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Day of reckoning: Hunt for Osama bin Laden ends M AT THEW SYLVA Staff Writer
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1 a.m. An R A at Hale Kahawai reported that a female resident was intoxicated and vomiting. Campus Security, Emergency Medical Services and Honolulu Fire Department responded; the resident was transported to Straub Medical Clinic.
On Sunday, Osama bin Laden was killed in a CIA operation, code-named Geronimo, in Pakistan. President Barack Obama made the announcement during a televised address to the nation. “Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United p States has conducted an operation that killed Osama m bin Laden,” he stated. ““Justice J stice has Ju been done.”” Bin Lad a Laden is the rea -
3 a.m. Several people were found inside of the fter Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex after hours. All were banned from the property.
F I R DAY, A P R I L 29 5:45 a.m. A Resident Director reported two wo amabandoned mopeds found on the Lower Campus access road. The front panels of both mopeds were missing. Disposition: closed. nd7:04 a.m. EMS notified dispatch about responding to a reported assault at Hale Wainani. hat 11:20 a.m. A faculty member reported that asther car was hit by a skateboarder along EastWest Road.
T H U R S DAY, A P R I L 28 1:22 a.m. An unknown man reported being haale rassed by Star Protection Security at the Hale Wainani parking lot. Star Protection Security rity called CS at 1:24 a.m. requesting assistance reing garding six men harassing them while checking vehicles for parking violations. HPD responded; ed; no report filed.
5:04 p.m. A Sodexo employee reported that a fensmale student fainted in The Market. EMS transWritported the student to a nearby hospital. (Writer’s note: CS will not verify which hospital).
W E D N E S DAY, A P R I L 27 8:13 p.m. A man requested a CS officer to the Law Law aw ken en School parking lot, where someone had broken m. into his vehicle. HPD was requested at 8:24 p.m.
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son for what is now the longest U.S. war ever. He represents the motivation behind the most devastating attack in American history, where nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11. His plea for Muslims to contribute to global jihad has sparked cultural confl ict, intensifying violence between the West and the Middle East. Not since the defeat of Hitler has retribution been so widely sought. Many believe justice is long overdue. The international manhunt is finally over.
A DECADE EARLIER EAR R LIE It’s be b been en a d si decade since 9/11. AlQaid ida, the Qaida, Islamic extremgr ist group headed by Lad bin Laden, claimed responsibi sponsibility for the attack. George Bus W. Bush’s T “War on Terbeg ror” began af shortly afterpropos ward, proposing t e elimination th eliminat the a of al-Qaida and similar terro terrorist cells around the w world. The war beg officially began invas with the invasion of Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. This w was foll fo l low owed by the Iraq War W followed aan nd occupation nd occu oc c up paation in 2003. These Th and wa rrss would wa wou o ld ld come com o e to o defi de efi fi ne ne Bush’s Bus wars pres pr esid esid iden iden ency ency c y aand nd A nd me eri r ica can n’’s fo fforeign ore reig ig n p presidency American’s pol-
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icy for years to come. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. military made every effort to “kill or capture” Osama bin Laden. Numerous press reports were issued about his whereabouts or rumored death. Meanwhile, al-Qaida continued to release verified footage demonstrating bin Laden’s survival. In December 2001, the CIA believed that it had pinpointed the position of alQaida’s leader in the caves of Tora Bora, Afghanistan. Following coalition air strikes, which demolished the small, isolated region of the Hindu-Kush Mountains, bin Laden was believed to have escaped into neighboring Pakistan.
P U R S U I N G PA K I S TA N Following the failed capture of Bin Laden in Tora Bora, a letter dated Dec. 11, 2005, addressed to the leader of alQaida in Iraq, al-Zarqawi, indicated that Bin Laden and top al-Qaida leadership had found temporary safe haven in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. Waziristan is part of the country’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The previously autonomous region of the country straddles the border of both countries and is governed by Pashtun tribesmen. It is also on a short list of world regions closed to foreign reporters. In 2009, a research team led by Thomas Gillespie and John Agnew of UCLA used satellite-aided geographical analysis to pinpoint three compounds in the FATA where bin Laden was likely hiding. Later that year, the New York Daily News reported that the hunt for bin Laden had centered in the Chitral District of Pakistan, north of Waziristan. However, on Dec. 6, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stated the opposite, saying See Hunt, next page
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