The Death Of Osama bin Laden

From the Raymond Davis incident to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan soured in 2011.

Tom Ricks of the Center for a New American Security says Osama bin Laden’s discovery inside Pakistan should signal to the U.S. that its time to curtail relations with the country.

Today there are reports that bin Laden had 500 Euros in cash and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothing when he was killed. We examine other new details, and set straight conflicting reports.

A decade ago, many in the Arab world saw Osama bin Laden as an important figure. But Journalist Anthony Shadid says that the uprisings across the region show that to today’s young people, bin Laden is a historical footnote.

College students across the country celebrated when news broke of Osama bin Laden’s death. We touch down with a group of Boston University students debating whether they should have.

We speak with Pakistani journalist and news anchor Wajahat Khan about how Pakistanis will remember Bin Laden.

Two helicopters and 20 Navy Seals were involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Sunday. How was the attack planned? Why did it succeed?

Carie Lemack lost her mom on 9-11. Judy Larocque was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked after taking off from Boston’s Logan Airport. She joins us with reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden.

We look at how Bin Laden’s death is reverberating among jihadis with terrorism expert Jarret Brachman. Brachman is the former director of research at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.

Youth Radio brings us commentaries on bin Laden’s death from young adults who were only in elementary school on 9/11.