The death of Osama Bin Laden had many reactions across the globe but the most famous so far is Obama's response. Barack Obama said "we got him" once it was clear that the U.S. Navy Seals had killed Bin Laden. President Barack Obama and his top aides were in the White House situation room when Osama Bin Laden was killed. They were monitoring the progress of the secret mission to capture or kill Bin Laden. Then the U.S. navy seals who where on the said mission said "Geronimo EKIA", a code for Osama Bin Laden had been killed in action.
U.S. officials said that Osama Bin Laden was given the code name "Geronimo," because it suited him. Geronimo is a 19th Century Apache leader who could walk without leaving any tracks. While "EKIA" stands for enemy killed in action.
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| Situation room while the operation is in progress |
While the White House says that it has photos of Osama Bin Laden's body, they are is debating whether to release the photos to the public. They are worried for the reactions that it will cause. But they insists that the photos are recognizable. Aside from the facial recognition, a DNA test was also conducted and is confirmed 99.9% match to Bin Laden. After all the tests, Bin Laden's body was buried at sea.
It was a Kuwaiti courier that led U.S. forces to Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan hideout. The three story mansion or compound had no communications and would not even throw trash.
Hillary Clinton left a strong message saying: "You cannot wait us out. You cannot defeat us. But you can make the choice to abandon al Qaeda"
Source: www.cnn.com ; www.washingtonpost.com
