Monday, May 2, 2011

Bin Laden's killing greeted as justice

Bin Laden's killing greeted as justice


Bin Laden's killing greeted as justice

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. forces may help to start some healing, said religious leaders, relatives of victims and a generation who grew up in the shadow of 9/11. FULL STORY • Live blog: Obama cites 'sense of unity' • Obama adviser: 'Gutsy' call | WH pics • Is U.S. safer now? | Retaliation feared • Inside the raid | Morally OK to cheer? • Why he was buried at sea | Opinion • iReport: Open Story | Face of terror

Attack on bin Laden years in the making

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:25 PM PDT

In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a picture is emerging of a long, complex, dangerous and circuitous route to the compound that was the site of the special forces attack.

Terror threat lives beyond bin Laden

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Sixty-six years ago on May 1, Americans learned Adolf Hitler was finally dead. On May 1, President Barack Obama announced Osama bin Laden was killed. Until Sunday night, no international figure's death had been so sought since 1945.

Can't question Obama's legitimacy

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:59 PM PDT

So much to say about the long-awaited visiting of justice upon Osama bin Laden.

Victory for Obama -- and U.S.

Posted: 02 May 2011 11:11 AM PDT

David Gergen says the killing of Osama bin Laden immensely strengthens the Obama presidency and provides a moment of relief for Americans

Victim's dad: Why I'm not celebrating

Posted: 02 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

As the father of a 23-year-old son murdered by Osama bin Laden's suicide killers on September 11, I understand the joy expressed by so many Americans today on the death of this monster. But my thoughts dwell more on my son, James, and the thousands of bin Laden's victims; not just the dead of 9/11 but soldiers killed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Cole attacks, the embassy bombings, Mumbai, and on and on.

Bin Laden assassinated, not martyred

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT

In the decade since 9/11, many senior al Qaeda leaders and operatives have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere, yet still all of these countries remain fragile at best and collapsed at worst.

For U.S., Pakistan: Crisis, opportunity

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:26 PM PDT

Although the Obama administration says Pakistan was not involved or given advance warning about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, top U.S. officials said the al-Qaeda leader never would have been found and killed without the counter-terrorism cooperation between the two countries over the past few years.

Army Corps opts to blow up levee

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Starting Monday night, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will blow up a levee at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers due to record-high water levels in both rivers, said Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh.

Tangles found in NFL player's brain

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:37 PM PDT

His was a suicide with a macabre twist. In February, former Chicago Bears safety David Duerson shot himself in the chest, but not before leaving behind a note requesting his brain be studied for evidence of a disease striking football players.

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