Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said on Sunday. ( Read: Osama: 9/11 author who defied Bush, Obama )
“Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaida, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children,” Obama said in a surprise late night White House address.
The world’s most wanted man had been killed in a Pakistani compound in an operation on Sunday, which had been carried after cooperation from Islamabad, the US leader said.
Bellow are pictures from Osama Bin Laden’s compound:
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Osama Bin Laden Family Pictures / Images / Photos (Album)  Mohammed bin Laden: The grand patriarch of the bin Laden family, a billionaire industrialist and father of Osama, appears in a 1964 painting.  Osama bin Laden: The future terrorist posed for this portrait in 1973 at age 16, a year before he married his cousin Najwa.  Omar bin Laden: The author appears at age 6, the year the family moved to Medina and Omar started school. Omar is the son most opposed to his father's violence. He has married a British woman and wants to begin a peace movement.  Omar in 1994: Omar performs for the camera during the time his family lived in Khartoum, Sudan  Bin Laden in Afghanistan, 1984: When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up its Marxist government, Osama bin Laden joined the Islamist resistance movement.  Abdullah bin Laden: As the eldest son of Osama bin Laden and his first wife Najwa, Abdullah holds the most honored position of all his siblings. He is seen here working on his father's backhoe in Sudan in 1993. He runs a small business and shuns publicity.  Sa'ad, Osman and Mohammed bin Laden: The third child of Osama and Najwa, Sa'ad was rumored to be jailed in Iran, although no one, including his mother, knows his whereabouts. Osman married the daughter of a high-ranking member of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, a terrorist group dedicated to the overthrow of the Egyptian state. Mohammed is said to have the necessary traits — and parental approval — to be Osama's successor.  Fatima, Sa'ad, Omar, Mohammed, Osman and Abdul Rahman: Osama arranged for his first daughter, Fatima, to be married to a Saudi fighter at age 12. Her husband died in the American attacks on Afghanistan two years later. Abdul Rahman found it difficult to regain Saudi nationality after it was revoked and now lives quietly in Syria.  Omar in 2007: Omar appears with his beloved horse in Saudi Arabia.   |