Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan: Obama
Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
After searching in vain for the al Qaeda leader since he disappeared in Afghanistanin late 2001, Obama said the Saudi-born extremist is dead and his body recovered.
He was killed in an operation carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Pakistan.
The reported death of the Saudi-born extremist comes weeks ahead of the scheduled withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in July.
Bin Laden, 54, who created and funded the al Qaeda terror network, was accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. He was suspected of playing large roles in the 1998 bombings of two US Embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden in October 2000.
The Saudi exile had been a on the run since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan overthrew the ruling Taliban regime, which harboured bin Laden.
Born in 1957, bin Laden was a son of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest construction magnate.
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