1 May 2011 - 19:30

The most prominent face of terror in America and beyond, Osama bin Laden, has been killed in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Sunday night.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in a daring raid by US covert forces in Pakistan, and President Barack Obama declared "justice has been done" a decade after the September 11 attacks.

The death of the reviled US enemy, after a huge manhunt, sparked an explosion of joy across the United States, especially in New York and Washington, the targets of the worst-ever attack against the US mainland in 2001.

Bin Laden's demise also marked the biggest triumph yet in the 10-year war against terrorism, which has led the United States into two bloody wars, transformed its foreign policy and reshaped many aspects of American life.

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