Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan!

Check news channels! President Obama has been on TV confirming this.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/obama-signed-kill-osama-order-on-april-29/151001-2.html

Washington: US President Barack Obama signed the death warrant for the world's most wanted man Osama bin-Laden on April 29, after months of preparations and meticulous planning against the highest-value target.

Obama was actively involved in reviewing all facets of the operation, a senior Administration official said, adding that the President gave the final go ahead for the secret operation at 8:20 am on April 29th in the Diplomatic Room before he left for Alabama.

Present in the White House's Dip Room was his National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, who then prepared the formal orders and convened the meeting at 3pm the same day to complete the planning.

The White House staff held several rounds of meetings on Sunday in anticipation of the unfolding events, reviewing all the pros and cons.

At about 2 p.m. Obama met his top advisors to review and ratify the final orders. At 3:32 pm he returned to the Situation Room for an additional briefing.

At 3:50 pm the President first learns that Laden was tentatively identified.

At 7:01 pm Obama learns that there's a "high probability" the high value target was Osama bin Laden.

The President received the good news at 8-30 pm, after which reporters were asked to rush to the White House saying that the US President was to make an important announcement later in the night.

In the initial days of the administration, the President had informally instructed the intelligence community to make the pursuit of Osama bin Laden as a top priority.

It was on June 2009 that Obama signed a memo to CIA Director Leon Panetta stating "in order to ensure that we have expanded every effort, I direct you to provide me within 30 days a detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to Justice Osama bin Ladin."

In the lead up to this operation, Obama convened at least nine meetings with his national security team.

Principals met formally an additional five times themselves; and their Deputies met seven times.

This was in addition to countless briefings on the subject during Obama's intelligence briefings; and frequent consultations between the various wings of his national security team, including the National Security Council, CIA and Department of Defence.

Since March, Obama held at least five meetings of his national security team on this issue March 14, March 29, April 12, April 19 and April 28.

"The President gave the final order to pursue the operation on the morning of April 29," a senior administration official said.

Based on intelligence information, a special US team found Osama bin Laden living in a large home compound in an affluent suburb of Islamabad.

"Raid occurred in early morning hours of Pakistan and accomplished its objectives. Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to America," the official said, adding that this could not have happened without persistent effort and careful planning over many years.

good to see the americans hitting the right target .lets hope we see a decline in the attacks from these terrorists

As someone posted in the Torrevieja.co.uk forum ..

"It's often been said on here by various members of the forum that not all muslims are bad, well I for one have always agreed with that remark they are not all bad, the same people often say what about all the good muslims in the world, well now is the time for them to show themselves and pour out into the streets and cheer the fact that bin laden is dead, show the world he did not speak for you and that you were against him from the start, I won't hold my breath"

Let us hope it WILL make a difference, Dartboy.

I imagine that many Americans and others too will see this as an end to the so-called war on terror. Dream on! Today they ring their bells but tomorrow they will wring their hands.

Just how simple are some people?? 

(a) we only have the word of the Americans that he's dead and history teaches us that only an idiot would take that without independent evidence - remember weapons of mass destruction?

(b) what's Obama's poll ratings at the moment? Oh! Pretty dire.  What might boost his popularity?  Hey Mr President, how about we come up with we snuffed ObL? Great! Go for it. And

(c) so what?  It's like saying that if the Pope dies, that's the end of the Catholic church.  Get real!!  What's so pathetic is that both are based on the belief that some non-existent sky god will give them eternal life in paradise if they do as they are told. If you wish to enter here, please leave your brains at the gate.