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Obama: U.S. Troops Kill Bin Laden
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President Obama confirmed late Sunday night that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a ground attack in Pakistan by U.S. forces.
In a televised announcement, the president said the leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was killed earlier Sunday. Bin Laden was killed in a firefight orchestrated by American forces.
Obama called the offensive "the most significant effort to date in our attacks against al-Qaeda" and said "justice has been done."
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