Justice has been done.
– US president Barack Obama on the death of the head of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden
[President Obama made] what I believe was one of the most gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory.
– White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan on Obama’s decision to give the go-ahead for the special forces assault on the house in Pakistan that he believed, but did not know for sure, sheltered Osama bin Laden
Hot damn!
– Tweeted reaction of Donald Rumsfeld, former defence secretary in the Bush administration, to the bin Laden killing
We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.
– Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas administration in Gaza
We thank President Bush for having made the right calls to set up this victory.
– Former US vice-presidential Republican candidate Sarah Palin