BIN LADEN
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 1:20 pm
Bin Laters.
Killed overnight, US has his body.
Press conference coming up.
http://www.news.com.au/world/osama-bin- ... 6048335673
Killed overnight, US has his body.
Press conference coming up.
http://www.news.com.au/world/osama-bin- ... 6048335673
Al Jazeera reports the terror leader was apparently killed in a mansion outside Islamabad.
Correspondents also warn of a possible backlash in Pakistan and Middle Easter supporters over his death.
1.06pm CNN reports bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside Islambad along with other family members.
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12.45pm Rumours of Osama's death were reported on Twitter before the official statement.
Shortly before 12.30pm Keith Urbahn, Chief of Staff, Office of Donald Rumsfeld tweeted: "So I'm told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn."
Minutes later a CBS news reporter tweeted: "House Intelligence committee aide confirms that Osama Bin Laden is dead. US has the body."
The news came shortly after the White House announced an unscheduled press conference by President Barack Obama.
The subject of the president's statement - which was then delayed - was not announced, but FOX reported that "multiple sources" have confirmed the terror leader, behind the 9/11 attacks and many other plots, is dead.
Bin Laden, 54, was killed a week ago by a US bomb, according to FOX. Officials have been waiting to test his body for a DNA match.
The world's most wanted terrorist, bin Laden has been on the run since the attacks of 2001, believed to have been hiding in the mountainous border country between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It was not clear exactly where he was when killed. US drones have conducted a number of raids into Pakistan, which have caused some friction with Pakistani authorities.