Israel: Bin Laden Killing 'Resounding Triumph'

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JERUSALEM, Israel - Israeli leaders hailed on Monday the United States killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

"This is a resounding triumph for justice, freedom and the values shared by all democratic nations fighting shoulder to shoulder in determination against terrorism," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

The U.S. "never gave up, they continued on the hunt for the most dangerous man in the world," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a radio interview.

Israeli President Shimon Peres said the "world can breathe a sigh of relief at seeing the punishment received, despite the fact that justice was late in coming."

"This is an important achievement for the U.S. war on global terror," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said. "The U.S. showed perseverance and operational daring on this mission."

Counter-terrorism expert Ely Karmon, from the Institute of Counter-terrorism at the Inter-Disciplinary Center in Herzliya, said killing bin Laden was important on psychological and political levels because the "head of al-Qaeda, the most important terrorist leader has been neutralized, killed."




Julie Stahl

CBN News Mideast Correspondent


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1. Quite the contrast to what other ''leaders''in that viscinity have said nt