Twitter Reactions To Osama Bin Laden's Death (TWEETS)

Beginning with Keith Urbahn, the chief of staff for former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Twitter erupted with reactions on word of Osama bin Laden's death Sunday night.

Urbahn said he was told by a reputable source that bin Laden had died. The news was confirmed shortly thereafter by numerous news outlets and later President Barack Obama himself. Twitter says that more than 4,000 tweets per second were being sent at the beginning and end of Obama's speech.

Take a look at some of the most interesting Twitter reactions below as the news broke and follow our live blog here for the latest developments.

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MonsterMash42 said on 2 Monday 2011 am31 2:31 am: Amazing at the speed at which the whole world found this out. We truly live in the future

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[Pundit Commentator]

09:54 PM on 05/03/2011

Best of Twitter: http://t.co/budJ6HX

[Pundit Commentator]

11:36 PM on 05/02/2011

Interested in twitter comments? Here's a very very very long list. http://t.co/sHyTeBa

[rotorhead1871]

11:36 PM on 05/02/2011

he is dead.....there, that is the correct expression.....

[djones7350]

05:02 PM on 05/02/2011

The burial at sea was wrong, No matter what a person religious traitions should be upheld. I not saying that I like him, but I feel that his body should have been turned over to his family. Any terriotist that we have killed body was turned over to their family for burial. Osama should have been given the same respect. This hurt our stands on being moral.

[scottymac11]

08:22 PM on 05/02/2011

Maybe some of his family was aboad ship when he was dropped. At any point I don't want a shrine built to him over his remains. Let his gulible followers kneel to the shore line when they morn him.

[rotorhead1871]

11:36 PM on 05/02/2011

opinion.......

[Belina Fayze]

03:28 PM on 05/02/2011

Thanks for finally destroying the Frankenstein you unleashed on the world America. (Osama was trained by the CIA and sent to Afghanistan.) And Thanks for bombing the shit out of Afghanistan and Iraq for a decade and then finally getting the guy in PAKISTAN, the same country which has been receiving billions from the US despite how obviously shady they are. But, alas its too little too late, Al Queda has grown un-proportionately and the war on terror just accelerated its pace as well as creating a global recession.

[DavidMG]

07:18 PM on 05/02/2011

Much of what you say is true and should be changed. But it seems this way of acting is institutionalized. (How many administrations are responsible?) How does it get changed?

[Sam Massarella]

07:28 PM on 05/02/2011

BRAVO Belina, BRA-VO. But where are all our fans?

[Drect]

03:25 PM on 05/02/2011

The right must be waiting on Osama's Death Certificate. Long form only of course.

[cperrnj]

01:49 PM on 05/02/2011

Osama bin Ladin is just one man, he does not comprise the whole of Al Quaeda. We need to be very careful.

[keshea01]

01:35 PM on 05/02/2011

What's really funny is that President Obama is probably waiting on the "deathers" or whatever they will call themselves to come out and have a conspiracy about this....He will let it go on for a while so they can embarrass themselves....Then he will show the video and pictures and DNA....

[Eugene Berkovich]

02:41 PM on 05/02/2011

The long form death certificate :)

[Sam Massarella]

07:30 PM on 05/02/2011

They buried the true evidence at sea. You people will believe anything won't you?

[southpawman]

01:34 PM on 05/02/2011

I am very happy today for americans

[JoeBobScruggs]

05:59 PM on 05/02/2011

Thank you!

[oldgrendel]

01:24 PM on 05/02/2011

from HitFixDaniel: "In conclusion, Mr Trump, your 15 minutes are up. My name is Barack Obama and I AM the President. " Love it (loved the movie too)!

[Nevada Scribbler]

01:07 PM on 05/02/2011

Can't understand why they didn't photograph the body, or release photos if they did. Now we are doomed to a lifetime of conspiracy theories from nutbags, many who have posted here.

[oldgrendel]

01:22 PM on 05/02/2011

I am sure you will get lots of pictures soon. As for the nutbags, they are what they are and even leopards cannot change their spots.

[RapidProf]

02:33 PM on 05/02/2011

Leopard nutbags! You got dat right.

[georgieboyme]

02:13 PM on 05/02/2011

Actually pictures were released in many foreign newspapers, we just don't have the habit of displaying gory pictures like those on our front pages. But maybe we will get some after they clean him up a bit.

[Faisal Saeed Al Mutar]

12:54 PM on 05/02/2011

Viva Social Networking !

[Valerie Valentine]

12:47 PM on 05/02/2011

I wonder why everyone is so happy that will not be the end of terrorism there are still more out there someone will take over where Osama left off.

[tice]

01:02 PM on 05/02/2011

I don't recall anyone saying this was the end of terrorism.

Everyone is happy because the head and spiritual leader of the rather robust terrorist organization that killed 3,000 of our civilians has been nullified.

He was the top of the FBI's most wanted list. Now number 2 is number 1 but number 2 is no Osama, otherwise he would have been number one already.

That's like saying, Michael Jordan retired. Who cares, someone will take over where he left off. Well, no. They won't. At least not with as much power and support.

[Valerie Valentine]

02:50 PM on 05/02/2011

From what I heard Bush was Behind 9/11 it was a false flag just like when President Kennedy's leader of defense was planning to kill off soldiers and blaming it on Cuba,so the tax payer would give them permission to have a all out war with Cuba. President Kennedy fired him when he found out what he had planned. Check it out at True TV/Conspiracies Theories with Jesse Ventura the evidence points to Bush. Jesse Ventura Ex-Navy Seal,Ex-Mayor and Ex-Governor of Minnesota, And Ex-Wrestler. Watch Video of 9/11.

[georgieboyme]

02:15 PM on 05/02/2011

What's interesting is that you are such a negative person that you can't even take pride in a job well done by our troops and our President. Osama was a symbol of power for terrorism. If you can't get something as simple as that, then there's really no hope for you.

[Valerie Valentine]

02:54 PM on 05/02/2011

http://www.trutv.com/video/conspiracy-theory/pentagon-conspiracy.html

[tice]

01:03 PM on 05/02/2011

If they didn't get him then Osama would simply need to send a video holding up a picture of today's headlines and America would be in a major frenzy.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that.

[oldgrendel]

01:30 PM on 05/02/2011

No, let them hold their breath, doing us a favor!

[oldgrendel]

01:26 PM on 05/02/2011

What, waiting for the long form death certificate? I am sure pictures will follow, although I am sure you will swear they are photoshopped.

[Kim Riches]

12:06 PM on 05/02/2011

I could have done without the Lindsay Lohan tweet. No one cares what she has to say about this.

[georgieboyme]

02:16 PM on 05/02/2011

Agreed.