Politics & Government
Obama: U.S. Troops Kill Bin Laden
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President Obama confirmed late Sunday night that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a ground attack in Pakistan by U.S. forces.
In a televised announcement, the president said the leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was killed earlier Sunday. Bin Laden was killed in a firefight orchestrated by American forces.
Obama called the offensive "the most significant effort to date in our attacks against al-Qaeda" and said "justice has been done."
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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has asked all units citywide to immediately begin checking mosques and synagogues hourly, according to police communications, in response to news that Osama bin Laden is dead.
Cheers could be heard on State Street when the news first broke, shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday.
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Public reactions to the killing are already being seen across the area. Chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" were heard at Citizens Bank Park during the Phillies-Mets baseball game Sunday night in Philadelphia.
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