Malayur News: Live blog: Reaction to Bin Laden's death

Leader of Al-Qaeda is dead following US operation in Pakistan.
(All times are local in Doha GMT+3)
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8:30pm
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Robert Fisk, a journalist with the Independent, a UK newspaper, who has interviewed bin Laden, said that people should stop talking about the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistan security forces, as if they were a single entity.

He said: "They're [the ISI] not all one unique institution, they are differing in their views, some of them are pro-American, some of them are very anti-American, some of them are clearly sympathetic towards Islamists, extremists, whatever you like to call them.

"I called up one of the men I know last night and put it to him, 'look, you know, this house was very big, come on, you must have had had some idea.'

"What he said to me was 'sometimes it's better to survey people than to attack them.'

"And I think what he meant was that as long as they knew where he [bin Laden] was, it was much better to just watch rather than stage a military operation that may bring about more outrages, terrorism, whatever you like to call it."
8:10pm

William Greider asks: "The Ghost of bin Laden:" Now that Osama is dead, can America at last break free of the conceit of endless war?

Full coverage of life after Osama from The Nation Magazine.
7:58pm
How the American nation reacted to the death of Osama Bin Laden.

A photo essay from The Washington Post.
7:40pm
In Libya, pro-democracy fighters have welcomed the death of Osama bin Laden.

Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught spoke to opposition fighters in the remote Nefusa Mountains in Western Libya.
6:05pm
"Burial Lessons: from Che to Bin Laden" by John Lee Anderson in The New Yorker

"There are some uncanny analogies between the story of Osama bin Laden’s life and death and that of a another charismatic political outlaw, a man who “declared war” on the United States. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the Argentine-Cuban revolutionary and close confidante of Fidel Castro, was no terrorist, but he was a Communist who espoused violent political change, and who defied America by seeking to start guerrilla wars around the world—to create “one, two, three, many Vietnams” to draw in the U.S. military, sap its strength, and ultimately bring about a new, socialist world order"
5:10pm
Osama bin Laden's death is blockbuster news for Hollywood, whose attempts to dramatize the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have largely bombed.

Instead of churning out little-seen films about death and destruction wrought upon civilians and military personnel, the studios can now tap into resurgent American pride with movies about the hunt for the world's most wanted man.

If only John Wayne were still alive or Arnold Schwarzenegger were younger to star in a gung-ho film about the daring strike by dashing Navy SEAL operatives on a compound in suburban Pakistan. Picture "Black Hawk Down" with a happier ending, or "Die Hard" in Islamabad.

Coincidentally, the Oscar-winning director of "The Hurt Locker" -- an Iraq war film that earned just $17 million at the box office -- has a chance to reach a wider audience with an aptly named follow-up, "Kill Bin Laden."
5:07pm
Reports filter in that Osama Bin Laden held a Bosnian passport.
5:04pm
US may release photos of Osama bin Ladens burial at sea on Tuesday,but no final decision has been made - US official tells Reuters.
4:55pm
Lawmakers question whether Osama bin Laden hid in plain sight of Pakistani army, intelligence
2:57pm
And that Robert Fisk interview which we mentioned earlier is now available for you to watch here.
2:55pm
Ana Murison, Global Jihad Analyst, speaks to Al Jazeera - you can watch it here.
2:04pm
Imtiaz Tyab: The police has told us that there are six to seven bedroom, there was a kitchen garden and some chickens were kept too - so it was a self sufficient compound. They could grow their own food.
1:55pm
Marc Grossman, US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, has held talks with leaders from both countries. It is the second day of his pre-arranged visit to Islamabad.

The talks focused on better cooperation but has been overshadowed by Osama Bin Laden's death.
12:32pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is glad Bin Laden has been killed. A number of his followers met in the German city of Hamburg to plot the 9/11 attacks.

They were mostly students from other countries, but they left behind a legacy that many local Muslims are still struggling with.

Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Hamburg.
12:23pm
Having spoken to residents of the area, Imtiaz Tyab reports: "Some say they simply can't believe that the world's most wanted man lived behind these walls. Many people expressing shock and disbelief.
"They said they never actually had any questions about those living in the compound."
12:21pm
Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports from outside the compound where Osama Bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad: "The compound is very surprising to look at, very much like a prison.
"It is much larger than other houses in the neighbourhood - a home with an awful lot of security."
12:12pm
Robert Fisk: "The basis of Al Qaeda is that if you wake up one morning and say I'm Al Qaeda, then you are."
12:11pm
Robert Fisk, Journalist who has interviewed Bin Laden, says "it seems like Bin Laden was given away" - you can watch the interview live on Al Jazeera English.
And we will have it here very soon.
11:58am
In the Pakistani city of Quetta, more than a hundred supporters of an Islamist party took to the streets to protest. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder updates on the situation from Peshawar.
11:54am
According to Reuters, China hailed the death of Osama bin Laden while defending its regional partner Pakistan against accusations it had done too little against terror threats.

"We have noted the announcement and believe that this is a major event and a positive development in the international struggle against terrorism," Jiang, Chinese spokeswoman, said about the White House's announcement that Bin Laden was killed in a US raid, Chinese newspapers reported on Tuesday.

"Pakistan stands at the forefront of the international struggle against terrorism," Jiang told a regular news conference, after her initial statement on Bin Laden had appeared.

"The Pakistani government's determination to fight terrorism is staunch and its actions have been vigorous. Pakistan has made important contributions to the international struggle against terror," she said.

"China will continue staunchly supporting Pakistan developing and implementing its own anti-terror strategy based on its own national conditions."
11:41am
Afghanistan, which neighbours Pakistan, was invaded precisely because of the Al Qaeda inspired attack on the World Trade Centre in New York.

But now the country's president says Bin Laden's killing in Pakistan vindicates his view that the main problem is across the border.

Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Kabul.
11:23am
Pervez Musharraf, the man who was in charge of Pakistan before President Zardari, has also denied that Pakistan knew where Bin Laden was.
10:57am
Al Jazeera speaks to Mike Griffin, Author and Al Qaeda expert - you can watch it here.
10:53am
Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports on the anti-US sentiment in Pakistan and the Pakistani government's reaction.
10:45am
David Cameron, UK prime minister says Britain would continue working with Pakistan to combat militancy despite questions over who knew that al Qaeda
leader Osama Bin Laden was hiding in the country.

"The right choice is to engage with Pakistan and to deal with the extremists rather than just throw up our hands in despair and walk away which would be a disastrous choice," he told BBC radio.

Asked if the death of Bin Laden would allow Britain to speed up the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, Cameron said: "It is clearly a helpful development, I don't think it will necessarily change any timetables , but we should use it as an opportunity to say to the Taliban, now is the moment to separate yourself from al Qaeda, to give up violence, to accept the basic tenets of the Afghan constitution."
10:41am
The United Arab Emirates has described the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as a "positive step" but called for "caution and vigilance", AFP reported.

Bahrain has also welcomed bin Laden's death in what it hoped would be "an opportunity to unify international efforts to find solutions to eradicate terrorism and the deviant ideology on which it grows".
10:39am
According to AFP news agency, Israeli media have hailed the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, comparing it to so-called targeted killings carried out by Israeli troops against alleged terror leaders.

