Africa: Obama - How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

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Africa:

Obama - How Osama Bin Laden Was

Killed

Tokunbo Adedoja in New York

2 May 2011

President Barack Obama has disclosed how the Leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, was

killed by US forces at a compound in northern Pakistan.

President Obama, in a special broadcast, at about 11:35pm EST, to announce the death of the Al

Qaeda leader, said, "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the

United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda,

and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of men, women and children".

Delivering his address from the White House in Washington, Obama said shortly after taking

office, he directed the director of the CIA to make the capture or killing of Bin Laden a top

priority of his administration's war against Al Queada.

The US President said, he was briefed on the possible whereabout of Bin Laden last August and

that it was not until yesterday that he gave directive that an operation should be launched on the

location.

Giving details about how the man who had become the face of terrorism was killed, Obama said,

"Then last August, after years of painstaking work by our intellegence community, I was briefed

about a possible lead to Bin Laden. It was far from certain and it took many months to to spread

to ground.

"I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the

possibility that we have located Bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside Pakistan.

"And finally last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action. I authorised

an operation to get Osama Bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today (Sunday) at my direction,

the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in ...., Pakistan. "

He said a small team of Americans carried out that operation in the compound with "extra-

ordinary courage and capability".