赵芊羽 整容:本.拉登被美军击毙

奥巴马说，美国情报机构和军方在去年八月首次向他通报得到本·拉登下落的消息，美国最终发现本·拉登藏身于巴基斯坦境内。美军根据情报机构提供的消息发动地面袭击，打死本·拉登，本·拉登的尸体目前在美国掌握之中。没有美军和平民在交火中受伤。前美国总统布什称本·拉登被击毙是“重大成就”。前总统克林顿也说，本·拉登的死对全世界渴望和平、自由和合作的人来说都是重要的时刻。本·拉登被击毙的消息传开后，有民众自发聚集在白宫外高呼“美国！美国！”的口号。华府已经发出全球旅游安全警告。据此前wikileaks泄露的机密文件显示，9-11惨案主要策划者Khalid Sheikh Mohammed在关塔那摩湾监狱告诉调查人员，“基地”组织在欧洲某处藏有一枚核弹，计划在本拉登被捕或者被杀的情况下对美国发起“核地狱风暴”。

据美国官方说，美海军的海豹突击队参与了此次行动，美国CNN记者报道引用当时在行动地点的巴基斯坦情报部门ISI成员的话说，不知道是谁第一个射杀了本.拉登。

美国军方分析人员表示，击毙本拉登的象征意义大过实际，作为基地组织的标志性人物，他的死亡更大的程度上体现在概念上，基地组织并不会因为他的死亡而消失，该组织被有计划的训练和操作多年，在本拉登死后，美国与基地组织的斗争还将持续。

Osamabin Laden killed by U.S. forces

Posted: May 02, 2011 10:46 AM CST

Updated: May 02, 2011 12:25 PM CST

WASHINGTON, D.C. -

It'sthe news Americans have waited nearly 10 years to hear - Osama bin Laden isdead.

Theterrorist leader was killed at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,after a firefight, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

Asenior U.S. official tellsCNN Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S.forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members.

NavySeals were involved in the mission, a senior defense official said.

U.S. officials have taken custody of binLaden's body. No Americans were harmed in the operation in Pakistan and U.S. forces took care to avoidcivilian casualties, the President said.

CNN'sNick Paton Walsh reports, citing a senior Pakistani intelligence official, thatmembers of Pakistan'sintelligence service - the ISI - were on site in Abbotabad, Pakistan,during the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. The official said he did notknow who fired the shot that actually killed Bin Laden.

U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world were placed onhigh alert following the announcement of bin Laden's death, a senior U.S.official said. The U.S. State Department should be sending out a new"worldwide caution" for Americans shortly.

Osamabin Laden killed in Pakistan

US president confirms al-Qaeda leader's death, saying hehas been killed in firefight following US raid in Abbottabad.

Last Modified: 02 May 2011 03:31

Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is dead.

US president Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, has been killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad.

"Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of innocent people," Obama said in a statement.

"Today, at my direction, the United States carried out that operation... they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body. 

"The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date against al-Qaeda. 

"We must also reaffirm that United states is not and will never be at war against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader, in fact, he slaughtered many Muslims," Obama said.

US celebrations

As the news of bin Laden's death spread, crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington DC to celebrate.  

Former US president George Bush called his death a "momentous achievement". 

"The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done," Bush said in a statement.

According to Al Jazeeera's Rosalind Jordan in Washington, the operation had been in the making for the last nine or 10 months. 

"The fact that it happened inside Pakistan, there have been suggestions that Pakistani intelligence may have been protecting them," she said. 

Patty Culhane, another Al Jazeera correspondent, said the US authorities got intelligence last September and were able to track bin Laden down through his couriers. They followed them to his compound which is reported to be worth over a million dollars. 

Reporting from Pakistan, Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder said the development had caught a lot of people by surprise .

"He was considered by many as a hero, but not to the extent that people would come out on the streets. The reaction so far not likely to be strong on the streets, perhaps a protest here or there by the religious parties," he said.

'Symbolic victory'

Qais Azimy, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Kabul, said Afghan officials described bin Laden's killing as a "symbolic victory", since he was no longer directly connected to the group's field operations. 

"This organisation (Al Qaeda) is more than Bin Laden, it may be symbolised by Bin Laden, but it definitely is more than Bin Laden"

Mark Kimmit, US military analyst

Mark Kimmit, a US military analyst, said bin Laden's death "was not the end of terrorism, but an end of a chapter."

"Capturing or killing bin Laden has more iconic value. It will have symbolic value, because it has been a number of years since bin Laden has exercised day to day control over operations. We still have an al-Qaeda threat out there and that will be there for a number of years. 

"This organisation (al-Qaeda) is more than bin Laden, it may be symbolised by bin Laden, but it definitely is more than bin Laden," he said. 

It is, however, a major accomplishment for Obama and his national security team. Obama's predecessor, George Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring to justice the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, but never did before leaving office in early 2009.

He had been the subject of a search since he eluded US soldiers and Afghan militia forces in a large-scale assault on the Tora Bora mountains in 2001. The trail quickly went cold after he disappeared and many intelligence officials believed he had been hiding in Pakistan.

While in hiding, bin Laden had taunted the West and advocated his views in videotapes spirited from his hideaway.

Besides September 11, Washington has also linked bin Laden to a string of attacks - including the 1998 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the 2000 bombing of the warship USS Cole in Yemen.

Having the body may help convince any doubters that bin Laden is really dead.