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Killing of Osama bin Laden: Media

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Watch the speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011
Pres. Barack Obama announcing that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, May 2011.
Video: Official White House Video

Images

U.S. government officials during the Osama bin Laden mission
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (seated second from left) and various other government officials—including...
Pete Souza—Official White House Photo
Osama bin Laden
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, 1998.
World History Archive/Alamy
Afghanistan War: Anti-Taliban fighters
Anti-Taliban fighters observing U.S. bombing of the cave sanctuaries of the al-Qaeda...
Erik de Castro/Reuters
Abbottabad, Pakistan
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bin Laden's compound
A satellite photo of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The inset...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.; Photo courtesy of CIA
The bin Laden compound
Illustration of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.