"Bin Laden would have been taken alive if possible"

VOA reports that U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism official said U.S. forces would have taken Osama bin Laden alive if they had the chance.

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Tuesday, 03.05.2011.

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VOA reports that U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism official said U.S. forces would have taken Osama bin Laden alive if they had the chance. John Brennan told reporters at the White House Monday the U.S. team that conducted the raid on the compound in Pakistan would have taken bin Laden alive if he did not pose a threat to them. "Bin Laden would have been taken alive if possible" Bin Laden was killed in a firefight with the U.S. forces, who swooped down in helicopters in the nighttime operation in Abbottabad, about 56 kilometers north of the capital, Islamabad. Brennan described the death as a "strategic blow" to al-Qaida. The house where it is beleived Bin Laden lived in Abbottabad (Beta/AP)

"Bin Laden would have been taken alive if possible"

Bin Laden was killed in a firefight with the U.S. forces, who swooped down in helicopters in the nighttime operation in Abbottabad, about 56 kilometers north of the capital, Islamabad.

Brennan described the death as a "strategic blow" to al-Qaida.

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