President Barack Obama on Friday traveled to Fort Campbell, Ky., to personally thank the soldiers who killed Osama bin Laden, as al-Qaida launched a threat of revenge for the death of their leader.
A statement posted on militant Web sites provided confirmation of al-Qaida on the death of Bin Laden, but its authenticity could not be confirmed.
was the first statement attributed to bin Laden group since died in a U.S. commando attack in Pakistan for five days and a reminder that, despite his death, continuing threats to America.
took place at a time when Obama traveled to Fort Campbell, home of the army unit that carried the Navy SEAL command to go to the complex and return bin Laden.
White House officials said the Obama express its gratitude to the participants of the mission in private. The president, along with Vice President Joe Biden, also spoke to soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan. Obama
avoid public demonstrations of joy at the death of bin Laden. But it has participated in a series of events in the spotlight mantnenen success of the operation.
visited New York on Thursday to lay a memorial wreath at the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks attributed to al-Qaida, visiting police and fire stations. The president met privately with families of the victims, but in public he never mentioned the name of Bin Laden.
"When we say that we never forget, so," Obama told the firefighters. -------------------------------------------------
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