'Justice has been done,' Barack Obama told the world after al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by special US Seal forces at his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan.President Barack Obama's statement was one that America and many countries the world over had been waiting a decade to hear.
US special Seal forces launched a helicopter-borne assault on a closely guarded compound in Abbottabad, 30 miles north-east of Islamabad, on Sunday night, US officials said.
Bin Laden resisted the attackers and was killed along with three other men in a firefight. The operation lasted 40 minutes and no Americans were killed. The dead included Bin Laden's most trusted courier, who carried his messages to the outside world, and one of Bin Laden's sons, according to reports. US forces "took custody" of Bin Laden's body, Obama said. The US stressed Islamic practices would be respected.
With Osama bin Laden dead, US President Obama achieved a great personal success. Already early on during the Presidential campaign he had said that the US military focus should not be on mainly on Iraq, but more so on Afghanistan and going after al-Qaida and their leader Osama bin Laden.
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