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Osama bin Laden
On May 1, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (May 2, Pakistan Standard Time), U.S. President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was killed by "a small team of Americans" acting under Obama's direct orders, in a covert operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, about 50 km (31 mi) north of Islamabad. He was believed by some to be hiding near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, but was hiding in a million-dollar three-story mansion in Abbottabad.The Telegraph identified the compound's specific location on Google maps. The compound is 800 feet (250 meters) from a Pakistani police station, and a few hundred yards from the Pakistan Military Academy (Pakistan's "West Point").
Official: Bin Laden buried at sea - Yahoo! News
2 May 2011 ... A U.S. official says Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110502/ap.../us_bin_laden_burial
