"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." — Mark Twain

I agree with pelican that the impact of bin Laden's death will be largely symbolic - as he was a symbol in life.

If I was to be a little cynical, I would say that this announcement comes as a shot in the arm to the Obama Administration - and to a rapidly sliding America as a whole.

Osama's death at the hands of the americans will herald the dawn of terrorism. Thus far they only had practise runs.

I had heard that they killed the mastermind of the 911 travesty, and fully expected to see a dead Donald Rumsfeld or at least George W Bush, but instead they shot some Arab.

Just a comment on the vibe of this un imformed thread, so obviously brimming with the indignation of the righteous against the first world’s evil incarnate. With so much hate exhibited towards Bin Laden visibly the media don't need to stick sponges to you lot to help you absorb the spin and dribble from a world power bereft of everything except a Military Industrial Complex and the need for a boogie man to keep the full metal jackets rolling off the production line.

Gloin,

"un imformed"? Yeeeah...

You should read about what Al Qaeda has been doing to the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. If you've got the stomach for it, of course.