President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden Dead Fake Photos

An image apparently showing a dead Osama bin Laden broadcast on Pakistani television and picked up by British newspaper websites is a fake.

The bloodied image of a man with matted hair and a blank, half-opened eye has been circulating on the internet for the past two years. It was used on the front pages of the Mail, Times, Telegraph, Sun and Mirror websites, though swiftly removed after the fake was exposed on Twitter.

Since then, however, the image has been claimed as genuine on a number of conspiracy forums and used to substantiate claims that the terrorist responsible for the 9/11 bombings had been killed.

The Guardian was one of the few sites to hold back from using the manipulated image on its front page, reporting the picture's existence in its live blog but questioning its legitimacy.

The image is based on a genuine photograph of Bin Laden taken in 1998 and used by the Reuters news agency.

On Twitter, a composite including the other photograph used to make the image was posted by @HannahMarbina and other users showed how easy it was to find the image already online with a simple search.

Osama bin Laden Dead in Pakistan

Osama bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan. (Image via Daylife.)

Nearly a decade after the September 11th attacks, Osama bin Laden has been killed. According to the New York Times, U.S. officials say that American forces launched a targeted assault and killed the Al Qaeda leader who has eluded capture ever since the attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon ten years ago.

The news comes after years of speculation as to whether the terrorist leader was even still alive. President Obama has confirmed that bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.

More on the long hunt for bin Laden here. President Bush has sent President Obama his congratulations.

P.S. I just noticed that the president’s speech interrupted Celebrity Apprentice on NBC (at least in my time zone). There’s some beautiful irony there.

At this point, Obama’s reelection seems almost certain. There is simply no way that Republicans can paint him as week on terror. Also, can we leave Afghanistan now? Can Obama please fly out to that aircraft carrier and string up the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner and call this whole thing a wrap?

Yeah, I didn’t think so. But it would be nice if killing bin Laden meant an end to the Forever War

Osama bin Laden dead

Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda, mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the world’s most wanted man for almost a decade is dead, President Barack Obama is poised to announce.

Mr Obama was due to address the United States and people across the globe shortly after 11pm local time on Sunday night from the East Room of the White House.

He was expected to say that the Saudi-born Islamist had been killed by an American "asset" and that his body was in US custody in Afghanistan.

Military sources said that bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside Islamabad along with other family members after “actionable intelligence” about his whereabouts was received.

Two senior counterterrorism officials confirmed that bin Laden was killed in Pakistan last week. One said bin Laden was killed in a ground operation, not by a Predator drone.

A Pakistani intelligence official confirmed that the al-Qaeda leader had been killed in Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces at a compound in Abbottabad, near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Photograph: AP

Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks and the world's most wanted man, has been killed in a US operation in north-western Pakistan, Barack Obama has announced.

"Justice has been done," the US president said in a statement that America has been waiting a decade to hear. A US official said Bin Laden had already been buried at sea.

US special forces launched a helicopter-borne assault on a closely guarded compound in Abbottabad, 30 miles north-east of Islamabad, on Sunday night, Obama and US officials said.

Bin Laden resisted the attackers and was killed along with three other men in a firefight. The operation lasted 40 minutes. The dead included Bin Laden's most trusted courier, who carried his messages to the outside world, and one of Bin Laden's sons, according to reports.

A woman also died, according to some reports. It is not clear whether she was one of Bin Laden's four wives.

US forces "took custody" of Bin Laden's body, Obama said in a televised statement from the White House. A US official said Bin Laden had been buried at sea, the AP news agency reported. Senior administration officials said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition. That practice calls for burial within 24 hours.

Pictures on the Pakistani TV station Express 24/7 showed flames rising from what is said to be the site of Bin Laden's last stand: a building surrounded by trees and high walls.

There had been years of speculation that Bin Laden was hiding in the remote tribal areas of Pakistan or across the border in Afghanistan. But the town where he was found, Kakul, lies a short distance from Islamabad and is home to the country's main military training institution, the Pakistan Military Academy. It is several hundred miles from Waziristan, where the CIA drone strike campaign has been concentrated.

The fact that Bin Laden was killed in a urban area of Pakistan will raise questions about how the six-foot-four fugitive, one of the most famous faces in the world, managed to survive there for so long.

Obama praised Pakistan for its "close counter-terrorism co-operation". But officials said the US was the only country that knew in advance of the operation.

An official with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence declined to comment other than to say that it was a "highly sensitive intelligence operation".

