US special forces set out to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to make it harder for the al Qaeda founder to become a martyr, US national security officials told Reuters on Monday.
China has called the death of Osama bin Laden a landmark event and says it is a step in the right direction for anti-terrorism efforts.
New York City stepped up its police force in major public locations on Monday in the wake of the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden's death may temporarily decapitate al-Qaida, but the threat of terror attacks remains, and it could spike in coming days from individuals or small extremist groups inspired to take revenge for the killing, terror experts said Monday.
White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said on Monday that the killing of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden was a defining moment for the US-led war against al-Qaida.
A woman killed during the US raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan was not his wife and was not used as a human shield by the al-Qaida leader before his death, a US official said on Monday, correcting an earlier description.
US intelligence officials believe Osama bin Laden made a propaganda recording shortly before his death and expect that tape to surface soon.
The "battle to stop al-Qaida and its syndicate of terror" is not over after the killing of Osama bin Laden, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed Osama bin Laden's death as a key turning point in the world's struggle against terrorism.
The US and key allies fighting Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan insisted Monday that the death of the al-Qaida leader did not mean a speedy end to the war.
Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.
US says it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden's identity during and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist chieftain in life is persisting in death.
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