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The
Death of Osama bin
Laden Osama bin Laden (March 10,
1957-May 1, 2011) was the mastermind
behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the
United States, is reported to have been
killed by U.S. forces in Islamabad,
Pakistan on May 1, 2011. The evening of
May 1, 2011, President
Obama announced that bin Laden was
killed by an American team in a
compound deep inside Pakistan. After a
firefight in which bin Laden was killed,
the American forces took custody of bin
Laden's body. President
Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden,
along with members of the national
security team, receive an update on the
mission against Osama bin Laden in the
Situation Room of the White House, May 1,
2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier
General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb,
Assistant Commanding General, Joint
Special Operations Command; Deputy
National Security Advisor Denis McDonough;
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton;
and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike
Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; National Security Advisor Tom
Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony
Binken, National Security Advisor to the
Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director
for Counterterrorism; John Brennan,
Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Counterterrorism; and
Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper. Please note: a classified
document seen in this photograph has been
obscured. (Official White House Photo by
Pete Souza) President
Barack Obama talks with members of the
national security team at the conclusion
of one in a series of meetings discussing
the mission against Osama bin Laden, in
the Situation Room of the White House, May
1, 2011. Gen. James Cartwright, Vice
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is
seen on the screen. (Official White House
Photo by Pete Souza) "The
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