WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has his body, says a person familiar with developments.
President Barack Obama was to make the announcement shortly that after searching in vain for bin Laden since he disappeared in Afghanistan in late 2001, the Saudi-born extremist is dead, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Details of the death were sparse. A senior U.S. counterterrorism official, who sphttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said bin Laden was killed in a ground operation in Pakistan, not by a Predator drone. The official said it happened last week.
CNN and Reuters reported that the al-Qaida leader was killed in a mansion outside Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
It is a major accomplishment for Obama and his national security team, having fulfilled the goal once voiced by Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, to bring to justice the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42852700/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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And lo the end is nigh. But not without dragging it out over two movies for creative, not financial, reasons (oh yes, of course). Back in the director’s chair and the lucky man that actually gets to finish Harry off, David Yates should hopefully maintain his narrative and visual improvement as he did from Order of the Phoenix to Half-Blood Prince, just as our central trio of young heroes simultaneously mature in stature and performances. The series is currently at an all-time high though so the pressure is seriously on for the finales to go out with a bang not a whimper and even better than ever. Quidditch on Team Potter.
And lo the end is nigh. But not without dragging it out over two movies for creative, not financial, reasons (oh yes, of course). Back in the director’s chair and the lucky man that actually gets to finish Harry off, David Yates should hopefully maintain his narrative and visual improvement as he did from Order of the Phoenix to Half-Blood Prince, just as our central trio of young heroes simultaneously mature in stature and performances. The series is currently at an all-time high though so the pressure is seriously on for the finales to go out with a bang not a whimper and even better than ever. Quidditch on Team Potter.
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