9-11 mastermind killed in raid on compound by U.S. special forces ...

Nathan Key

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9-11 mastermind killed in raid on compound by U.S. special forces ...

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TUESDAY 05.03.11 towsnew.tnec.piww 75 CENTS SPECIAL REPORT|OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD ‘JUSTICE HAS  LOCAL NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1875 NOD ’ENEEB PROUD TO BE CALDWELL COUNTY’S 9-11 mastermind killed in raid on  compound by U.S. special forces Americans fill streets to celebrate death of nation’s greatest enemy

AP PHOTO People fill the streets in front of the White House in Washington, DC (top) and Times Square in New York City Sunday night after the announce ment that Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid by elite U.S. troops. ’ ‘It s a great day to be an American’ NEW YORK (AP) — time, a place of revelry. Joyous at the release of a “We’ve been waiting a decade’s f r ust rat ion, long time for this day,” Lisa Americans streamed to the Ramaci, a New Yorker whose site of the World Trade Center, husband was a freelance jour- the gates of the White House nalist killed in the Iraq war, and smaller but no less jubi- said early Monday. “I think lant gatherings across the it’s a relief for New York nation to celebrate the death tonight just in the sense that of Osama bin Laden — cheer- we had this 10 years of frus- ing, waving flags and belting tration just building and the national anthem. building, wanting this guy Ground zero, more famil- dead, and now he is, and you iar these past 10 years for can see how happy people bagpipes playing “Amazing are.” Grace” and solemn speeches She was holding a flag and and arguments over what to wearing a T-shirt depicting build to honor the Sept. 11 dead, became, for the first See STREETS | 5A LFD chief offers  l’sdeea rs.C.N support to families, welcome news of military personnel masaOesimed s’ Ken Briscoe went to PAUL TEAGUE New York following attacks topic.negue@newsaetpt on Sept. 11, 2001. The news that al Qaeda leader and wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden had been killed by the United States military drew bipartisan praise from North Carolina’s political delegation in Washington. At the same time, the LINDA PAYNE leaders warned that the fight against terrorism is far from over. [e-mail] Republican Richard Burr, the state’s senior Senator, issued a statement that read, “The death of Osama bin When Lenoir Fire Chief Ken Briscoe awoke Monday  Laden marks the culmination of the greatest manhunt t d o the news of Osama bin Laden’s death, his mind imme- ever undertaken by American forces. This is a major  iately returned to that September day when thousands  development in our fight against terrorism and proves of Americans lost their lives. He first thought about the  our resolve to hold accountable those who harm f a a n m d  ili t e h s e     w r h el o i   e r f  ec o e f  iv k e n d  o t w h i e n   g c   lo t s h u a r t  e  L th a e d y e   n w   o e v n r e o e   d     l l t o o o o n   k g t i e h n r e   g     c s f a o o l r n -     American citiz h en  o s, but l   l  w m e  is m si u o s n t    r a e n m d  a o i u n r     v g i o g a il l  a o n f  t  e a ra n d d i   c n a o t t -   t d h ie r r e s a   te w n h   o o   t r h e er m s a .  in T e h d e   n d ,  e h d i i s c   a a t t e t d e   n t ti o o   n t   he m  mission before  i l n ose t  f e o r c r u o s r   i o st n     t t hr e eat v s e . ra g them. “There still remains a dire threat posed by bin See BRISCOE | 7A See LEADERS | 7A

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Bin Laden’s death a  psychological victory in war on terrorism WASHINGTON (AP) — United States and its allies. Osama bin Laden, the face of “Justice has been done,” global terrorism and archi- President Barack Obama said tect of the Sept. 11, 2001, late Sunday from the White attacks, was killed in a fire- House in an announcement fight with elite American that seemed sure to lift his forces Monday, then quickly own political standing. buried at sea in a stunning The military operation finale to a furtive decade on took mere minutes, and there the run. were no U.S. casualties. Long believed to be hid- U.S. Blackhawk helicop- ing in caves, bin Laden was ters ferried about two dozen tracked down in a costly, cus- troops from Navy SEAL tom-built hideout not far from Team Six, a top military coun- a Pakistani military academy. ter-terrorism unit, into the The stunning news of his compound identified by the death prompted relief and CIA as bin Laden’s hideout euphoria outside the White — and back out again in less House and around the globe, than 40 minutes. Bin Laden yet also deepening fears of terrorist reprisals against the See VICTORY | 2A DNA among ‘multiple methods’ used by U.S. to ID bin Laden’s body WASHINGTON (AP) Pentagon briefing. Under — The U.S. used multiple ground rules set by the means to confirm the iden- Pentagon, the intelligence tity of Osama bin Laden dur- official and two senior ing and after the firefight in defense officials could not which he was killed, before be identified by name. placing his body in the The intelligence official North A rabian Sea from also said quite a bit of aboard a U.S. aircraft carri- unspecified material was er, senior U.S. officials said collected by U.S. forces dur- Monday. ing the raid. Without The al-Qaida leader was describing the material, the identified by name by a official said it is being ana- woman believed to be one of lyzed by a team of people at his wives — bin Laden had the CIA. several — who was present The officials said bin at his Pakistan compound at Laden was killed toward the the time of the U.S. raid. He end of the firefight, which also was visually identified took place overnight Monday by members of the U.S. raid in a building at a compound squad, a senior intelligence official told reporters at a See DNA | 7A

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