Osama Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Operation, Obama Says
This is a video-grab image of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the Muslim terrorist group al-Qaeda, which was displayed on Al-Jazeera television while an audio tape was played. The speaker on the tape, believed by a US government official to be authentic, praised recent terrorist attacks in Moscow and Bali. The tape was broadcast yesterday by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network. Source: Al-Jazeera TV via Bloomberg News
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden
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A file photograph from May 26, 1998 shows Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
A file photograph from May 26, 1998 shows Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Source: Getty Images
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. assets in a mansion outside Islamabad, U.S. officials said. President Barack Obama will announce the death of the terrorist leader tonight.
Obama will deliver the news to the nation in an address from the White House, almost 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks that bin Laden orchestrated. Bin Laden was killed, along with other members of his family, an official said.
Almost 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, most at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia just outside of Washington.
The administration has been briefing congressional officials ahead of the president’s address.
Obama and his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, made capturing Bin Laden a key national security priority. Obama has called the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan the “epicenter of violent extremism,” where he said al-Qaeda leader bin Laden was hiding.
The news brought a cheering, chanting crowd outside the White House fence before Obama was set to appear on television.
To contact the reporter on this story: Julianna Goldman in Washington at jgoldman6@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Silva at msilva34@bloomberg.net
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