mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that
killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation
led by the United States."
The president said,"Justice has been done,"
Al-Qaeda organization was also blamed for the 1998 bombings
of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 231 people and
the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American
sailors in Yemen, as well as countless other plots, some
successful and some foiled.
Two senior counterterrorism officials confirmed that bin
Laden was killed in Pakistan last week. One said bin Laden
was killed in a ground operation, not by a Predator drone.
Both said the operation was based on U.S. intelligence, and
both said the U.S. is in possession of bin Laden's body.