Terror Threat Remains as Bin Laden Likely to Inspire Attacks Even in Death
U.S. Troops Watch Obama's Announcement
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US Marines of Regiment Combat Team 1 (RCT 1) watch TV as President Barack Obama announces the death of Osama Bin Laden, at Camp Dwyer in Helman Province, on May 2, 2011. US President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011 that justice had been done after the September 11, 2001 attacks with the death of Osama bin Laden, but warned that Al-Qaeda will still try to attack the US.
US Marines of Regiment Combat Team 1 (RCT 1) watch TV as President Barack Obama announces the death of Osama Bin Laden, at Camp Dwyer in Helman Province, on May 2, 2011. US President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011 that justice had been done after the September 11, 2001 attacks with the death of Osama bin Laden, but warned that Al-Qaeda will still try to attack the US. Photographer: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Anthony Cordesman, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talks about the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the implications on the fight against terrorism. Cordesman speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "In the Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Kamran Bokhari, director of Middle East analysis for Stratfor Global Intelligence, discusses the impact of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's death on the terror organization. He speaks with Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Falkenrath, a principal at the Chertoff Group and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about the implications of Osama bin Laden's death. The al-Qaeda leader was killed in Pakistan yesterday in a firefight with a team of U.S. operatives who raided the compound where he had been hiding. Falkenrath speaks with Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Lara Setrakian reports on the reaction in the Middle East to the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden. The al-Qaeda leader was killed in Pakistan yesterday in a firefight with a team of U.S. operatives who raided the compound where he had been hiding, President Barack Obama said. Setrakian reports from Dubai on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Cheering, chanting crowds gather in New York's Ground Zero and Times Square, as well as outside the north gates of the White House in Washington, as news of Osama bin Laden's death spread overnight. The al-Qaeda leader was killed in Pakistan yesterday in a firefight with a team of U.S. operatives who raided the compound where he had been hiding, President Barack Obama said. (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Peter Cook reports on the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed yesterday in Pakistan in a firefight with a team of U.S. operatives who raided the compound where he had been hiding. Cook speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Fred Burton, the vice president of intelligence at Stratfor, discusses the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden during a U.S. raid in Pakistan yesterday. Burton speaks with Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg)
U.S. Faces Broad Terror Threat After Bin Laden, Analysts Say
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Supporters of the pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati protest the killing of Osama bin Laden in Quetta, Pakistan.
Supporters of the pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati protest the killing of Osama bin Laden in Quetta, Pakistan. Photographer: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denounced the U.S. killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, while a Palestinian Authority spokesman said his death will be “good for peace.”
“This is a continuance of the U.S. policy of atrocities,” Haniyeh told reporters today in Gaza City.
Hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by the U.S., European Union, and Israel, is scheduled to sign a reconciliation agreement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah faction this week in Cairo.
Ghassan Khatib, a spokesman for the Ramallah, West Bank- based Palestinian Authority, said the absence of bin Laden will be “good for peace and stability” around the world. Khatib spoke in a phone interview.
Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007, when it ousted Abbas’s forces from the territory a year after winning parliamentary elections. Haniyeh was deposed as prime minister by Abbas after the Gaza action, leaving the Palestinian Authority in charge of only the West Bank.
To contact the reporters on this story: Jonathan Ferziger in Tel Aviv at jferziger@bloomberg.net Gwen Ackerman in Tel Aviv at gackerman@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew J. Barden at barden@bloomberg.net
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