Osama Bin Laden Dead: World Leaders Hail Al Qaeda Leader's Death But Fear Revenge

World leaders expressed relief over the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, though their praise was tempered by fears of the international terrorist group's retaliation.

"Retribution inevitably reaches all terrorists," noted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, before saying that Russia was "ready" to step up its cooperation with the U.S. in the fight against international terror networks. "Only a joint and united fight against global terrorism can achieve substantial results. Russia is ready to step up this type of cooperation," he said. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel echoed those sentiments. Meanwhile, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh condemned the killing. "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood," he was quoted by Reuters as saying.

View world leaders' reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden below:

Comments

[Larry Sanchez]

07:57 PM on 05/15/2011

Anyone ever see the movie " The Departed" ? Bin Laden was assisinated so he couldn't reveal what foreighn group paid for Obama's education. Don't think for one second that the Navy Seals were unable to take him alive.

[Card-Carrying American]

02:54 PM on 05/16/2011

Ok, I'll bite...

What foreign group paid for Obama's education?

And if the Seals are assassinating everyone who knows, even if it takes 10 years, how is it that you know?

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[Larry Sanchez]

03:36 PM on 05/16/2011

That's just it no one knows , but CNN reported several months ago that there may be evidence to suggest that a foreighn group paid for Obama's education as that he has never had any student loans . All this imformation was sealed when he had his Transcripts sealed. Do you honestly believe that the Seals couldn't take an unarmed old man hiding behind a woman in his underwear alive ? So why did Obama who is suposed to be so rightcheous and just give the order that he be killed . Come on he's unarmed and manages to take one in the chest and two in the head ? Sure sounds like an assisination to me .

[Larry Sanchez]

03:49 PM on 05/16/2011

Count me among those who’d really like to get a good long look at Barack Obama’s college transcripts — not because I think they would provide evidence for any of the crazy conspiracy talk that infests the fringes of our political discourse, but simply because I want to know what the man studied and what his grades were.

For instance, I’d like to know whether he took any economics and how he did in those classes. I’m also curious about what his literary studies were: especially, I’d like to know whether the man who wrote two self-important memoirs before he’d done much of anything interesting with his life is sufficiently conversant with the concept of hubris that he might take a moment for self-examination — because, as the economy slows and the government debt stacks up, the hubris is not the only thing around here looking Greek and tragic.

[redneckfromhell]

11:33 PM on 05/13/2011

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED EARLIER THAN THIS ONE HAPPENED.EVERYONE THAT HAS TIES TO HIM OR HAD YIES TO HIM SHOULD BE KILLED TO THEY SHOULD BE DONE JUST THE SAME WAY AS THEY DOME SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE KILLED CUT THERE HEADS OFF ON NATIONAL TV

[Alan Chilcote]

12:28 PM on 05/08/2011

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[Schoolgirl666]

01:22 PM on 05/07/2011

hmmmmm...did he say 70 virgins or 70 sturgeons......

[ex-eye-in-the-sky]

10:30 AM on 05/09/2011

urchins

[Sum Kol]

12:25 AM on 05/07/2011

If the president of united states wanted obama alive, he would have not still been killed, US army has high tech gear to ensure they can catch osama alive if they wanted to, i suspect george bush received a call from obama and obama asked what to do, and bush requested osama to be killed, his texan style attitude really, he is all about fullfilling the legacy of his racist mother, and so the us troops in iraq, their chief receives a call from obama and obama tells them " captain you know what to do' or 'chief' something of that sort. when the chief responds with " yes president, we will do everything in our effort to capture osama alive, don't worry we have all the necessary hidden cameras and technology as well as 3 months worth intel about the building '.. 5 minutes later OBAMA calls the chief again with an angry tone of voice and says " well captain can you explain what you want to do again ? ".. of course all of the captain's staff is in talk with obama's close friends, and rumors begin spreading in their arena that obama wants osama dead because it's the only way bush is going to permit republicans to give obama a gift in the house, the captain responds with " yes president i perfectly understand, we are all on the same page here, if osama reacts we will shoot him fatally "

Sumero Kolcak

[halfpricefaustian]

12:55 PM on 05/06/2011

I don't recall Musharraf being so bent when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.

[So-called-bob]

11:56 AM on 05/06/2011

Could this be an example of human sacrifice or ritual killing disguised as revenge with the intent to intimidate?

[Benjamin Rosenfeld]

08:18 AM on 05/06/2011

So the only two groups, out of the 19 shown, that are speaking out against the killing of Osama are Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. Coincidentally, of the 19, they are the only two recognized as terrorist organizations.