"The United States has succeeded in carrying out a targeted killing operation par excellence," one public radio commentator said, in a view that was repeated across much of the Israeli media.
9:33am
And here is an update from Al Jazeera's correspondent, So Rahman, who is in Islamabad.
9:28am
With Bin Laden dead, Muslims living in the US hope for a new beginning. Watch this report.
8:31am
Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports on what's next after Bin Laden's death. You can watch it here.
6:28am
AFP reports that the US embassy in Islamabad and all consulates in other cities are closed to the public.
5:56am
China has joined world governments in welcoming the US announcement that Osama bin Laden has been killed.
"We have noted the announcement and believe that this is a major event and a positive development in the international struggle against terrorism," Jiang Yu, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement issued by the ministry's website.
"China advocates that the international community should strengthen cooperation and together combat terrorism."
5:46am
ABC news reports that the video of Osama bin Laden's body being buried at sea will be made public, though officials will do "cautiously".
5:39am
The Associated Press also reports, citing a US official, that 23 children and nine women were in the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, and that it had served as his home for six years.
US Navy SEALs who carried out the operations also recovered a large amount of material in the form of computer hardware, DVDs and documents, the official said.
5:37am
The Associated Press reports that the courier who eventually led them to Osama bin Laden was Kuwait-born Sheikh Abu Ahmed.
5:19am
And here's that Carrie Lemack interview we promised you earlier.
5:01am
That Op-Ed by Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani president, was published in the Washington Post.
Entitled "Pakistan did its part", the piece insists that the Pakistani people, government, military and intelligence agencies are "united" in their fight against extremism in the country. He lauds the death of Bin Laden as marking the "beginning of the end" of the war against religious militancy in the name of Islam.
As he often does in op-eds, Zardari also makes reference to Benazir Bhutto, his wife and the former prime minister of the country who was killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban.
You can read the published Op-Ed here.
4:53am
In an opinion column, Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani President, confirms that Pakistan was not involved in the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, adding that the al-Qaeda leader was "not anywhere we had anticipated", Reuters reports.
He has also rejected speculation that Pakistan is not wholeheartedly pursuing militants in the country.
4:45am
Here's that promised interview with Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell.
4:05am
Carrie Lemack, the founder of the Global Survivors Network, whose mother died in the September 11th attacks, has told Al Jazeera that while she is glad that the voice of a "mad man" has been silenced, this should not be seen as a moment of celebration.
Lemack said that the focus should be on telling the stories of survivors of terrorist attacks around the world.
Video of that interview to follow.
4:02am
Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell, has just been on Al Jazeera, admitting that the Bush administration took its "eye off the ball" when it invaded Iraq, insomuch as that country was not connected to al-Qaeda operations.
Furthermore, Wilkerson says that the US should pull out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible, as the situation in that country is causing Pakistan to become destabilised.
Video of that interview to follow shortly.
2:39am
Barack Obama, the US President, will be visiting the site of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Centre in New York City on Thursday.
Meanwhile, AFP reports that Pakistan will be launching a full inquiry into the "intelligence lapse" that allowed Osama bin Laden to live in Abbottabad undetected.
2:15am
The White House has released photographs of President Barack Obama discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden with his national security team.
2:06am
CNN reports that President Obama watched the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, along with his national security team and key advisors, live from a room in Washington DC.
In a press conference, John Brennan, the US president's deputy national security advisor, said:
"We were able to monitor on a real-time basis the progress of the operation, from its commencement, to its time on target, to the extraction of the remains. We were able to have regular updates to ensure that we had real-time visibility into the progress of the operation."
1:50am
John Brennan, the US deputy national security advisor to President Obama, has been speaking with the media in Washington DC about the Abbottabad raid. Here's an excerpt from that press conference.
11:21pm
A photo of a battered and bruised dead corpse of Osama Bin Laden is fake, the Guardian says.
10:25pm
Robert Fisk on the latest developments re: Osama Bin Laden's death and what it means in the larger "fight against terrorism".
9:35pm
Is it legal to kill Osama Bin Laden? Foreign Policy explores the murky territory.

The murky legal framework of the war on terror complicates things somewhat. While the U.S. government would never condone the extrajudicial killing of a most-wanted fugitive like Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, the United States maintains that senior members of al Qaeda are "enemy combatants" and therefore not subject to civilian due process. Some vehemently disagree with this interpretation, but if a CIA drone pilot had bin Laden in his sights, it's unlikely that his first call would be to a lawyer.
9:01pm
Aerial views, released by the United State Department of Defense May 2, 2011, shows before (L) and after (R) views of the compound that Osama bin Laden was killed in on Monday in Abbottabad, Pakistan; via Reuters.
8:35pm
A drawing, released by the United State Department of Defense May 2, 2011, shows the compound that Osama bin Laden was killed in on Monday in Abbottabad, Pakistan; via Reuters.
7:39pm
AFP reports that US forces administered Muslim religious rites for Osama bin Laden aboard an aircraft carrier Monday in the Arabian Sea, an American official said after the raid that killed the Al-Qaeda leader.

