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The man who ordered the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has been reported as dead today after a manhunt lasting close to a decade.
It's believed the US has his body.
President Barack Obama is due to make a special announcement shortly about the death of the terrorist leader.
It is believed that bin Laden was killed in a mansion not far from Islamabad, Pakistan, with members of his family.
Early intelligence suggests that bin Laden was killed as a result of a US-led military assault.
The location of bin Laden and his family confirms recent speculation that he was hiding in comfortable surroundings and close to civilisation, not in the remote mountains dividing Pakistan and Afghanistan.
According to an Associated Press source, the US has bin Laden's body.
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the jihadist organisation al-Qa'ida, most widely recognised for the September 11 attacks on the US and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets.
As a result of his dealings in and advocacy of violent extremist jihad, bin Laden lost his Saudi citizenship and was disowned by his billionaire family.
Bin Laden evaded US capture in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks and since then he and his organisation have been major targets of the US war on terror.
Bin Laden and fellow al-Qa'ida leaders are believed to have been hiding near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, in tribal areas that lie outside government control.
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