Monday, May 2, 2011

Reaction and details re: Elimination of Bin Laden


Headlines from Drudge tell the story:
SHOT IN HEAD; BIN LADEN IS DEAD - YahooNews
SEALS HELD TWO REHEARSALS; OBAMA WATCHED RAID IN SITUATION ROOM - Politico
Mission was to kill, not capture; no prisoners taken - Reuters
OFFICIAL: BIN LADEN GIVEN RELIGIOUS FUNERAL BEFORE SEA BURIAL - FOX
Obama: U.S. Carried Out Operation 'At My Direction' - Real Clear Politics
Supporters gather outside Bush's Dallas home CBS local
SIGN: 'Obama Forgot To Say Thank You President Bush!' - Houston Chronicle
Killing brings anger, relief in Arab world - Yahoo
Pakistanis rally to pay homage to bin Laden - tribune.com.pk
Musharraf: Mission violated sovereignty - Washington Times
Hamas condemns killing of 'holy warrior' - Yahoo
BURIED AT SEA: WH DEBATES RELEASING PHOTO OF CORPS - Yahoo
WIKILEAKS: Al Qaeda to unleash 'nuclear hellstorm' if Osama killed - nineMSN
Son: Worst Is Yet to Come - ABC
Bin Laden 'protected' by Pakistani security - Telegraph
FEAR: Security Tightened at NY Airports, Times Square, World Trade Center Site - NBC New York
Napolitano: 'Heightened state of vigilance' - Reuters
U.S. issues worldwide travel alert - Guardian
Chemical Biological Response Team Recalled from Japan - ABC
Taliban commander vows to avenge death - Guardian
USA 'Faces Broad Terror Threat' - Bloomberg
China says Pakistani forces - not U.S. - killed bin Laden - xinhuanet
Killed in firefight after helicopter shot down - xinhuanet
'No one knows in that helicopter crash Bin Laden was killed' - xinhuanet
RETRACTED - xinhuanet
GALLUP: GET READY FOR THE OBAMA BOUNCE - Gallup
May be short-lived - US News
Barbara Walters: I'd 'Hate To Be A Republican' Running Against Obama - Real Clear Politics
OFFICIALS FEARED 'BLACK HAWK DOWN' WHEN CHOPPER STALLED - Politico
U.S. Forces Were Unsure Bin Laden in House Until Meeting Him Face to Face - Bloomberg
PHOTOS: INSIDE BIN LADEN'S LAIR ABC
REPORT: Obama Canceled March Compound Bombing, Wanted Proof of Death - ABC
BIN LADEN ANNOUNCEMENT CAME IN MIDDLE OF TRUMP'S 'CELEBRITY APPRENTICE' - InsideTV
Michael Moore: Bin Laden 'won' - 'Now can we put shampoo in our carry on?' - michaelmoore.com
Egypt's al-Zawahri likely to succeed - WTOP
Muslim bro'hood: USA should now leave Afghanistan, Iraq - Yahoo
REPORT: DNA testing confirms bin Laden death - Politico
WH: '99.9% sure - Yahoo
OFFICIAL SAYS COMPARED WITH 'FAMILY DNA' - Cleveland.com
PENTAGON: WIFE IDENTIFIED HIM BY NAME DURING RAID - FOX/DC
Senator questions sea burial - The Hill
Islamic scholars condemn - Yahoo
SKYNEWS: Can US Offer Final Proof Of Osama's Death? - Sky News
Will there be a photo? - ABC
Raid captured on TWITTER - Yahoo
PHOTOS: 719 newspaper front pages announce death - Newseum