Local reaction to death of bin Laden
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-S.C.: I was pleased to receive a phone call from Vice President Biden informing me of the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by U.S. Forces. I relayed to the Vice President my congratulations on this historic day. Events such as this do not happen accidently and require great personal sacrifice and courage. God bless those who put themselves in harm’s way to …
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Chants from Last Night: Overheard at Ground Zero
Nearly ten years after Osama bin Laden enacted his plot to destroy the World Trade Center, a throng of jubilant New Yorkers flocked to the site of the wreckage to celebrate the terrorist’s death. Things got loud. The noise leaked down into nearby Subway stations and as the cranes shadowing ground zero got closer the songs became audible. It sang “God Bless the U.S.A.,” “America the Beautiful …
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Abbas government welcomes bin Laden death, Hamas deplores
Hamas condemned on Monday the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden as the assassination of an Arab holy warrior, differing sharply with the Palestinian Authority, the Islamist group’s partner in a new unity deal.
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