How the US and the World Reacted to the death of Osama Bin Laden.

1. The Death of Osama Bin Laden: How
the US and the World Reacted

2. Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin
Laden
• Was on the FBI’s Most Wanted
List for more than a decade.
• He was also suspected of
being involved in the 1998
bombings of the US Embassies
in both Kenya and Tanzania.
• He lived a privileged life
growing up. He was the 17th of
52 children born to
Mohammed Bin laden, the
owner of the largest
construnction company in the
Saudi Kingdom.
• Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in
1957 or 58?

3. The Pacer
Leading up to Operation
Neptune Spear, aerial
photography captured an
image of a tall slender
man dressed in traditional
Pakistani attire “pacing”
around a vegetable
garden. There had been
no real confirmation of his
whereabouts for 8 years.

4. Gen. McRaven and Seal Team 6
Once the operation
developed and
intelligence confirmed Bin
Laden’s presence at the
compound in Abottabad,
McRaven was consulted
before taking the next
move. He designated Seal
Team 6 to be the force to
infiltrate

5. Operation Neptune Spear…How it all
went down…

6. Details of Operation Neptune Spear
• Black Hawk Helicopters went from Afghanistan over to
Northern Pakistan to touchdown at the compound
Abottabad.
• Two helicopters touched down and 25 Navy SEALS
breached the walls, where an occupant of the
compound open fired.
• 3 Men and 1 woman are killed with no US casualties.
• Osama Bin Laden is killed on the 2nd floor of the
compound at 1:00 am PKT on May 1st.
• Obama announces his death to the U.S. public at 11:45
pm on May 2.

7. REACTIONS
“My first thought was not, ‘Oh God, the Killer of
my husband is dead… I never thought of him as
a person, I thought of him as a symbol. What he
symbolizes is not gone, anymore than killing
Saddam Hussein killed dictators.”
–Nikki Stern, widow to Jim Potorti who
was killed in the north tower

8. The Unsatisfied
“There are many deaths that led up this event
and many deaths that will likely come after it.
This is not cause for celebration.”
-Diane Horning, whose son was killed in The
World Trade Center

9. The Satisfied
“My only regret was not being with the team that
went into the compound.”
-Fred Infante, whose brother, a police officer who
died while helping evacuate workers from the
World Trade Center
“I was hysterical crying. I was so thankful to God. I
am so proud of our Navy SEALS and how they found
him. This was a moral victory for America and the
world.”
-Susan Rescorla, whose husband was killed at the
World Trade Center

10. Hours after Obama announces Bin
Laden’s death on May 1st, 2011

11. Top Themes for Twitter and Facebook
that followed the raid

12. Pakistani Opinion
Many Pakistanis thought Bin
Laden’s death would bring
more tension between their
country and the U.S. Roughly
51% think relations with the
U.S. will worsen, while 4%
thought relations would
improve. Six-in-ten say it is
important for U.S. relations
with Pakistan improve.

13. “Anti-American fighter”
A poll was conducted by Phoenix TV where, out of
500,000 Chinese who were interviewed after Bin
Laden’s death, 59.5% expressed a view of sadness
for his death.
Zhang Zing, director of the China Central
Television’s and National Security and Military
Channel, said that Osama Bin Laden should be
commended, for Bin Laden used, “His own power
to fight the most powerful country in the world,
America.”

14. The Pakistani-U.S. Conspiracy
Investigative reporter,
Seymour Hersh, recently
released an article claiming
the raid was coordinated
with the Pakistani
government. Hersh alleged
that the Pakistani
government was holding Bin
Laden as “leverage.” The
Obama Administration
denies all of Hersh’s claims.

15. The Fairy Tale that is the “War on
Terror”
• Journalist Peter Bloom
released an article
bemoaning the U.S.
search for Osama Bin
Laden.
• “The effort to catch Bin
Laden reflected a
Hollywood-type political
narrative where all that
was needed to save the
world was to ‘get the bad
guys.”

16. Sources
• http://www.topsecretwriters.com/2011/05/over-half-of-chinese-
polled-were-saddened-by-osama-bin-laden-death/
• http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/06/21/chapter-3-death-of-bin-
laden-and-the-battle-against-extremists/
• http://www.journalism.org/2011/05/05/how-media-have-covered-
bin-ladens-death/
• http://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2012/11/inside-osama-
bin-laden-assassination-plot
• http://roarmag.org/2015/06/fairy-tale-war-on-terror/
• http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-02-911-
families-joy-sadness-osama-bin-laden-death_n.htm
• http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/06/21/chapter-3-death-of-bin-
laden-and-the-battle-against-extremists/