<p>President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sunday night.</p>
May 2, 2011
Stories this photo appears in:
May 2, 2011 9 p.m.
bin Laden is dead
Mastermind behind 9/11 terrorist attacks killed in Pakistan by U.S.-led operation
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.