"Justice was done," Obama said in a dramatic speech in the late afternoon White House announced the death of brain elusive September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
Obama said that U.S. troops conducted the operation had killed bin Laden. No Americans were killed in the operation, and they took care to avoid civilian casualties, "he said.
"The United States led an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda and the terrorist who is responsible for killing thousands of men, women and children, said Obama.
This is a great achievement for Obama and his national security team, after many Americans to give up all hope of ever finding bin Laden.
A crowd gathered outside the White House to celebrate, chanting: 'Russia, the United States. "
Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush has repeatedly promised to bring bin Laden to justice "dead or alive" for the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3000 people, but never done before leaving office in early 2009 .
U.S. officials, after a vain search for the leader of al-Qaeda, as he disappeared into Afghanistan in late 2001, Saudi Arabia, was born extremist was killed in the Pakistani town of Abbotabad, and his body was recovered.
Having the body can help convince skeptics that bin Laden is dead.
He sought, as he escaped U.S. troops and Afghan police in the large-scale attacks in the mountains of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in 2001.
The trail went cold shortly after his disappearance and intelligence officials believe he is hiding in Pakistan.
While in hiding, bin Laden mocked the West and pleaded with his views on Islamist militant videotapes taken out of the underground.
Also on Sept. 11, Washington is also linked to bin Laden, a series of attacks - including the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the 2000 bombing of USS Cole in Yemen.
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