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An edition of the TRIBUNE-REVIEW

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U.S. KILLS
BIN LADEN

Special
unit finds
him in
Pakistan

His trail of terror

FROM WIRE REPORTS

WASHINGTON Osama bin

Laden, the glowering mastermind
behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
attacks that killed thousands of
Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Obama said Sunday.
A small team of U.S. operatives
killed bin Laden yesterday in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in a firefight, took
custody of his body and confirmed
his identity, Obama said. The president said a possible lead to Osamas
whereabouts emerged in August but
took many months to run down.
A jubilant crowd gathered outside
the White House as word spread of
bin Ladens death after a global
manhunt that lasted nearly a
decade, chanting, USA, USA,
while waving American flags and
singing the national anthem.
Justice has been done, the president said.
Former President George W.
Bush, who was in office on the day
of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Ladens death as a
momentous achievement. The
fight against terror goes on, but
tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how
long it takes, justice will be done,
he said.
Few details were immediately
available of the operation that
resulted in bin Ladens death,
although the president said none of
the Americans involved was harmed.
The United States believes that
three adults in addition to Osama
bin Laden were killed in Sundays
raid in Pakistan and that one of the
dead was an adult son of bin Laden,
a senior Obama administration official said.
The United States is not and
never will be at war with Islam,
Obama said. Bin Laden was not a
Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims. His demise
should be welcomed by all who

GETTY IMAGES FILE

Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into

the south tower of the World Trade Center
in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. The Boeing
767-222, which was carrying 65 people, in
addition to the hijackers, was the second plane
to hit the towers.

TRIBUNE-REVIEW FILE

Forty-four people, including four terrorists,

were killed when United Airlines Flight 93
crashed into this field in Shanksville, Somerset
County, on Sept. 11, 2001. Work is under way
for a memorial at the site.

AP FILE

Onlookers watch as the Pentagon burns on

Sept. 11, 2001, following a terrorist attack in
Arlington, Va. American Flight 77, hijacked
while carrying 64 people from Washington to
Los Angeles, tore into the side of the Pentagon
in a terrorist attack.

BIN LADEN A4
GETTY IMAGES FILE
AP FILE

The bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000

was one incident in a pattern of escalating alQaida attacks on the U.S. that began with the
1993 World Trade Center bombing and culminated
in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks.

President Obama
addresses the
nation late on
Sunday in
Washington to
announce that
Osama bin Laden,
the mastermind
behind the Sept. 11
attacks against the
United States, is
dead, and the U.S.
is in possession
of his body.

AP FILE

Rescue worker carry a woman, rescued from

the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, over the rubble left
behind after bombs ripped apart the building
in August 1998. At least 200 people were killed
and more than 1,000 injured after bombs went
off at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

REUTERS

WEATHER 66 48
Periods of rain
today and tonight.
Details, A8

INDEX
VOL. 123 NO. 89
Five sections
48 pages

Advice D7
Bridge D7
City&Region B1
Classied E1

Comics D8
Crossword D7
Editorials A7
Horoscope D7

Living D1
Lotteries A8
Money B8
Movies D5

Obituaries B4
Sports C1
Television D6

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