Traditional procedures for Islamic burial were followed. The deceased's body was washed and then placed in a white sheet. The body was placed in a weighted bag.A military officer read prepared religious remarks which were translated into Arabic by a native speaker. After the words were complete, the body was placed on a prepared flat-board... (and) eased into the sea. The ceremony began at 0510 GMT and ended some 50 minutes later aboard the aircraft carrier which is stationed off the coast of Pakistan to help US and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
6:30pm
Hillary Clinton issues a statement on Osama Bin Laden's death.
5:51pm
Tech Crunch tracks the series of tweets from the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden
5:43pm

Head of the Palestinian dissolved government Ismail Haniya has decried the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and described the man as an Arab Muslim Jihadist, despite the differences in viewpoints among the Arab and Muslim worlds on al-Qaeda’s role.
Speaking at a meeting with Palestinian journalists in his Gaza office, Haniya said the assassination was a continuation of the US policy of repression in the region.
In Somalia, Sheikh Hassan Tahir Owais, the leading figure in Shababal Mujahidin in Somalia said the jihadist mission would never be put off by Bin Laden’s death, while so many people had died for the same cause.
Head of the Iranian parliament national security committee and foreign policy, Ala-addin Brojardi said killing Bin Laden was not a great victory for the US.
The timing of the Bin Laden’s killing operation and the US announcement of it, was aimed at justifying the argument for keeping permanent US military bases in Afghanistan, Brojardi added.
5:20pm

No statement was issued by al-Qaeda to confirm or deny the death of Osama Bin Laden via forums used by the organization for disseminating al-Qaeda statements and messages by its leaders.
But the AFP has quoted an al-Qaeda member in Yemen as confirming after contacts he said he had made with colleagues in Pakistan, the news that al-Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden was killed. w
A website named “Shumoukh al-Islam” has posted a comment by Asadul Jihad Ithnein who is viewed as being very close to al-Qaeda, he mourned Bin Laden, saying, the battle against international tyranny would never end by the death of Bin Laden whom he described as Assadul Islam (God’s Lion)
But Assadul Jihad did not confirm Bin Laden’s death, while other al-Qaeda members called for calm in dealing with the news, prior to the release of an official statement by the organization.
Many respondents have called for revenge if the news was authentic, reasserting that the message of jihad would never be defunct by the death of Bin Laden.
5:11pm
It is reported that three other males and one female were also killed in the 40 minute raid on the house Osama Bin Laden was staying in.
4:40pm
Hillary Clinton issues statement on Osama Bin Laden's death:

This has been a broad, deep, very impressive operation. We must redouble our efforts. In Afghanistan we will continue taking the fight to al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their allies ... In Pakistan we are committed to supporting the people and government"
3:39pm
The FBI has updated its list of Most Wanted terrorists to note that Osama bin Laden is dead. Its website - with details about bin Laden and the $27 million being offered in rewards - now includes a large red-and-white "deceased" label atop bin Laden's photograph.
Nine other highly sought after terrorists are still included on the FBI's list, including bin Laden's deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
3:16pm
The US special forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al-Qaeda mastermind, not capture him, a US national security official told Reuters.
"This was a kill operation," the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan.
3:08pm
An Indonesian Islamist group has hailed assassinated Osama bin Laden as a "martyr" who championed Islam against America. Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) spokesman Son Hadi told AFP:

If it's true Osama bin Laden is dead, then he died a martyr. He fought for Islam and he fought for the lands colonised by America. Al-Qaeda didn't die with him. Jihad will not be dampened just because he's dead because jihad is a command of the religion, not of individuals.
2:59am
Saudi Arabia, the country of bin Laden's birth, hopes his killing will help the international fight against terrorism and stamp out the "misguided thought" behind it, the Saudi state news agency said.
"An official source expressed the hope of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the elimination of the leader of the terrorist al Qaeda organisation would be a step toward supporting international efforts aimed at fighting terrorism," the news agency said.
2:32pm
Iran says the death of bin Laden has removed "any excuse" for the United States and its allies for deploying forces in the Middle East under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
2:17pm
The Palestinian group Hamas condemned the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying that this was a "a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood".
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, noted doctrinal differences between bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Hamas, but said:

