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Obama announced the killing of bin Laden. Claiming that justice has been done

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Obama announced the killing of Bin Laden Claiming that justice has been done People's Daily Online U.S. President Obama announced on the evening of the 1st that the "base"...

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Obama announced the killing of Bin Laden and declared that justice had been done. People's Daily Online US President Obama announced on the evening of the 1st that bin Laden, the top leader of the "Al Qaeda" organization, was killed by the US military in Pakistan that day. The White House revealed that the US military special forces launched this "Operation to Kill Bin Laden" based on reliable intelligence and successfully found his body. When announcing bin Laden's death, Obama specifically declared, "Justice has been served." After learning of Bin Laden's death, many Americans cheered victory near the White House. The United States has determined that Bin Laden was the culprit of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The US military has been hunting this man for nearly 10 years and has set up a reward of US$25 million for anyone who can provide information on his whereabouts. In addition to Bin Laden, the reward for al-Qaeda's second mission, Al-Zawahiri, is also $25 million. Obama said that after months of reconnaissance by the US military, it was determined that bin Laden was living in a building in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. In response to this situation, Obama ordered the US military to launch an attack. After a brief exchange of fire, bin Laden was killed. Bin Laden's whereabouts have been unknown since 2001. Some people claimed that he was dead, but he has released more than 30 audio and video speeches. The United States believes that Bin Laden is the "spiritual pillar" of the "Al Qaeda" organization and mainly acts as a "strategist" and is not directly involved in planning terrorist attacks. In addition, today's "Al Qaeda" organization has long been broken into pieces and dispersed to other countries. Therefore, "killing Bin Laden" is only a symbolic victory and has little impact on eliminating terrorist activities on a global scale. It is still unclear whether al-Qaeda members lurking throughout the United States and Europe will carry out retaliatory attacks. Bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian citizen who was later stripped of his citizenship. After the U.S. military launched the war in Afghanistan, Bin Laden stayed in seclusion for a long time to avoid being hunted by the U.S. military.

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