Osama bin Laden Dead, President Makes Speech

Update: 11:49 p.m.
By Erica R. Hendry 

A team of Americans attacked and killed Osama bin Laden today at a compound in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said during a late-night speech to the nation Sunday.

Bin Laden's death ends nearly a decade of searching for the Al Qaeda mastermind, who directed the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans.

"But his death doesn’t mark the end of our efforts. We must and will remain vigilant at home and abroad," the President said in his speech.

In his minutes-long speech, the President thanked the intelligence community – who secured leads on bin Laden's location in August. He also said that this fight was never about Islam.

“The U.S. is not – and never will be – at war with Islam … bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims," he said.

"Justice has been done," Obama said.

The full text of the President's speech is on Aol News/Huffington Post

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Original Post: 

Nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Osama bin Laden is dead; news sources began to report Sunday night. A U.S. Official told the New York Times that the leader was dead Sunday night. President Barack Obama is expected to make the announcement. 

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Here's what local Woodbridge residents are saying on Twitter about this news:

• @VaMedic: To the 343, to the heroes of Flight 93, to our armed forces, to my brothers today. http://yfrog.com/h386018393
• @CharlesSanchez: Wow #OsamaBinLaden
• @AllisonMY: Mission finally accomplished? #POTUS

Woodbridge lost the following residents in the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks on 9/11, according to this Washington Post project:

• Rhonda Sue Rasmussen 
• Judy Rowlett
• Edward V. Rowenhorst
• Jamie Lynn Fallon
• Diana Borrero de Padro
• Robert J. Hymel
• Sgt. Maj. Lacey B. Ivory
• Judith L. Jones
• Sgt. Maj. Larry L. Strickland
• Jeff Simpson