The Americans who raided Osama bin Laden's lair met far less resistance than the Obama administration described in the aftermath. The commandos encountered gunshots from only one man, whom they quickly killed, before sweeping the house and shooting others, who were unarmed.
Pakistan's army broke its silence Thursday over the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own "shortcomings" in efforts to find the al Qaida leader but threatening to review cooperation with Washington if there is another similar violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
The CIA kept a safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to conduct surveillance for months on the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed.
Some of the first information gleaned from material found at Osama bin Laden's compound indicates al-Qaida considered attacking US trains on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Only one of four principal targets shot dead by US commandos in the raid which killed Osama bin Laden was involved in any hostile fire, a person familiar with the latest US government reporting on the raid said.
US officials sought to keep a lid on growing skepticism over Washington's version of events around Osama bin Laden's death, insisting the al-Qaida leader was killed during a firefight in the compound in Pakistan where he was hiding.
US President Barack Obama planned to honor victims of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Thursday by laying a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center.
US President Barack Obama said US forces were "respectful of the body" of Osama bin Laden when they buried his remains at sea, despite criticism from some Muslim clerics that it violated Islamic practice.
President Barack Obama honors Osama bin Laden's September 11 victims on Thursday, laying a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center, where the slain terrorist leader changed the course of history in a day of carnage that shook the United States and killed nearly 3,000 people.
Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani would summon a conference of top commanders later on Thursday to review the situation emerging after the death of Osama bin Laden in a US forces operation, local media reported.
US lawmakers are debating whether they should attach more strings to the billions of dollars in aid they give Pakistan, or cut Islamabad off after Osama bin Laden was found not far from the capital.
US officials reaffirmed on Wednesday that there was a firefight at the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed, despite growing questions about the Obama administration's version of events and revelations that the al-Qaida leader was not armed.
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