Osama Bin Laden’s Death – Passion of the Present

The announcement from President Barack Obama that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a US-led undercover operation in Pakistan brings to an end the search for one of the most notorious terrorist suspects in history. In addition to the September 11, 2001 attacks, bin Laden’s al Qaeda is blamed for the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 231 people, and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, as well as other attacks.

The announcement that Osama bin Laden was killed in a US-led undercover operation in Pakistan is a reminder of the devastating human toll that terrorism has brought to every continent of the world, Human Rights Watch said today.