Monday, May 2, 2011
Reaction and details re: Elimination of Bin Laden
Headlines from Drudge tell the story:
◼ SHOT IN HEAD; BIN LADEN IS DEAD - YahooNews
◼ SEALS HELD TWO REHEARSALS; OBAMA WATCHED RAID IN SITUATION ROOM - Politico
◼ Mission was to kill, not capture; no prisoners taken - Reuters
◼ OFFICIAL: BIN LADEN GIVEN RELIGIOUS FUNERAL BEFORE SEA BURIAL - FOX
◼ Obama: U.S. Carried Out Operation 'At My Direction' - Real Clear Politics
◼ Supporters gather outside Bush's Dallas home CBS local
◼ SIGN: 'Obama Forgot To Say Thank You President Bush!' - Houston Chronicle
◼ Killing brings anger, relief in Arab world - Yahoo
◼ Pakistanis rally to pay homage to bin Laden - tribune.com.pk
◼ Musharraf: Mission violated sovereignty - Washington Times
◼ Hamas condemns killing of 'holy warrior' - Yahoo
◼ BURIED AT SEA: WH DEBATES RELEASING PHOTO OF CORPS - Yahoo
◼ WIKILEAKS: Al Qaeda to unleash 'nuclear hellstorm' if Osama killed - nineMSN
◼ Son: Worst Is Yet to Come - ABC
◼ Bin Laden 'protected' by Pakistani security - Telegraph
◼ FEAR: Security Tightened at NY Airports, Times Square, World Trade Center Site - NBC New York
◼ Napolitano: 'Heightened state of vigilance' - Reuters
◼ U.S. issues worldwide travel alert - Guardian
◼ Chemical Biological Response Team Recalled from Japan - ABC
◼ Taliban commander vows to avenge death - Guardian
◼ USA 'Faces Broad Terror Threat' - Bloomberg
◼ China says Pakistani forces - not U.S. - killed bin Laden - xinhuanet
◼ Killed in firefight after helicopter shot down - xinhuanet
◼ 'No one knows in that helicopter crash Bin Laden was killed' - xinhuanet
◼ RETRACTED - xinhuanet
◼ GALLUP: GET READY FOR THE OBAMA BOUNCE - Gallup
◼ May be short-lived - US News
◼ Barbara Walters: I'd 'Hate To Be A Republican' Running Against Obama - Real Clear Politics
◼ OFFICIALS FEARED 'BLACK HAWK DOWN' WHEN CHOPPER STALLED - Politico
◼ U.S. Forces Were Unsure Bin Laden in House Until Meeting Him Face to Face - Bloomberg
◼ PHOTOS: INSIDE BIN LADEN'S LAIR ABC
◼ REPORT: Obama Canceled March Compound Bombing, Wanted Proof of Death - ABC
◼ BIN LADEN ANNOUNCEMENT CAME IN MIDDLE OF TRUMP'S 'CELEBRITY APPRENTICE' - InsideTV
◼ Michael Moore: Bin Laden 'won' - 'Now can we put shampoo in our carry on?' - michaelmoore.com
◼ Egypt's al-Zawahri likely to succeed - WTOP
◼ Muslim bro'hood: USA should now leave Afghanistan, Iraq - Yahoo
◼ REPORT: DNA testing confirms bin Laden death - Politico
◼ WH: '99.9% sure - Yahoo
◼ OFFICIAL SAYS COMPARED WITH 'FAMILY DNA' - Cleveland.com
◼ PENTAGON: WIFE IDENTIFIED HIM BY NAME DURING RAID - FOX/DC
◼ Senator questions sea burial - The Hill
◼ Islamic scholars condemn - Yahoo
◼ SKYNEWS: Can US Offer Final Proof Of Osama's Death? - Sky News
◼ Will there be a photo? - ABC
◼ Raid captured on TWITTER - Yahoo
◼ PHOTOS: 719 newspaper front pages announce death - Newseum