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== Abbottabad raid ==
== Abbottabad raid ==
Bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside [[Abbottabad]], a highland town 110 km. north of Islamabad, capital of [[Pakistan]]. According to news reports, the White House, and the US Military, facial recognition, and DNA evidence confirmed the identity of the man killed as Osama bin Laden. Initial reports said the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attack did not have the opportunity to surrender:[[File:P050310PS-0374POD.jpg|250px|thumb|Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs Obama prior to the assault; Brennan, a [[George W. Bush]] administration holdover, was a strong advocate of [[torture]] and put in charge of the program.]]<ref>http://washingtonindependent.com/20009/is-john-brennan-really-a-torture-advocate</ref><ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2009/04/02/holy-hell-over-torture-memos.html</ref><ref>http://www.democrats.com/node/20938</ref>
Bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside [[Abbottabad]], a highland town 110 km. north of Islamabad, capital of [[Pakistan]]. According to news reports, the White House, and the US Military, facial recognition, and DNA evidence confirmed the identity of the man killed as Osama bin Laden. Initial reports said the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attack did not have the opportunity to surrender:[[File:P050310PS-0374POD.jpg|250px|thumb|Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs Obama prior to the assault; Brennan, a [[George W. Bush]] administration holdover, was a strong advocate of [[torture]] and put in charge of the program.<br><ref>http://washingtonindependent.com/20009/is-john-brennan-really-a-torture-advocate</ref><ref>http://www.newsweek.com/2009/04/02/holy-hell-over-torture-memos.html</ref><ref>http://www.democrats.com/node/20938</ref>]]
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"In the room with Bin Laden, a woman, Bin Laden's wife, rushed the U.S. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "Bin Laden was then shot and killed. He was not armed." CIA Director [[Leon Panetta]] said in an interview on PBS television Tuesday that he did not believe Bin Laden had a chance to speak before he was shot in the face and killed. "To be frank, I don't think he had a lot of time to say anything," Panetta said. [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-0504-bin-laden-us-20110503,0,6448886.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29]
"In the room with Bin Laden, a woman, Bin Laden's wife, rushed the U.S. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "Bin Laden was then shot and killed. He was not armed." CIA Director [[Leon Panetta]] said in an interview on PBS television Tuesday that he did not believe Bin Laden had a chance to speak before he was shot in the face and killed. "To be frank, I don't think he had a lot of time to say anything," Panetta said. [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-0504-bin-laden-us-20110503,0,6448886.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29]