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→Abbottabad raid: main article
== Abbottabad raid ==
== Abbottabad raid ==
:''Main article: [[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.<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>]]
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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