Watch out the Osama Bin Laden's Death Dialema 1. Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was shot by US forces in Pakistan, but he resisted efforts to capture him alive, US officials say 2. US forces had faced immediate and sustained resistance from many other people in the compound who were armed, the White House adds 3. Bin Laden was killed in a raid by US special forces on a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, some 100km from Islamabad. His body was buried at sea 4. The US is hesitating over releasing a picture of Bin Laden's body which is described as "gruesome" 5. White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan says material seized during the raid in Abbotabad could provide leads to the whereabouts of Ayman al-Zawihiri, thought to be al-Qaeda's deputy leader Reports of the operation to find al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden paint a picture of high tension, with White House officials watching the operation unf...
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