that the death of Bin Laden is a "major success" for the security of NATO allies
Impressive numbers: According to Twitter , there were more than 4,000 tweets per minute during Obama's announcement of the death of Osama and the Facebook group " Osama Bin Laden is DEA "already has nearly 280,000 followers.
Bin Laden's death is also being felt in the economy. For example, the price of a barrel of oil has fallen
Carme Chacon, Spain's defense minister, will appear at a press conference at 17:00 to discuss the possible repercussions of the assassination of bin Laden.
Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister has expressed his "deep gratitude" to President Obama for the murder of Osama Bin Laden according to the BBC . Other leaders, such as Italy, are also showing their gratitude.
The Government of Spain congratulated Obama for the murder of bin Laden via a brief statement
Twitter is absolutely revolutionized with the news that concerns us and there are many who believe that U.S. should not have killed Bin Laden
Two curiosities. Keith Urbahn, former chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld, which in turn was the secretary of defense under President George W Bush, was the first death of Osama twitter and the next video we see how the word became Osama in trending topic on Twitter:
Several countries such as Belgium and Britain, have enabled special alerts to the danger that Al Qaeda to retaliate for the murder of their leader.
According to various U.S. media Bin Laden's body had been thrown overboard. On the other hand it seems that the picture that is circulating all over the body of the killed is false.
Image of the mansion-bunker where culling was the leader of Al Qaeda:
- Video which is supposedly the target area by the U.S. Army where he was Bin Laden
- The Interpol has issued a statement on its website where you welcome the death of Bin Laden but also call to exercise caution as the threat of Al Qaeda persists.
U.S. kills Osama bin Laden in an operation in Pakistan (Updated) written in ALT1040 on 2 May, 2011 by David Blonde
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