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Description: bbcbreakingnews.co.cc Osama bin Laden is dead, Obama announcesOsama bin Laden, the mastermind behind al-Qaida, is dead, President Obama announces from the White House Share Richard Adams in Washington and Declan Walsh in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 May 2011 04.00 BST Article history Osama bin Laden has been killed by US operatives in Pakistan, President Obama announced. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Osama bin Laden, the criminal mastermind behind al-Qaida and the world's most sought-after terrorist since the attacks of 11 September 2001, has been killed by a US operation, President Barack Obama has announced. In an address to the nation, President Obama said Bin Laden was killed in a "targeted operation" in Abbottabad, a highland town north of Islamabad, last night. The operation started with an intelligence lead last August, and culminated in an operation involving a "small team of Americans". "After a firefight they killed bin Laden." None of the Americans was killed. Pakistani co-operation "helped to lead us to him" he said. Osama's body is in possession of the US, according to the first reports from the US television networks. As the news spread, crowds gathered outside the gates of the White House in Washington DC, singing the national anthem and cheering. President Obama made the highly unusual Sunday night live statement to announce the news at around 11.30pm eastern time. Bin Laden's capture comes eight years to the day that President George Bush declared ...