Announcement of Osama Bin Laden's Death by President Obama - Video on YouTube

Osama Bin Laden is finally dead!

On the night of May 1, U.S. president Obama suddenly arranged a press conference and announced that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces in a Pakistan residence. This is the first public confirmation from U.S. government for Osama Bin Laden's death.

YouTube White House official channel has uploaded the video for the press conference and here is the video, which has drawn 1.8 million views as of this writing. You may have noticed that below the video description there's a 'Download' button, which enables users to download the video for off-line viewing. If you don't find the 'Download' button, you can also download the video to your computer with Leawo Video Downloader.

Video description: President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.

Osama Bin Laden is killed in a military operation 'Geronimo' carried out by United States on May 2, 2011. During the 40-minutes military operation, Bin Laden was shot and killed by United States special forces troops in his residence in Pakistan. In accordance with Islamic practice and tradition, Bin Laden's body was buried at sea on May 2. Bin Laden's death is a milestone in America's War against Terrorism. It indicates that the War on Terror has entered in a new phase.


Osama bin Laden was the founder of the jihadist organization al-Qaeda, responsible for the September 11 attacks ('911' attacks) on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was also a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family. From 2001 to 2011, bin Laden and his organization had been major targets of the War on Terror – via Wikipedia