THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY,MAY 2,2011
WWW.KANSAN.COM
VOLUME 123 ISSUE 144
BIN LADEN DEAD
This file photo provided to The Associated Press on Sept. 22, 2001 shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. A person familiar with developments said Sunday that bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body.
Displays of patriotism celebrate President Obama's announcement
BY ALEX GARRISON AND JONATHAN SHORMAN
agarrison@kansan.com
jshorman@kansan.com
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Omaa bin Laden from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday.
Lawrence resident Linda Reynolds stood at 10th and Massachusetts streets holding an American flag, waving at honking passersby and thinking of her two sons, who are Marines.
It was a small act of pride marking the historic news.
President Barack Obama announced Sunday that bin Laden was killed by a small team of Americans in a U.S.-led operation. After the news broke, students hit downtown bars to commemorate the death of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and a-Qaida leader.
Michael Hayes, a 2008 graduate, and Austin Wagoner, a military veteran entering the University of Kansas in the fall, celebrated at the Red Lyon, 944 Massachusetts St., where friends shared beers and listened to patriotic songs.
"No matter who you are, we will find you and make you pay." Wagoner said.
A group of around 25 gathered in front of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sunday night wearing patriotic clothing and holding up signs.
Several cars blew their horns as Colter Thoma,
a freshman from Towanda, held up a sign reading "honk for USA." A KU Public Safety officer waved as a patrol car passed.
"I think it's more symbolic, but it what's we need right now." Thoma said, wearing red and blue.
Jake Silverman, a senior from Wildwood, Mo,
said he found out watching Fox News. Silverman
said the crowd in front of SAE was trying to get people excited.
"Basically, we're just trying to promote America," Silverman said.
Taylor Boyle, a sophomore from Minnetonka,
Minn. went to SAE after she saw the celebration.
"These were the only people acting patriotic," Boyle said. "No one else was."
Boyle said she wanted to be a part of history
Obama addressed the nation at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday as crowds gathered in cities across the nation. Thousands came together in front of the White House, near ground zero and in New York's Times Square.
"Justice has been done," Obama said.
Bin Laden's actions set off a chain of events that led the United States into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a clandestine war against Islamic extremists that touched scores of countries on every continent but Antarctica, The Associated Press reported.
"The cause of securing our country is not complete," Obama said. "But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to."
-Edited by Helen Mubarak
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
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**CHuckabee36** Chris Huckabee
@TheKansan_News all that is going through my mind is the theme song to Team America...America, Fuck Yeah!
Kt1721 Katie Law @TheKansan_News Celebrating America! We've waited 10 years for this day. Today we remember we are one country of one united people.
livebad_diegood Anthony Schmiedeler @TheKansan_News Big victory for America. Retribution, for all the innocent people killed in his terrorist acts and my fallen brothers in arms
susanmarjorie Susan Todd
susanmarjorie Susan Iodd @TheKansan_News I cried tears of happiness. God bless our armed forces and their families. Hard work pays off.
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Joseph Gipp Man almost 10 yrs for one man.
CAMPUS AND LAWRENCE REACTS
[...] as a soldier's wife, all I can think about right now is my deployed husband's safety. I am almost positive that there will be retaliatory attacks. I feel like it's a bittersweet victory...
Emily Simms
Ryan William Smith Now we've gone and made him a martyr...
Peter Roberson
Great day for America. The world is going to change for the better now.
Travis Young/KANSAN
Students at the Ch II Omaha Fountain early MDoway mormon shot "U$A!A!" Population datafair and the fountain after the news of Osama bin Laden's death.
Howard Ting/KANSAN
Ben Pirotte/KANSAN
ABOVE: Colter Thoma, a freshman from Towanda, celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden in front of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house early Monday morning. Thomas's read read, "Honk 4 USA!" Thoma and other students joined together outside SAE dressed in patriotic clothing and carrying signs to celebrate the death of the al-Qaida leader. "We are just out here to say we love America." Thomas said.
LEFT: Linda Reynolds, a Lawrence resident, waves a U.S. flag on the corner of Ninth and Massachusetts streets late Sunday after President Obama's speech announcing the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Reynolds said that she was motivated to stand outside by her sons, who are currently serving in the U.S. Marines and Air Force.
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Opinion...5A
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