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Initial White House reports also stated that one of his wives who was captured in the raid identified the body as well.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/02/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-and-assistant-president-homela</ref> Three men besides Bin Laden and a woman were killed.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-compound</ref> Osama was later buried at sea in the Arabian Sea, less than a day after his death; a burial at sea leaves no marked grave (no definitive location). Several pundits have pointed out that this would prevent Islamic extremists from creating a shrine of his grave site.
Initial White House reports also stated that one of his wives who was captured in the raid identified the body as well.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/02/press-briefing-press-secretary-jay-carney-and-assistant-president-homela</ref> Three men besides Bin Laden and a woman were killed.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-compound</ref> Osama was later buried at sea in the Arabian Sea, less than a day after his death; a burial at sea leaves no marked grave (no definitive location). Several pundits have pointed out that this would prevent Islamic extremists from creating a shrine of his grave site.
== Photographs of Operation and Death ==
=== Managed news ===
President Obama was the first senior U.S. official to disclose the operation announcing, "After a firefight, they killed Usama bin Laden and took custody of his body." In a conference call with reporters less than twenty minutes later, a trio of “senior administration officials” were asked if bin Laden was "involved in firing [a weapon] himself or defending himself," one of the briefers replied: "He did resist the assault force. And he was killed in a firefight." Elsewhere in the conference presided over by [[National Security Council]] spokesman Tommy Vietor stated: “As the President said this evening, bin Laden was killed in a firefight as our operators came onto the compound.” One of the briefers added “One woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant.”
=== Photographs of Operation and Death ===
To date, no pictures have been shown of the military operation, although ABC News showed photographs of Osama's compound after the operation was complete.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/photos-inside-osama-bin-laden-kill-zone-13508190 EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Compound Where Osama Bin Laden Was Killed] ABC News, retrieved 05/03/2011</ref>
To date, no pictures have been shown of the military operation, although ABC News showed photographs of Osama's compound after the operation was complete.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/photos-inside-osama-bin-laden-kill-zone-13508190 EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Compound Where Osama Bin Laden Was Killed] ABC News, retrieved 05/03/2011</ref>
Republican senator and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee [[Saxby Chambliss]] of Georgia and Republican senator and member of the armed services committee [[Kelly Ayotte]] of New Hampshire claimed to have seen the post-mortem photographs of bin Laden<ref name="cbsnews">[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059739-503544.html?tag=cbsContentWrap;cbsContent Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos] CBS News, 05/04/2011</ref>, however the photos they viewed were actually fake.<ref>[http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/04/6586256-fake-out-senators-confused-over-bin-laden-photos Fake out: Senators confused over bin Laden photos] MSNBC, 05/04/2011</ref>
Republican senator and vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee [[Saxby Chambliss]] of Georgia and Republican senator and member of the armed services committee [[Kelly Ayotte]] of New Hampshire claimed to have seen the post-mortem photographs of bin Laden<ref name="cbsnews">[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20059739-503544.html?tag=cbsContentWrap;cbsContent Obama: I won't release bin Laden death photos] CBS News, 05/04/2011</ref>, however the photos they viewed were actually fake.<ref>[http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/04/6586256-fake-out-senators-confused-over-bin-laden-photos Fake out: Senators confused over bin Laden photos] MSNBC, 05/04/2011</ref>
== Reactions to Death ==
=== Reactions to Death ===
In the US, news of Bin Laden's death was generally met with a mixture of relief and joy, ranging from spontaneous public gatherings to celebrate the news, to more sober reactions by victims of the September 11 attacks.
In the US, news of Bin Laden's death was generally met with a mixture of relief and joy, ranging from spontaneous public gatherings to celebrate the news, to more sober reactions by victims of the September 11 attacks.