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“Justice has been done,” President Barack Obama said in announcing the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, May 1, 2011. The attack ends a manhunt of almost 10 years. Bin Laden and his henchmen planned and executed the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 innocent Americans in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

'JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE'

“Justice has been done,” President Barack Obama said in announcing the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. military operation in Pakistan, May 1, 2011. The attack ends a manhunt of almost 10 years. Bin Laden and his henchmen planned and executed the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 innocent Americans in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

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