Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is dead.Osama Bin Laden, the Al Qaeda terror boss who plotted and funded the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a 40-minute gun battle with U.S. troops, President Obama announced.

“Justice has been done,” said the president in a dramatic late-night announcement at the White House.

Bin Laden was shot in the head after he and his guards resisted an assault Sunday by a U.S. special operations team that raided his compound in Pakistan.

His body was quickly buried at sea in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires a speedy burial.

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