We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs.
1:57pm
The death of bin Laden was greeted with near-silence on Monday from Gulf Arab states, including his birthplace Saudi Arabia.
By mid-afternoon, the only official comment from the Arabian Peninsula came from Yemen, bin Laden's ancestral homeland, where an official speaking on condition of anonymity hoped the killing would "root out terrorism throughout the world".
Saudi Arabia's official news agency merely noted that the United States and Pakistan had announced bin Laden had been killed in a US military operation in Pakistan but gave no clue to Riyadh's thinking.
The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, attending a meeting of Gulf foreign ministers in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, all declined to comment on bin Laden's death.
1:50pm
NATO Secretary-General statement on Osama bin Laden
I congratulate President Barack Obama and all those who made the operation against Osama Bin Laden possible. This is a significant success for the security of NATO Allies and all the nations which have joined us in our efforts to combat the scourge of global terrorism to make the world a safer place for all of us.
NATO made clear that it considered the September 11 attacks on the United States an attack against all Allies. We remember the thousands of innocent lives lost to terrorist atrocities in so many of our nations, in Afghanistan, and around the world.
As terrorism continues to pose a direct threat to our security and international stability, international cooperation remains key and NATO is at the heart of that cooperation. NATO Allies and partners will continue their mission to ensure that Afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for extremism, but develops in peace and security. We will continue to stand for the values of freedom, democracy and humanity that Osama Bin Laden wanted to defeat.
1:38pm
Japan, a key US ally, welcomed the death of Osama bin Laden and said it would step up security at military bases in case of possible reprisal attacks. Prime Minister Naoto Kan said:

We welcome this significant progress in counter-terrorism measures, and I pay respect to the efforts by the officials concerned, including those in the United States and Pakistan.
1:25pm
Libyan rebels, fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, broadly welcome the news of the death of al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden.
1:23pm
Afghanistan's president lauded bin Laden's death as a serious blow to terrorism and argued that the strike in Pakistan proves the real fight against terrorists is outside his country's borders. President Hamid Karzai told an assembly of district government officials in Kabul, as the hall erupted in applause:

This is a very important day. Maybe you have already heard on the television or on the radio that American forces have killed Osama bin Laden, delivering him his due punishment.
11:35am
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will have to answer to God for having killed many people and exploiting religion to spread hate, the Vatican said.
Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said that while Christians "do not rejoice" over a death, it serves to remind them of "each person's responsibility before God and men".

Osama bin Laden, as everyone knows, had the grave responsibility of having spread division and hate among people, causing the deaths of an innumerable number of people and exploiting religion for these purposes.
11:30am
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told AFP in an interview that the US killing of Osama bin Laden, not far from the Pakistani capital, was a "great victory".
10:54am
Pakistan's foreign ministry says the death of bin Laden shows the resolve of his country and the world to battle terrorism. Pakistan's first official statement about the operation to kill bin Laden said Monday's raid was a US operation.
Bin Laden was killed an a luxury house in the town of Abbottabad not far from a Pakistani military academy, raising questions over whether Pakistani may have known of his whereabouts. The statement did not address those questions.
10:50am
Al Jazeera's Andrew Coombes took this picture outside the White House after the "Bin Laden is dead" announcement:
10:46am
After bin Laden was killed, senior administration officials said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition. That practice calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours, the official said.
Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world's most wanted terrorist would have been difficult, the official said.
So the US decided to bury him at sea. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters, did not immediately say where that occurred. (Associated Press)
10:43am
Osama bin Laden's body was taken to Afghanistan and later buried at sea after he was slain in Pakistan. (New York Times)
10:37am
Britain has told its embassies to review their security for fear of reprisals following the killing of bin Laden, Foreign Secretary William Hague said. Hague told BBC Radio 4:

There may be parts of al-Qaeda that will try to show that they are still in business in the coming weeks as indeed some of them are.
I have already this morning asked our embassies to review their security, to make sure that vigilance is heightened and I think that will have to be our posture for some time to come.
10:28am
This is a picture gallery of some reactions around the world to the death of Osama bin Laden.
10:22am
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said that US soldiers should be withdrawn from Afghanistan and Iraq after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Essam al-Erian, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's governing body, told Reuters:

With Bin Laden's death, one of the reasons for which violence has been practised in the world has been removed. It is time for Obama to pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq and end the occupation of U.S. and Western forces around the world that have for so long harmed Muslim countries.
10:00am
The Western-backed Palestinian Authority said that the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces was "good for the cause of peace". PA spokesman Ghassan Khatib said:

Getting rid of Bin Laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide but what counts is to overcome the discourse and the methods -- the violent methods -- that were created and encouraged by Bin Laden and others in the world.
9:47am
Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga, thanks America and Pakistan for bin Laden's killing, saying that it was positive for Kenya.

