Friday, May 6, 2011

Obama to meet Bin Laden kill team

Mr Obama is expected to meet members of the raid team privately US President Barack Obama is to visit Fort Campbell in Kentucky to meet and thank members of the special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan five days ago. Mr Obama is expected to express his gratitude to the raid team privately. The news comes a day after the president visited New York City to lay a wreath at Ground Zero. Meanwhile, documents found at Osama Bin Laden's compound suggest al-Qaeda was planning further attacks on the US. Officials are examining computers, DVDs, hard-drives and documents seized from the Abbottabad home where Bin Laden may have hid for up to six years. One planned attack targeted a US rail route, US officials revealed, although no imminent threat was detected.President Obama is scheduled to arrive at the Fort Campbell military base on Friday afternoon. The president "will have the opportunity to privately thank some of the special operators involved in the operation," a White House official said. Mr Obama, who will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, will also address soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan during his trip to the base. He is also scheduled to make a stop in the state of Indianapolis on Friday to promote his energy policies and showcase a transmission plant that produces systems for hybrid cars. During his trip to lay a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center on Thursday, the president also met with firefighters and police officers who responded to the 9/11 attacks. "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say," the president told firefighters. He did not mentioned Bin Laden by name publicly during his trip on Thursday, and political analysts have said the White House is being cautious about overplaying its hand regarding the operation in Pakistan. The president has received some criticism in the past several days for not releasing photographs of Bin Laden's corpse, but his opinion poll ratings have risen in the wake of his decision to authorise the raid.Meanwhile, al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums. The statement said his blood would not be "wasted" and that al-Qaeda would continue attacking the US and allies. Bin Laden, the now former leader of al-Qaeda, was shot dead on Monday when US commandos stormed his compound in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad. American officials say the CIA had been secretly watching for months the house in Pakistan where Bin Laden was killed. From a safe house in Abbottabad, a surveillance team used telephoto lenses and sensitive eavesdropping equipment, US reports said.This article is from the BBC News website. � British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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