Osama Reported Killed by U.S. Strike
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Breaking, Drudge is reporting that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed by U.S.A. strike. Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight. Bin Laden was killed in a ground attack by Joint Special Operations Command forces working with the CIA on a compound in Pakistan, a national security source told ABC News. The compound, described by some sources as a mansion, had been monitored for months. When the decision was made to move on it, special operations forces were sent across the border from Afghanistan to launch a ground attack and take the body. DNA testing confirmed that it was bin Laden, sources told ABC News. Vice President Biden briefed Republican congressional leaders this evening on the operation, which had been kept secret until shortly before the president's announcement tonight. "Th...