Your response: Osama bin Laden's death

‘Obama > Osama’

- Rron Nushi, Facebook status 2/5/2011

‘I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.’

- Martin Luther King

‘I welcome the death of Osama Bin Laden’

- Julia Gillard, Australian Prime Minister

‘The operation shows those who commit acts of terror against the innocent will be brought to justice, however long it takes’

- Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minster

‘Finally the leader of the terrorist al-Qaeda group faced his inevitable destiny. What an exciting end. He was killed by Americans in Pakistan and not in Afghanistan. The man they nicknamed "the leader of the mujahideen" was killed in his spacious house and not on the battlefield or carrying out jihad. He died with his wife and not with the youth he misled.’

- Tariq Abd-al-Hami, in Al-Sharq al-Awsat (pan-Arab newspaper)


‘Following Bin Laden's crimes, the US manufactured an excuse to wage an unholy war on Muslim countries… Now, after US President Barack Obama's announcement of Osama Bin Laden's killing, will the end of the war against terror be declared or does the US still have outstanding goals?’

- Unknown, editorial in Al-Jumhuriyah (Egyptian newspaper)


Please leave your responses to either the above reactions of politicians, journalists and editorials, or your general reaction to the recent events surrounding Osama bin Laden's death.

Cecilia Diemont, 1st year student, LUC