The mastermind of
the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks
-- the worst terrorist
attacks on American
soil -- was killed by
U.S. forces Monday in
a mansion in
Abbottabad, about 50
kilometers (30 miles)
north of the Pakistani
capital, Islamabad,
U.S. officials said.
Washington is nine
hours behind
Pakistan.
Four others in the
compound also were
killed. One of them
was bin Laden's adult
son, and another was
a woman being used
as a shield by a male
combatant, the
officials said.
Brennan said it is his
understanding that
the woman was one
of bin Laden's wives,
and that she
"reportedly was used
as a shield to shield
bin Laden from the
incoming fire."
He added that it was
his understanding that
bin Laden picked up a weapon and
was killed in the firefight with the
U.S. forces carrying out the assault.
"He was engaged in a firefight,"
Brennan said of bin Laden.
"Whether or not he got off any
rounds, I don't know."
How U.S. forces conducted the
mission
As reactions poured in from all over
the world to the announcement that
terrorist leader bin Laden was killed
Sunday in a U.S. operation, Obama
declared Monday "a good day for
America."
"Our country kept its commitment
to see that justice is done," Obama
said. The world, he said, is a better
place because of bin Laden's death,
and the successful operation
reminds Americans that there is
"nothing we can't do" when they
work together.
Noting that patriotic crowds have
gathered across the country to
celebrate, the president said, "We're
reminded that we're fortunate to
have Americans who have
dedicated their lives to protecting
ours."
"As commander-in-chief, I could
not be prouder," Obama said at a
previously scheduled Medal of
Honor ceremony.
A DNA match confirms with virtual
certainty that Osama bin Laden was
killed in the operation, a senior
administration official told CNN
Monday. Officials compared DNA of
the person killed with bin Laden
"family DNA," a senior
administration official said.
There are also photographs of the
body with a gunshot wound to the
side of the head that shows an
individual who is recognizable as bin
Laden, a U.S. government official
said. No decision has yet been made
on whether to release the
photographs and if so, when and
how.
One of bin Laden's wives identified
the body to U.S. forces, a senior
U.S. defense official said.
Osama bin Laden, the face of terror
A U.S. government
official told CNN the
operation that killed
the founder and
leader of al Qaeda
was designed to do
just that, not to take
him alive. But another
senior U.S. official told
CNN the operation
included instructions
to arrest bin Laden
alive if he surrendered
-- however, no one
involved expected that
he would surrender..
the September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks
-- the worst terrorist
attacks on American
soil -- was killed by
U.S. forces Monday in
a mansion in
Abbottabad, about 50
kilometers (30 miles)
north of the Pakistani
capital, Islamabad,
U.S. officials said.
Washington is nine
hours behind
Pakistan.
Four others in the
compound also were
killed. One of them
was bin Laden's adult
son, and another was
a woman being used
as a shield by a male
combatant, the
officials said.
Brennan said it is his
understanding that
the woman was one
of bin Laden's wives,
and that she
"reportedly was used
as a shield to shield
bin Laden from the
incoming fire."
He added that it was
his understanding that
bin Laden picked up a weapon and
was killed in the firefight with the
U.S. forces carrying out the assault.
"He was engaged in a firefight,"
Brennan said of bin Laden.
"Whether or not he got off any
rounds, I don't know."
How U.S. forces conducted the
mission
As reactions poured in from all over
the world to the announcement that
terrorist leader bin Laden was killed
Sunday in a U.S. operation, Obama
declared Monday "a good day for
America."
"Our country kept its commitment
to see that justice is done," Obama
said. The world, he said, is a better
place because of bin Laden's death,
and the successful operation
reminds Americans that there is
"nothing we can't do" when they
work together.
Noting that patriotic crowds have
gathered across the country to
celebrate, the president said, "We're
reminded that we're fortunate to
have Americans who have
dedicated their lives to protecting
ours."
"As commander-in-chief, I could
not be prouder," Obama said at a
previously scheduled Medal of
Honor ceremony.
A DNA match confirms with virtual
certainty that Osama bin Laden was
killed in the operation, a senior
administration official told CNN
Monday. Officials compared DNA of
the person killed with bin Laden
"family DNA," a senior
administration official said.
There are also photographs of the
body with a gunshot wound to the
side of the head that shows an
individual who is recognizable as bin
Laden, a U.S. government official
said. No decision has yet been made
on whether to release the
photographs and if so, when and
how.
One of bin Laden's wives identified
the body to U.S. forces, a senior
U.S. defense official said.
Osama bin Laden, the face of terror
A U.S. government
official told CNN the
operation that killed
the founder and
leader of al Qaeda
was designed to do
just that, not to take
him alive. But another
senior U.S. official told
CNN the operation
included instructions
to arrest bin Laden
alive if he surrendered
-- however, no one
involved expected that
he would surrender..
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