02/05/2011 12:17
Obama: Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces
Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces, U.S. President Barack Obama announced in a televised address to the nation, RIA Novosti reported.
"Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that has killed Osama bin Laden," Obama said.
"Last August, after years of work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead on bin Laden. And last week, I determined we had enough intelligence to take action. Today, at my direction, the U.S. launched a targeted operation on the Pakistan compound [where bin Laden was residing]," he said.