"Justice has been done : Bin Laden is dead", according to Barack

"Justice has been done : Bin Laden is dead", according to Barack Obama
Lundi, 02 Mai 2011 07:29 - Mis à jour Jeudi, 05 Mai 2011 14:22
Izay izany ny aminy : maty I Oussama Ben Laden, araka ny vaovao voaray androany 2 may
2011. Inona ny fiatraikany amin’ny tontolon’ny fampihorohoana eran-tany ? Ity manaraka ity ilay
vaovao mari-pototra. Misy famitinana amin’ny teny frantsay, arahin’ilay lahatsoratra avy aminy
AP amin’ny teny anglisy. Misy farany daholo, Tompoko, ny zava-drehetra eto an-tany...
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"Justice has been done : Bin Laden is dead", according to Barack Obama
Lundi, 02 Mai 2011 07:29 - Mis à jour Jeudi, 05 Mai 2011 14:22
Washington a annoncé, le 1er mai 2011, la mort du terroriste le plus recherché au monde: Ous
sama Ben Laden (photo ci-dessus)
. Voici un résumé en français, suivi de l’article original en anglais d’Associated Press – AP- paru
ce jour. Quel sera l’impact de cette nouvelle ? Après ?
Résumé en français
11 septembre 2001. Les tours jumelles du World Trade Center avant leur effondrement
Des milliers de New Yorkais se sont rassemblés, dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, sur le site
emblématique de "Ground Zero" aux cris de "God Bless America" (Que Dieu bénisse
l'Amérique), immédiatement après l'annonce de la mort de Oussama Ben Laden, le cerveau
des attentats du 11 septembre, tué dimanche au Pakistan par un commando américain.
Agitant des drapeaux américains et scandant "God Bless America", les New-Yorkais se sont
réunis sur le site du World Trade Center, lieu des attentats du 11 septembre 2001, rapporte les
médias locaux.
Plusieurs étudiants de l'Université Columbia se sont pour leur part rassemblés pour célébrer la
nouvelle qui intervient à quelques mois du dixième anniversaire des attaques sur les tours
jumelles du World Trade Center à New York et sur le Pentagone, à Washington, qui ont fait plus
de 3000 tués.
Le président des Etats-Unis, Barack Obama avait annoncé dimanche soir que le chef
d'Al-Qaïda avait été tué au Pakistan par les services spéciaux américains, mettant fin à une
longue traque de l'auteur des attentats du 11 septembre 2001.
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Raymond Kelly
Immédiatement après l'annonce, le responsable de la police New Yorkaise, Ray Kelly, a appelé
à la vigilance. "Bien qu'il n'y ait pas d'information indiquant une menace précise sur New York,
les membres des service de sécurité sont priés de rester vigilants"
, souligne un
communiqué de NYPD (Ndrl : New York Police Department).
(Source : Atlasinfo)
L’ANNONCE, EN VIDEO, DE BARACK OBAMA, LE 1er MAI 2011
WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001,
terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in his luxury hideout in Pakistan
Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.
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"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama said in a dramatic late-night announcement
at the White House.
A jubilant crowd of thousands gathered outside the White House as word spread of bin Laden's
death. Hundreds more sang and waved American flags at Ground Zero in New York — where
the twin towers that once stood as symbols of American economic power were brought down by
bin Laden's hijackers 10 years ago.
Another hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon on that cloudless day, and a fourth was
commandeered by passengers who forced it to the ground — at cost of their own lives — before
it could reach its intended target in Washington.
The United States attacked Afghanistan within months, pursuing al-Qaida, and an invasion of
Iraq followed as part of the Bush administration's global war on terror.
U.S. officials said the CIA tracked bin Laden to his location, then elite troops from Navy SEAL
Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, flew to the hideout in four helicopters. Bin Laden
was shot in the head in an ensuing firefight, these officials said, adding that he and his guards
had resisted his attackers. U.S. personnel identified him by facial recognition, the official said,
declining to say whether DNA analysis had also been used.
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The U.S. team took custody of bin Laden's remains, which American officials said were being
handled in accordance with Islamic tradition. Obama said neither Americans nor civilians were
harmed in the operation.
Three adult males were also killed in Sunday's raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom
officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida.
Bin Laden's death marks a psychological triumph in a long struggle that began with the Sept.
11, 2001 attacks, and seems certain to give Obama a political lift. But its ultimate impact on
al-Qaida is less clear.
The greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. is now considered to be the al-Qaida franchise in
Yemen, far from al-Qaida's core in Pakistan. The Yemen branch almost took down a
U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas 2009 and nearly detonated explosives aboard two U.S. cargo
planes last fall. Those operations were carried out without any direct involvement from bin
Laden.
Obama provided few details of the operation beyond to say that he had personally ordered it be
carried out. Other officials said it was so secretive that no foreign officials were informed in
advance, and only a small circle inside the administration was aware of what was unfolding half
a world away.
But within hours of the announcement, Pakistani officials and a witness said bin Laden's guards
had opened fire from the roof of the building, and one of the choppers crashed. The sound of at
least two explosions rocked the small northwestern town of Abbottabad, where the al-Qaida
chief made his last stand.
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Flames were visible after the attack on the building, which was located about 100 yards from
the gates of a Pakistani military academy — certain to raise questions about al-Qaida's ability to
build a custom-made hideout in such close proximity.
LA VIDEO DE L'ANNONCE DE L’ATTAQUE
Abbottabad, surrounded by hills and with mountains in the distance, is less than half a day's
drive from the border region with Afghanistan, where most intelligence assessments believed
bin Laden was holed up.
The White House said Obama convened at least nine meetings with top national security
officials in the lead-up to Sunday's raid.
The president spent part of the day on the golf course, but cut his round short to return to the
White House for a meeting where he and top national security aides reviewed final preparations
for the raid.
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Two hours later, Obama was told that bin Laden had been tentatively identified.
CIA director Leon Panetta was directly in charge of the military team during the operation,
according to one official, and when he and his aides received word at agency headquarters that
bin Laden had been killed, cheers broke out around the conference room table.
Halfway around the world, in Abbotabad, one witness described a military raid carried out under
darkness.
"I heard a thundering sound, followed by heavy firing. Then firing suddenly stopped. Then more
thundering, then a big blast," said Mohammad Haroon Rasheed. "In the morning when we went
out to see what happened, some helicopter wreckage was lying in an open field."
A Pakistani official in the town said fighters on the roof opened fire on the choppers with
rocket-propelled grenades. Another official said the four helicopters took off from the Ghazi air
base in northwest Pakistan.
The U.S. and Pakistani officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of
the information.
Obama said he gave the order for the operation after receiving intelligence information that he
did not further describe.
Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written
statement hailing bin Laden's death as a momentous achievement. "The fight against terror
goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes,
justice will be done," he said.
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Senior administration officials said the terrorist mastermind was found inside a custom-built
compound with two security gates. They said it appeared to have been constructed to harbor
one high-value target and that for undisclosed reasons, officials believed the hideout was bin
Laden's.
The stunning end to the world's most widely-watched manhunt came just months before the
10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon,
orchestrated by al-Qaida, that killed nearly 3,000 people.
The attacks a decade ago seemed to come out of nowhere, even though al-Qaida had
previously struck American targets overseas.
The terrorists hijacked planes, flew one of them into one of Manhattan's Twin Towers — and,
moments later, into the other one. Both buildings collapsed, trapping thousands inside and also
claiming the lives of firefighters and others who had rushed to help them.
A third plane slammed into the Pentagon, defacing the symbol of America's military night.
Officials have speculated that the fourth plane had been heading for the U.S. Capitol or perhaps
even the White House when it crashed in Pennsylvania.
Based on statements given by U.S. detainees, intelligence officials have known for years that
bin Laden trusted one al-Qaida courier in particular, and they believed he might be living with
him in hiding. In November, intelligence officials found out where he was living, a huge fortified
compound in an affluent suburb of Islamabad. It was surrounded by walls as high as 18 feet
high, topped with barbed wire. There were two security gates and no phone or Internet running
into the house.
Intelligence officials believed the $1 million home was custom-built to harbor a major terrorist.
CIA experts analyzed whether it could be anyone else, but time and again, they decided it was
almost certainly bin Laden.
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Obama spoke with Bush and former President Bill Clinton Sunday night to inform them of the
developments.
The president struck a less than boastful tone in his brief announcement, although he said the
death of bin Laden was "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat
al-Qaida.
"His death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that al-Qaida will continue to
pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant," he added.
Moments after Obama spoke, the State Department put U.S. embassies on alert and warned of
the heightened possibility for anti-American violence. In a worldwide travel alert, the department
said there was an "enhanced potential for anti-American violence given recent counterterrorism
activity in Pakistan."
By JULIE PACE and MATT APUZZO (Associated Press)
Dossier préparé par Jeannot Ramambazafy - 2 mai 2011
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