The dramatic news closes one chapter in the global turmoil sparked by the September 11 attacks on America that killed 3,000 people in 2001. The event triggered the war in Afghanistan, was used as a pretext for the invasion of Iraq and inflicted grievous damage on America's moral authority after the CIA torture of al-Qaida suspects and the detention of more than 700 people at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

The death of the Saudi-born fugitive is likely to have a major impact on US foreign policy in south Asia, where almost 100,000 soldiers are fighting in Afghanistan and CIA drones have been pounding al-Qaida targets in north-west Pakistan.

"It's a game changer," said a senior western diplomat in Afghanistan. "But just what it will mean is not clear yet."

There may be political repercussions at home. Hundreds of people gathered outside the White House before midnight to celebrate, singing The Star-Spangled Banner and chanting "USA, USA". The success that eluded George Bush sharply increases Obama's chances of re-election next year.

As a candidate during the 2008 election campaign Obama repeatedly vowed: "We will kill Osama bin Laden."

Despite the massive resources America devoted to the "war on terror", as the Bush administration termed it, Bin Laden has remained at large for almost a decade. Obama said more than two years ago that he had ordered the CIA to make the capture or killing of the Saudi-born fugitive its priority.

Obama's big break came last August when the CIA learned of a location where Bin Laden may have been hiding: a tree-lined, high-walled compound near Abbottabad, a town in the foothills of the Himalayas two hours' drive north of Islamabad.

In February the CIA confirmed that Bin Laden was hiding in the compound, part-owned by his courier. On closer examination it appeared to be a custom-built hideout.

The compound was eight times bigger than neighbouring residences and the walls were between three and six metres high, topped with barbed wire. Access was highly restricted. Although valued at over US$1m, the residence had no phone or internet connection.

After numerous conferences with advisers Obama ordered the operation on Sunday night. US officials said two American helicopters were involved but one crashed and had to be blown up.

US military bases and embassies around the world have been put on high alert amid fears that al-Qaida might retaliate.

Bin Laden's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, remains at liberty.

Obama, seeking to avoid an air of triumphalism, adopted a dignified, low-key tone during his announcement. "Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children." He said the death would not mean an end to the violence and predicted al-Qaida would continue to pursue attacks.

Bin Laden's death sparked a frenzy of speculation on al-Qaida's future. Experts have debated for many years how important the leader is to the organisation. Some argued that because Bin Laden promoted decentralised fighting, with individuals acting on their own initiative, his death would make little difference. Others insisted Bin Laden and the other top al-Qaida leaders such as al-Zawahiri were crucial to the continued existence of the group.

Though Bin Laden was an icon for many, his message of violence had been increasingly rejected across the Islamic world. From around 2005 repeated polls indicated flagging support for him personally and for his organisation.

The events of this spring, which saw popular mobilisation across the Arab world under slogans of democracy and pluralism, have been seen by many analysts as evidence of al-Qaida's increasing marginalisation and the failure to achieve its key strategic aim of radicalising large masses of population to lay the basis for the establishment of a new caliphate – a Muslim state governed only by Islamic law.

The great Pakistani actor and comedian Moin Akhtar died in Karachi.

On Friday, April 22, 2011, the great Pakistani actor and comedian Moin Akhtar died in Karachi. He was facing heart problems earlier and today his condition was not good due to which he was shifted to hospital today. He was been through heart surgery but he died within few hours of pain.

Akhtar who was born in December 24 1950, had been awarded the Pride of Performance and Sitar-e-Imtiaz awards. He leaves behind a wife, three daughters and two sons. Umer Sharif, the friend of Moin Akhtar said that he was planning to gather all the comedians on one platform to give  tribute to Moin.

Some of Akhtar’s famed TV series included Roozi, Dollar Man, Makaan no 47, Family-93, and Bandar road se Kemari. President Asif Ali Zardari and many other have expressed their condolences. May his soul rest in peace.

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Hollywood superstar Jackie Chan died of a heart attack

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Rumors of 51 year old Chinese Hollywood superstar Jackie Chan died of a heart attack. Fans have found Jackie Chan in all parts of the world. He is the action hero in the whole film industry. Now fans are very upset by this shocking news. Is this a rumor? If the death of 51 year old Chinese Hollywood superstar Jackie Chan confirmed? Did Jackie Cha died with heart attack? These are some questions that a large number of people in the Google answers.

Chan, 56, is working hard, however, continues the missive: “Jackie is fine and is busy preparing for the filming of his next movie.”

Still not convinced? For those who require proof, Chan posted a photo of himself dated March 29 on his Web site showing him meeting with top Japanese officials.

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