Obama said the destruction of Osama bin Laden

02.05.2011 07:40
During the raid on Pakistani territory was destroyed by the head of the terrorist network Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. With this statement in a televised broadcast on Sunday evening, May 1, made by Barack Obama. According to him, the body of bin Laden in the possession of U.S. intelligence.

Obama says bin Laden was killed on May 1. During the raid one of its members was injured. The U.S. president said that the exact location of bin Laden became known last week.

For the first time information about the subject of U.S. President appeared in the American media (in particular, CNN and MSNBC) about an hour before Obama's speech. Journalists have relied on unnamed sources close to the president.

Almost ten years ago have been committed attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. These attacks were the largest ever organized and carried out by al Qaeda. " As a result, they killed at least three thousand people.

It was believed that bin Laden is either in Pakistan or in Afghanistan.