What a May Day: Bin Laden dead

If Public Enemy #1 is dead, can Zawahiri be far behind?  I wonder if Zawahiri is in a larger city like Peshawar or Rawalpindi, but not anywhere near Abbottabad, given that his height and weight could help him merge with the locals ...
Funny though how quickly Wikipedia is updated, but not the FBI pages :)


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Reuters reports:

Osama bin Laden was hiding out in a mansion near a Pakistani military training academy and less than two hours' drive from Islamabad when he was killed in a dramatic CIA-led operation involving helicopters and ground troops on Sunday night. ...

"After midnight, a large number of commandos encircled the compound. Three helicopters were hovering overhead. All of a sudden there was firing toward the helicopters from the ground," said Nasir Khan, a resident of the town.
"There was intense firing and then I saw one of the helicopters falling down," said Khan, who had watched the dramatic scene unfold from his rooftop.
Senior Pakistani security officials said the operation, carried out at around 1:30 a.m., involved both helicopters and ground troops.

Reuters reports that "Express 24/7 television showed an image of what it said was bin Laden shot in the head, his mouth pulled back in a grimace."  


VOA adds:

Pakistan English-language television station Express 24/7 says two of bin Laden's wives and six of his children have been detained by U.S. forces. The station reports four of the terrorist leader's aides have also been arrested.
Express 24/7 says the neighborhood where the fight took place has been cordoned off and residents have been advised to stay in their houses.

 A report from Pakistan (ht)