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Osama is Time's (Dead) Man of Year

Bin Laden becomes 4th to get red X treatment

(Newser) - In death, Osama bin Laden will be joining Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Time magazine is putting out a special issue Thursday with a red 'X" over the terror kingpin's face on the cover, making him only the fourth such cover star, reports the...

Limbaugh Mocks: Thank God for Obama

Rush praises president for 'single-handedly' coming up with mission

(Newser) - Even Rush Limbaugh had some good words for President Obama after the killing of Osama bin Laden, although the conservative pundit's praise had more than just a hint of sarcasm. "Thank God for President Obama," Limbaugh said. The military had wanted to bomb the compound, but "...

Sen. Levin: Pakistan Has Tough Questions to Answer

Senators wonder how much nation's intelligence services knew

(Newser) - Pakistan is going to have to answer some tough questions about whether members of its military and intelligence services knew where Osama bin Laden was, warns Sen. Carl Levin. The Democrat, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, suggested that the security arms of the Pakistani government may have known...

Who’s Not Happy That bin Laden’s Dead?

Hamas blasts 'killing of an Arab holy warrior'

(Newser) - Reaction to Osama bin Laden's death is pouring in from around the world—and not everybody's cheering, Reuters reports:
  • Hamas: “We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior,” said Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s leader in the Gaza Strip. “We regard
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Obama Situation Room: Inside the Tense 40 Minutes as President Monitored Raid on Osama bin Laden
 40 Tense Minutes 
 Inside the Situation Room 
'We've ID'D GERONIMO'

40 Tense Minutes Inside the Situation Room

Obama's order was fraught with risk

(Newser) - It was a daring gambit: Invade another nation's airspace, raid a compound, bag the world's most notorious terrorist, and get your troops out alive—all on the 50% to 80% chance Osama bin Laden was even there to begin with. Once President Obama ordered the raid on the...

Bin Laden Used Wife as Human Shield

Counterterror chief says al-Qaeda ringleader died behind only female casualty in raid

(Newser) - Staring down the near-certainty of his imminent death yesterday, Osama bin Laden did not fight valiantly to the end nor peacefully step toward martyrdom: he died behind a woman—likely his own wife—as he used her as a human shield. "Here is Osama, living in a million-dollar compound,...

Afghans: Osama’s Death Is Not ‘Mission Accomplished’

Al-Qaeda, Taliban aren't finished, officials warn, but others want US out of Afghanistan

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden may be dead, but Afghan officials warn that the war on terror is far from over, the New York Times reports—even as bin Laden's death strengthens cries for the US to pull out of Afghanistan. “The killing of Osama should not be seen as...

It&rsquo;s OK to Laugh at Osama
 It’s OK to Laugh at Osama 
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It’s OK to Laugh at Osama

You don't have to respect the dead if the dead is a mass murderer

(Newser) - It is, in many quarters, still too soon to joke about the 9/11 attacks, but America hasn’t wasted a minute making jokes about Osama bin Laden’s well-earned demise, notes Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon . “You know Barack and Michelle are having some crazy ‘we killed bin...

Meet the Secret Team That Took Down bin Laden

'National Journal' offers an inside look at the JSOC

(Newser) - An elite Navy SEALs team is credited with taking down Osama bin Laden, and in the National Journal , Marc Ambinder offers a look inside the "highly mythologized" SEAL Team Six and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to which it belongs. SEAL Team Six, officially known as the Naval...

Osama bin Laden Dead: ‘This Was a Kill Operation’
 ‘This Was a Kill Operation’ 

‘This Was a Kill Operation’

But they'd have taken Osama bin Laden alive if he'd surrendered

(Newser) - US forces had no intention of taking Osama bin Laden alive, US officials confirmed today. “This was a kill operation,” an official tells Reuters , though he added, “If he had waved a white flag of surrender, he would have been taken alive.” Instead, bin Laden “...

Bin Laden Intel May Have Come From Gitmo: Rumsfeld

Former defense secretary notes that detainees could have tipped US off

(Newser) - Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld thinks the controversial Guantanamo Bay military prison may deserve some credit for Osama bin Laden's death. The new intelligence that allowed the US to find bin Laden "very well could have been partly a result of the interviews that took place at Guantanamo,...

Bin Laden's Death a Boost for Obama

But it might not last, media note

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's death is a major national security and intelligence victory for President Obama, and one that famously eluded his Republican predecessor. It's an especially notable triumph considering Obama was a foreign policy novice when he became president, the Los Angeles Times reports, and it will make...

2012 Hopefuls Cheer Osama's Demise

Palin, Trump, and other favorites weigh in

(Newser) - Despite the fact that Osama bin Laden's death means a popularity boost for the man they'd be up against, potential Republican presidential candidates are of course reacting positively to the news. Politico offers a roundup:
  • Sarah Palin: "Americans tonight are united in celebration and gratitude. God bless
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DNA Test Confirms Osama bin Laden's Death
 DNA Test Confirms 
 Osama's Death 


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DNA Test Confirms Osama's Death

They reportedly compared DNA with sister's brain

(Newser) - DNA testing has proven with 99.9% certainty that Osama bin Laden was indeed one of the people killed in last night's raid, two Obama administration officials tell the AP . They did not say how the testing was done, but indicated that Obama may have had the initial results...

Fearing Reprisals, US Warns: Be Vigilant

Top al-Qaeda ideologue promises revenge

(Newser) - News of Osama bin Laden's death was met with dancing in the streets , but officials are warning Americans that his death could bring reprisals. The State Department issued a worldwide travel alert yesterday and today put US embassies on alert, warning of an "enhanced potential for anti-American violence...

Stocks Up, Oil Down on bin Laden News

Dow up 50

(Newser) - News of Osama bin Laden’s death cheered markets today, with the Dow gaining 50 points, and the S&P and Nasdaq rising 4 points and 8.5 points, respectively, Politico reports. Oil futures meanwhile, fell 2%, and the dollar rose. The gains followed similar increases in Japan and South...

How a Rich Boy Turned to Terror

Kuwait was a turning point, say Osama bin Laden experts

(Newser) - Long before Osama bin Laden was America's most reviled terrorist, he was the quiet boy of a rich Saudi family, "a gentle, enthusiastic young man of few words who didn't raise his voice while talking," according to a former Saudi intelligence chief. Born in 1954, bin...

Fox, MSNBC Full of Obama/Osama Slip-Ups

Fox begins using 'Usama' spelling; celebs tweet reactions to news

(Newser) - A single-letter screw-up at Fox has Twitter abuzz. An affiliate station in Sacramento announced to viewers: “Obama Bin Laden Dead,” Metro reports. The station shrugged off the gaffe as an easy slip-up, pointing to other stations that have made similar errors—including another of its affiliates, whose anchor...

Bin Laden's Death Heaps Suspicion on Pakistan

Pakistan has long insisted Bin Laden was not in the country

(Newser) - When American forces finally tracked down Osama bin Laden, they found him right under the noses of Pakistan’s military, and that’s likely to ratchet tensions between the US and Pakistan even higher, both the New York Times and the LA Times speculate. Bin Laden was not found in...

Obama Chuckles at Seth Meyers’ bin Laden Joke

Timely joke came one day before raid

(Newser) - The White House Correspondents' Dinner was Saturday night, just one day before Osama bin Laden was killed in a US raid. Knowing that, it's especially interesting to watch the joke Seth Meyers made at the dinner—and Obama's reaction to it in particular. Hat tip to Pat's...

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