"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 were killed. Pakistani cooperation 'helped to lead us to him' he said."
Richard Adams and Declan Walsh in The Guardian report President Obama's announcement that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden.
The New York Times provides the text of Obama's speech to the nation.
And Kate Zernike and Michael T. Kaufman in The New York Times write bin Laden's obituary.
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