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See the above headlines. This is a BFD.
NY Times:
President Obama said that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight during a “targeted operation” Mr. Obama ordered in Pakistan. He was later buried at sea.
NY Times:
“I don’t know if it will make us safer, but it definitely sends a message to terrorists worldwide,” said Stacey Betsalel, standing in Times Square with her husband, exchanging high fives. “They will be caught and they will have to pay for their actions. You can’t mess with the United States for very long and get away with it.”
Dan Balz:
Analysis: A moment of national unity at a time of deep divisions...
Bin Laden’s death will not end the threat posed by al-Qaeda to the United States and other parts of the world. But the demise of the person most responsible for the attacks on Sept. 11, which killed about 3,000 people represents a major psychological setback to the terrorist organization and a sizable boost for the president and the country.
“Justice has been done,” the president said in a nationally televised statement to the nation.
Deutsche Welle:
The world's most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed by American and Pakistani special forces. Although his death is a victory, al Qaeda is still far from defeated, according to Daniel Scheschkewitz.
Eugene Robinson:
This really is one of those moments when there are no red states or blue states, just United States; no MoveOn progressives or Tea Party conservatives, just Americans. Triumphalism and unapologetic patriotism are in order. We got him.
Aaron Mannes:
First, justice has been done. Osama bin Laden was a mass murderer. Nothing should obscure or detract from the value of this fact.
That being said, the great danger from terrorism is not necessarily the ability of terrorists to strike the Western nations. This has become increasingly hard to do and Western societies are robust. The danger is how terrorism can destabilize already weak states. This is happening now in Pakistan and Yemen. The changes across the Middle East will create far more opportunities for these kinds of problems.
Detroit Free Press:
Muslims and Arab-Americans across metro Detroit -- greatly impacted by the war on terrorism over the past decade -- rejoiced at the news that Osama bin Laden was killed.
"The world is definitely a better place without the patron of all terrorists," said Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, the largest mosque in a city that has the highest concentration of Arab-Americans in the U.S. Qazwini called bin Laden "the world's most infamous thug."
