PAKISTAN -- U.S. military personnel and citizens across the country have been celebrating since late last night at the news that Navy SEALs in Pakistan have killed Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama made the announcement shortly before midnight, also calling former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to let them know what happened.
Bin Laden, founder of the terrorist group Al-Qaida, has been responsible for numerous attacks on American interests across the world dating back to the early 1990s.
American Rejoice Over the Death of bin Laden
NBC's Today Show Monday, May 02, 2011
Bin Laden had been the target of a U.S. military death hunt for the past 10 years, since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Flight 93 in a Pennsylvania field.
At the time, President Bush had vowed that the U.S. would hunt for bin Laden until justice was served. He made a similar statement after learning of bin Laden's death.
Media reports said bin Laden was killed while living in a mansion in Abbotabad, a town about 35 miles north of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. American forces captured his body before he was buried at sea with 24 hours after his death, according to Islamic law.
According to the Today Show, a decision was being made about how to show the body for proof that bin Laden is dead.
U.S. Forces Hunt Down, Kill Osama bin Laden
NBC's Today Show Monday, May 02, 2011
President Barack Obama made the announcement shortly before midnight, also calling former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to let them know what happened.
Bin Laden, founder of the terrorist group Al-Qaida, has been responsible for numerous attacks on American interests across the world dating back to the early 1990s.
American Rejoice Over the Death of bin Laden
NBC's Today Show Monday, May 02, 2011
Bin Laden had been the target of a U.S. military death hunt for the past 10 years, since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in attacks at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Flight 93 in a Pennsylvania field.
At the time, President Bush had vowed that the U.S. would hunt for bin Laden until justice was served. He made a similar statement after learning of bin Laden's death.
Media reports said bin Laden was killed while living in a mansion in Abbotabad, a town about 35 miles north of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. American forces captured his body before he was buried at sea with 24 hours after his death, according to Islamic law.
According to the Today Show, a decision was being made about how to show the body for proof that bin Laden is dead.
U.S. Forces Hunt Down, Kill Osama bin Laden
NBC's Today Show Monday, May 02, 2011
