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"Justice Has Been Done"

POSTED: May 02, 2011, 12:00 am

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In a late night announcement at the White House on May 1, 2011, President Obama informed the nation that U.S. special forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan.





Source: The White House

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