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President Obama announced the killing of bin Laden at the White House on Sunday.
By PETER BAKER, HELENE COOPER and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: May 1, 2011
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Obama declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that American military and C.I.A. operatives had finally cornered Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda who had eluded them for nearly a decade, and shot him to death at a compound in Pakistan.
PETER BAKER, HELENE COOPER and MARK MAZZETTI