[Benjamin Rosenfeld]

08:10 AM on 05/06/2011

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemned Osama bin Laden's killing as an "assassination." A statement released Monday said the group "is against violence in general, against assassinations and in favor of fair trials," according to the Associated Press.

They're against violence except when it comes to blowing up pipelines headed into Israel, then they're all for it.

[Benjamin Rosenfeld]

08:04 AM on 05/06/2011

Palestinian Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh:

"We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior," Ismail Haniyeh told reporters, according to Reuters. "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood."

An Arab holy warrior. Did you notice that, Hamas sympathizers? They view Osama as an Arab holy warrior and they condemn us for killing him.

[lNSCOUT]

03:56 PM on 05/05/2011

And now President Obama can put in place a true coalition to do what should have been done after Sept 11th......again brains over brawn.....what a shame we had Bush for those 8 years....how much blood and treasure and goodwill squandered.

[samsiewamsie]

10:41 PM on 05/15/2011

Inscout......... If you will check, you will find that Bush started an elite team to search out and capture/kill osama in 2003. They were one and the same team that obama sent in to take care of osama.

[MarcEdward]

09:22 AM on 05/05/2011

Condoliza Rice calling it an "effort across 2 administrations" implies that somehow the Bush administration wasn't an utter failure. Under her watch 9/11 happened! She should have been fired right there and then.

[lNSCOUT]

03:57 PM on 05/05/2011

Thank you.....these people have no shame.

[bruceben9]

03:26 PM on 05/06/2011

agreed. bush junior's actions contributed so much to the negative aspects of the US problems and the world's problems. they (the far right) are disgustingly disingenuous. the US far left is disgusting to me as well but the lesser of the 2 evils. all carrer politicians OUT.

[thebeautyoftheburst]

11:34 PM on 05/04/2011

time to cut the money supply to pakistan. it was a waste to begin with but to continue would be downright stupid. at the same time i feel the CIA should act alone and send in their drones anytime they see terrorist activity, like training camps, etc. what's the point of giving them a head start by asking permission. after this BS it's time to let the seals/cia to surgically remove all terrorists, everywhere, no matter where they are.

[hfpf]

08:32 PM on 05/04/2011

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Monday used the honorific term "sheikh" to refer to bin Laden, and defended "resistance" against the U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan as "legitimate." The Muslim Brotherhood's response to bin Laden's death may finally end the mythology that the organization is moderate or, at the very least, could moderate once in power.
The Muslim Brotherhood's promise that its "moderation" means rejecting violence includes a gaping exception: it endorses violence against military occupations, which its leaders have told me include Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, and Palestine. Muslim Brotherhood leaders have endorsed attacks on Israeli civilians as an exception to their no-violence-except-against-occupation exception, viewing all of Israel as an occupation. "Zionism is gangs," said Mehdi Akef, the former Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood. "It's not a country. So we will resist them until they don't have a country." (Atlantic Monthly)

[MarcEdward]

09:26 AM on 05/05/2011

Using selective quotes you can make anybody look bad.
If you had the intellectual honesty to go by the Muslim Brotherhood's web site, you'd see they are not for Al Qaeda and call the killing of Bin Laden a good thing.
No surprise that you're dishonest.

[hfpf]

01:07 PM on 05/05/2011

I prefer to believe what's said in public, rather than what's on their doctored English website.

In an effort to hide their militant Islamist rules from the eyes of Western observers, the Brotherhood removed the organizational by-laws from their main English language website in mid-February 2011. The bylaws, which are still available to Arabic readers, have long been a source of discussion and debate because of the group's stated goal of establishing an Islamic state while uniting Muslims around the world. For example, section E of the bylaws states, "Need to work on establishing the Islamic State, which seeks to effectively implement the provisions of Islam and its teachings." Likewise, Section G reads as follows: "The sincere support for a global cooperation in accordance with the provisions of the Islamic Sharia" ...

During the 2011 crisis in Egypt, the Brotherhood supported Mohamed ElBaradei to lead opposition forces against President Mubarak's government. In the protesting crowds of Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators referred to people like ElBaradei as "hamir al-thawra," donkeys of the revolution, suggesting they hoped to exploit ElBaradei in order to hijack the Egyptian revolution for their own agenda.

In September 2010, Muhammad Badi’ gave a sermon in which he said, "... the improvement and change that the [Muslim] nation seeks can only be attained through ji--h--a--d and sacrifice and by raising a ji---h--a--di generation that pursues de--a--t--h, just as the enemies pursue life."

[bruceben9]

03:31 PM on 05/06/2011

selective quotes? wow. well i hope you get to live under their rule.

[Gdebs]

04:57 PM on 05/04/2011

The best plan is to stay the hell out of a snake pit.