U.S. troops kill Osama bin Laden

bin Laden was killed in a firefight overnight…..An elite team from Navy Seal Team 6 flew to Pakistan and assaulted a luxury hideout located less than 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy. The location of the hideout has implicated the Pakistani government, supposedly a U.S. ally, in protecting bin Laden.The Seal team lost one chopper but suffered no casualties.In New York, celebrations broke out at Ground Zero, the site where bin Laden’s terrorists brought down the World Trade Center and killed 3000 civilians. New Yorkers danced in the streets and waved American flags.At the same time, U.S. embassies and bases around the world were put on heightened security alert in expectation of reprisals.U.S. military personnel took custody of bin Laden’s body, positively identified the remains and buried him at sea.