guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 Ma 2011
OSAMA bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by US authorities. Crowds flock to Ground Zero and Times Square in New York to celebrate the announcement of death of al-Qaida leader.
The al Qaeda leader was killed on Sunday in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said this morning.
"Justice has been done," Mr Obama said in a dramatic White House speech announcing the death of the elusive mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
"I can report to the American people and to the world that the US has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
"A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties."
In New York's bars, where a TV in the corner is as much part of the furniture as a juke box, the news caused a city-wide outbreak of cheers and shouts.
As the news headlines announcing the death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden scrawled along the bottom of the screens customers enjoying a late Sunday drink indulged in an unexpected celebration.
"Everybody in the bar cheered when the news came on," said student Brian Chan, 23, who had been drinking at the V Bar in the East Village neighbourhood.
"The music stopped and everyone started watching the TV." Many ordinary New Yorkers said that the moment had a historic feeling.
But they also struck a note of scepticism that the killing of bin Laden would alter things. "I imagine al-Qaida will use it to recruit people and I imagine we will say that it's a great victory and then in the end it will all stay the same," said Barley. Others felt the news would at least provide a much needed boost.
Musician Dave Archer said that the news would provide a vital fillip to a nation still struggling in the face of economic hard times. "It is good news. It is something that people really need to hear at the moment.
When it came on the TV I was psyched. It made me feel good," he said. Archer had been across the Hudson in New Jersey when the terror attacks had happened. "I could smell it. That smell lasted for a long time," he said.
Crowds of people also flocked to Manhattan's iconic Times Square where news of the death of bin Laden was carried on some of the giant neon screens that line nearby buildings.
They too waved US flags, sang, cheered and took photographs of the scene in an area that only a few days ago had hosted a watching party for the British royal wedding and was now holding a celebration for the death of a terrorist chief. More reading on guardian.co.uk.
OSAMA bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by US authorities. Crowds flock to Ground Zero and Times Square in New York to celebrate the announcement of death of al-Qaida leader.
The al Qaeda leader was killed on Sunday in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said this morning.
"Justice has been done," Mr Obama said in a dramatic White House speech announcing the death of the elusive mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
"I can report to the American people and to the world that the US has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
"A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties."
In New York's bars, where a TV in the corner is as much part of the furniture as a juke box, the news caused a city-wide outbreak of cheers and shouts.
As the news headlines announcing the death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden scrawled along the bottom of the screens customers enjoying a late Sunday drink indulged in an unexpected celebration.
"Everybody in the bar cheered when the news came on," said student Brian Chan, 23, who had been drinking at the V Bar in the East Village neighbourhood.
"The music stopped and everyone started watching the TV." Many ordinary New Yorkers said that the moment had a historic feeling.
But they also struck a note of scepticism that the killing of bin Laden would alter things. "I imagine al-Qaida will use it to recruit people and I imagine we will say that it's a great victory and then in the end it will all stay the same," said Barley. Others felt the news would at least provide a much needed boost.
Musician Dave Archer said that the news would provide a vital fillip to a nation still struggling in the face of economic hard times. "It is good news. It is something that people really need to hear at the moment.
When it came on the TV I was psyched. It made me feel good," he said. Archer had been across the Hudson in New Jersey when the terror attacks had happened. "I could smell it. That smell lasted for a long time," he said.
Crowds of people also flocked to Manhattan's iconic Times Square where news of the death of bin Laden was carried on some of the giant neon screens that line nearby buildings.
They too waved US flags, sang, cheered and took photographs of the scene in an area that only a few days ago had hosted a watching party for the British royal wedding and was now holding a celebration for the death of a terrorist chief. More reading on guardian.co.uk.
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2 comments:
finally, the head of the sanke is hit, but its not the end though, think about revenge attacks, and its not going to stop just getting rid of one man.
ተገላገለን! መልካም እረፍት
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