Osama Bin Laden | Photo courtesy of Treehugger.comWithin an hour after it was reported that Osama Bin Laden is dead, a group of people who gathered outside the White House was reportedly seen singing the American national anthem and chanted "USA! USA!" and "Hey, hey, goodbye!" referring to the terrorist leader.
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama will issue a late-night statement regarding Osama Bin Laden's death. The said statement will be broadcast on the live video feed below courtesy of the US government website:
Update: President Barack Obama issues statement on Osama Bin Laden's death (Partial Transcript)
"Good Evening, Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world, that the US has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden the leader of Al Qaeda.
It was nearly ten years ago that a bright day was blackened the twin towers collapsing to the ground,
and yet we know that the worst images were those unseed by the world. the empty seat at the table. Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.
We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our we were united as one American family. We were also united in our resolve to protect.
We quickly learned that the attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda... and so we went to war against Al Qaeda.
Over the past ten years thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military we have made great strides in that effort. We have disrupted terrorist attacks and... we removed the Taliban from Afghanistan. Around the globe we have worked with our friend and allies to kill or capu.
Yet Osama Bin Laden evaded capture and escaped across the Afghan border into Pakistan...
And so shortly after taking office I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of Osama Bin Laden the top priority of the war against Al Qaeda...
Then, last August, after painstakingly I was briefed on a possible lead. It took many months to to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team and finally last week, we had enough intelligence Idtermined we enought information to authorize action. ... and so I authorized an operaton to get Bin Laden. Today at my direction the US conducted an operation against that compound in Abadabad, Pakistan
No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid innocent casualties. After a firefight they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body....
For over two decades Bin Laden has been the symbol...
His death does not mark the end of our effort. We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad. not at war with Islam. bin Laden was not a muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims.
Tonight we can say .... Justice has been done"
Transcript courtesy of Jack Hidary of Huffington Post.
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