Osama bin Laden morreu / Osama bin Laden as killed

obama speech may 1st - osama bin laden killed

WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden, o rosto do terrorismo global e arquiteto dos ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001, foi morto em um tiroteio com as forças americanas de elite segunda-feira, em seguida, rapidamente enterrado no mar em um final impressionante de uma década furtivos na corrida .

"A justiça foi feita", o presidente Barack Obama disse em um anúncio dramático na Casa Branca.
A operação militar teve poucos minutos, e não houve vítimas dos EUA.
helicópteros transportavam tropas do EUA Navy SEAL Team Six, um top unidade anti-terrorismo militar, para o composto identificado pela CIA como esconderijo de Bin Laden - e de volta outra vez em menos de 40 minutos. Bin Laden foi baleado na cabeça, disseram as autoridades, depois que ele e seus guarda-costas resistiu ao assalto.
Três  adultos também foram mortos na operação, incluindo um filho de Bin Laden , a quem os funcionários não revelou o nome. Um dos filhos de Bin Laden, Hamza, é um membro sênior da Al-Qaeda. Autoridades dos EUA também disse que uma mulher foi morta quando ela foi usada como escudo por um combatente do sexo masculino, e outras duas mulheres ficaram feridas.
O funcionário dos EUA que divulgou o sepultamento no mar, disse que teria sido difícil encontrar um país disposto a aceitar as sobras. Obama disse que os restos foram manipulados de acordo com a tradição islâmica, o que exige o enterramento rápido.a morte de Bin Laden representa um triunfo psicológico em uma longa luta que começou bem antes do 11 de setembro. Al-Qaeda foi responsabilizada também dos atentados de 1998 de duas embaixadas dos EUA na África que mataram 231 pessoas e do ataque de 2000 contra o navio USS Cole, que matou 17 marinheiros norte-americanos no Iêmen, assim como inúmeras outras parcelas, algumas bem sucedidas e algumas abortadas.
Ao todo, cerca de 3.000 foram mortos nos ataques de 11 de Setembro quase 10 anos atrás, o pior ataque terrorista em solo americano.

WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the attacks of September 11, 2001, was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces elite Monday, then quickly buried at sea at one end of an impressive decade sneak in the race.

"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama said in a dramatic announcement at the White House.The military operation took a few minutes, and there were no U.S. casualties.helicopters carrying troops of U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six, a top anti-terrorism military unit for the compound identified by the CIA as a hiding place of bin Laden - and back again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot in the head, authorities said, after he and his bodyguards resisted the assault.Three adults were also killed in the operation, including a son of bin Laden, whom officials did not name. One of the sons of bin Laden, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaeda. U.S. officials also said a woman was killed when it was used as a shield by a male fighter, and two other women were injured.The official who disclosed the burial at sea, said he would have been difficult to find a country willing to take the leftovers. Obama said the remains were handled in accordance with Islamic tradition, which requires rapid burial.
the death of bin Laden represents a psychological triumph in a long struggle that began well before September 11. Al-Qaeda was also blamed for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 231 people and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in Yemen, as well as numerous other plots, some well successful and some aborted.In all, about 3,000 were killed in the attacks of September 11 almost 10 years ago, the worst terrorist attack on American soil.Moments after the announcement of Obama's late-night drama on Sunday, the State Department warned of the possibility of increased anti-American violence. In a travel alert worldwide, the department said there was a "greater potential for violent anti-American counter-terrorism given the recent activity in Pakistan."As news spread of bin Laden's death, hundreds of people cheered and waved American flags at Ground Zero in New York, where al-Qaeda hijacked planes toppled the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Thousands celebrated the whole night outside the gates of the White House.At daybreak the crowd had shrunk yet still ran some to be a part of it. A couple people posed for pictures in front of the White House, keeping the pages of newspapers Monday announcing the death of bin Laden."It's a moment that people were expecting," said Eric Sauter, 22, a student at the University of Delaware, who headed to Washington after seeing television coverage of the celebrations.

Whatever the global repercussions, the death of bin Laden marked the end of a manhunt that consumed more than a decade that began in the early dark hours after hijackers flew planes bin Laden against the World Trade Center twin in New York and the Pentagon, across the Potomac River in Washington. A fourth plane was seized by passengers overcame the hijackers and forced the plane to fall in the Pennsylvania countryside.

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By KIMBERLY DOZIER and DAVID ESPO, Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/