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Summary The Foreign Office says the death of Osama bin Laden shows Pakistans resolve to battle terrorism.
US President Obama says justice has been done, but threat of al Qaeda still exists. Osama was killed in a heavily fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he hopes the world believes that his country is “not the place of terrorism.”Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said, “Our fight against terrorism does not end with bin Ladens death. We must remain vigilant against the threat posed by al Qaeda and the groups it has inspired.British Prime Minister David Cameron said, Osama bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen -- for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives.”German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says, He has the lives of thousands of innocent people on his conscience. That a stop could be put to this terrorists bloody trade is good news for all free-living and free-thinking people in the world.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says, “This is a resounding victory for justice, freedom and for the joint values of all the countries that fight side by side determinedly against terror.Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kans says, “The nation would continue its work with the international community to combat terrorism.”Italian foreign Minister Franco Frattini says, “This is a great victory for the United States and for the entire international community in the fight against terror.”Turkish President Abdullah Gul says, “Terrorists and leaders of terrorists are captured alive or dead sooner or later. It should teach a lesson that the leader of the worlds most dangerous and sophisticated terrorist organisation is captured this way.”Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Imam of Jama Masjid in New Delhi says, When did any court of law in the world convict Laden of terrorist activities. It is only Americas assertion and that of the NATO that he was one. Why should we believe them.” Maulana Arshad Madani, president of one faction of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind says, Who created Osama? Americans did to exterminate the Russians. Now that their need has been fulfilled they term Osama, who was at one point their best friend, a terrorist. It is symptomatic of the American way of functioning.
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