Kenyans are happy and thank the US people, the Pakistani people and everybody else who managed to kill Osama. Osama's death can only be positive for Kenya but we need to have a stable government in Somalia.
9:34am
The killing of Osama bin Laden is "good news for all men in the world who think freely and are peaceful," German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said.
9:23am
Americans cheer outside the White House in Washington after US President Barack Obama announced live on television the death of Osama bin Laden. [Reuters]
9:20am
Said Agil Siradj, chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, says bin Laden's death will help restore Islam's image as one of people, not violence.
But he believes terrorism will continue as long as there is injustice against Muslims.
9:14am
Sohaib Athar, a resident of Abbottabad, tweeted from his account (@ReallyVirtual) when the raid on Osama bin Laden probably happened. Here are some tweets:

A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S” (posted 10 hours ago)
Since taliban (probably) don't have helicpoters, and since they're saying it was not "ours", so must be a complicated situation #abbottabad (posted 9 hours ago)
9:00am
Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley prepared this report:
8:46am
At least two Pakistani television stations broadcast pictures of what they called unconfirmed images of Osama bin Laden's bloodied face after the United States said he had been killed.
This picture was uploaded on Twitter by user Shaheryar Mirza:
8:43am
The dollar rebounded from three-year lows and US crude slid more than 1 per cent on after news that Osama bin Laden was killed reduced the perception of security risks facing the United States.
8:37am
A leading US Muslim organisation welcomed the killing of bin Laden, saying he was a threat to America and the world. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement:

We join our fellow citizens in welcoming the announcement that Osama bin Laden has been eliminated as a threat to our nation and the world through the actions of American military personnel.
As we have stated repeatedly since the 9/11 terror attacks, bin Laden never represented Muslims or Islam. In fact, in addition to the killing of thousands of Americans, he and Al-Qaeda caused the deaths of countless Muslims worldwide.
8:30am
India said the killing of Osama Bin Laden was a "victorious milestone" in the war against terrorism but urged the world to continue battling militancy, a statement from the foreign ministry said.

The world must not let down its united effort to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own neighbourhood. The struggle must continue unabated.
8:16am
Thousands have flocked to Ground Zero to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden, alleged mastermind of the devastating September 11 attacks on New York nearly 10 years ago.
New York's police chief Raymond Kelly called the death of bin Laden a "welcome milestone" for the families of the 3,000 victims of the 2001 strikes by Al-Qaeda.
8:13am
Abbottabad is named after a colonial officer, so the 'Abbott' is the same as the Western pronunication of the name.
'abad'= aa-baa-d. Low 'a's, as in the British pronunciation of 'class'.
8:00am
This background on the operation to kill bin Laden was given to Al Jazeera by a senior US offiicial:

On June 2, 2009 the President signs a memo to Director Panetta stating “in order to ensure that we have expanded every effort, I direct you to provide me within 30 days a detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to justice Usama Bin Ladin…”
In the lead up to this operation, the President convened at least 9 meetings with his national security Principals. Principals met formally an additional five times themselves; and their Deputies met 7 times. This was in addition to countless briefings on the subject during the President’s intelligence briefings; and frequent consultations between the NSC, CIA, DoD and Joint Staff. The President was actively involved in reviewing all facets of the operation.
The President made the decision to undertake the operation at 8:20am on April 29th in the Diplomatic Room before he left for Alabama. In the Dip Room were Donilon, Daley, Brennan and McDonough. Donilon then prepared the formal orders and convened the Principals at 3pm to complete the planning.
May 1 -- staff worked pretty much all day today on the operation. Principals have been in the Situation Room since 1pm.
2:00pm the President met with the Principals to review final preparations.
3:32pm the President returned to the Sit Room for an additional briefing.
3:50pm the President first learns that UBL was tentatively identified.
7:01pm the President learns that there’s a “high probability” the HVT was UBL.
8:30pm the President receives further briefings.
7:00am
US president Barack Obama said Osama bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, was killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad. Click here for more.

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