BIN LADEN TAKEN OUT BY NAVY SEALS

Update 12:22 a.m. May 2

Osama Bin Laden was killed not by a drone plane, but by a small operative of U.S. Navy Seals in a raid that took place on Sunday, ABC News reported. Bin Laden was holed up in an compound in Abbottabad, 40 miles from the Pakistani capitol of Islambad.

Here is the full text of President Obama's rare Sunday evening address to the nation:

THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.   It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history.  The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory -- hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction ...

Read the rest of the president's speech here.

CNN, ABC-News, other news organizations reporting that predator drone planes kept Osama Bin Laden on the move and killed him last week. United States waited for DNA confirmation through DNA obtained from Bin Laden's deceased sister.

President Obama to address nation in rare late Sunday evening address.

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