Osama Bin Laden is reported to have been killed as the result of a Special Forces raid. Bin Laden is said to have been killed in a mansion 100 kilometers away from Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city. His body is reported to be in custody of American forces. President Barack Obama addressed the nation following a briefing with advisors. The President was originally scheduled to address the Nation under the pretense of National Security before word of Bin Laden's death spread.
"We will be relentless in the defense of our friends and our allies," the President said in his address to the nation. "Justice has been done."
New York City is expected to be on heightned alert following the death of Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Precautions have been taken at U.S. Embassies all over the world. In Washington D.C, a crowd gathered in front of th White House and chanted "U.S.A."
A son of Bin Laden is also expected to killed in the firefight as well as a woman who was being used by al Qaeda as a human shield.
One helicopter crashed in the mission. The helicopter was destroyed by American forces to prevent Al Qaeda from gathering intelligence from it.
Bin Laden was 54 at the time of his death. He had been on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list since 1999.
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