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== 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.
Some have withheld judgment on whether or not they believe Osama was killed, including one mother of a 9/11 victim.<blockquote>
Some have withheld judgment on whether or not they believe Osama was killed, including one mother of a 9/11 victim.[[File:Osama White House Reactions 4 2 2011.jpg|thumb|Osama's death, White House Reactions on 5/2/2011.]]
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But for Stella Olender of Chicago, her questions aren’t politically-motivated conspiracy theories, but rather the still-fresh wounds of losing a daughter, 39-year-old Christine, who died at the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks.
But for Stella Olender of Chicago, her questions aren’t politically-motivated conspiracy theories, but rather the still-fresh wounds of losing a daughter, 39-year-old Christine, who died at the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks.
“Is it true or false? I don’t know,” Olender said in a phone interview while working at her tailoring and cleaning business in the city’s Hanson Park neighborhood.
“Is it true or false? I don’t know,” Olender said in a phone interview while working at her tailoring and cleaning business in the city’s Hanson Park neighborhood.
Olender said she’s particularly concerned because U.S. officials have said bin Laden’s body was buried at sea but haven’t offered any photographic proof that he was killed.
Olender said she’s particularly concerned because U.S. officials have said bin Laden’s body was buried at sea but haven’t offered any photographic proof that he was killed.
“To me, that seems strange, that they disposed of it and no one (besides) whoever was right there knows what happened, if it’s true or false, you know?” Olender said. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-bin-laden-gone-but-not-conspiracy-theories-20110502,0,4993669.story]
“To me, that seems strange, that they disposed of it and no one (besides) whoever was right there knows what happened, if it’s true or false, you know?” Olender said. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-bin-laden-gone-but-not-conspiracy-theories-20110502,0,4993669.story]</blockquote>
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About the compound in Abbottabad where Osama died, one resident said:
About the compound in Abbottabad where Osama died, one resident said: