In this 1998 file photo, al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is shown in Afghanistan. A person familiar with developments said Sunday, May 1, 2011 that bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body. (AP photo)
May 1, 2011
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May 1, 2011 10:05 p.m.
Bin Laden killed in U.S. SEALs attack
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the terror mastermind killed by Navy SEALs in an intense firefight, was hunted down based on information first gleaned years ago from detainees at secret CIA prison sites in Eastern Europe, officials disclosed Monday. The U.S. said a DNA match proved the man behind the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was dead, and millions of Americans rejoiced.