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OSAMA IS KILLED!

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The War on Terror
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"President Obama announced on Sunday night that Osama bin Laden is dead. Not just dead but killed in a firefight by a small team of U.S. operatives who recovered his body."

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U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden in Firefight, Recover Body

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Wired Top Stories Download time: May 2 2011 7:43 AM ET

Almost ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the leader of al-Qaida is dead.

President Obama announced on Sunday night that Osama bin Laden is dead. Not just dead — killed by U.S. operatives.

In a "compound" near an area deep inside Pakistan called Abottabad — not far from the capitol of Islamabad — U.S. operatives engaged in a "firefight" with bin Laden's handlers, Obama said, and killed the terrorist leader. This was no drone strike. It was a "small team" of U.S. operatives, pulling the trigger and delivering what Obama called "justice" on a man responsible for the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans.

The operation was the result of eight months of intelligence work, with Obama giving the order to carry out the operation last week. Obama didn't exactly specify, but it appears bin Laden's death is the result of a joint operation by the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command. But Obama said that bin Laden's body has been recovered.…

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