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P1 HE AILY EXAN T DServing the University of Texas at Austin communityT since 1900 >> Breaking news, blogs and more: dailytexanonline.com @thedailytexan facebook.com/dailytexan Monday, May 2, 2011 ‘JUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE’ Erika Rich | Daily Texan Staff Following President Barack Obama’s announcement late Sunday night of Osama bin Laden’s death, students celebrate at Cain & Abel’s. Out on the street, fireworks went off in West Campus. President Obama announces death of al-Qaida leader By Julie Pace struggle, although its ultimate impact on al-Qaida is & Matt Apuzzo less clear. The Associated Press The greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. is now considered to be the al-Qaida franchise in Yemen, WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mas- far from al-Qaida’s core in Pakistan. The Yemen termind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that branch almost took down a U.S.-bound airliner on killed thousands of Americans, was killed in a fire- Christmas in 2009 and nearly detonated explosives fight Sunday with U.S. forces in Pakistan, ending a aboard two U.S. cargo planes last fall. Those oper- manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade. ations were carried out without direct involvement “Justice has been done,” said President Barack from bin Laden. Obama in a dramatic late-night announcement at the Obama said he gave the order for the operation af- White House. ter receiving intelligence information that he did not A jubilant crowd of thousands gathered outside the further describe. White House as word spread of bin Laden’s death. Former President George W. Bush, who was in of- Hundreds more sang and waved American flags at fice on the day of the attacks, issued a written state- Ground Zero in New York. ment hailing bin Laden’s death as a momentous U.S. officials said the helicopter raid in Pakistan achievement. was carried out by CIA paramilitaries together with Senior administration officials said the terror- the elite Navy SEAL Team Six. The U.S. team took ist mastermind was found inside a custom-built custody of bin Laden’s remains, which American of- compound with two security gates. They said it ap- Trent Lesikar | Daily Texan Staff ficials said were being handled in accordance with Is- peared to have been constructed to harbor one Robert Pigford, a custodian at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, watches a television report lamic tradition. announcing the death of al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden. The death marks a psychological triumph in a long OSAMA continues on PAGE 2 • Jan. 20, 2009 Aug. 7, 1998 Sept. 11, 2001 • • Barack Obama inaugurated as the Planes crash into the World Trucks with explosives crash 44th President of the U.S. In his • May 1, 2011 STUDENTS REACT August 1988 into U.S. embassies in East Trade Center, the Pentagon • May 1 speech, Obama announced President Obama and a field in Shanksville, Pa. Al-Qaida, an African cities. The attacks were that shortly after taking office, he announces the About 3,000 people die in “I was in disbelief and then immediate celebration. international terrorist linked to bin Laden. President asked CIA director Leon Panetta to assassination of bin the attacks, which bin Laden I think it’s a significant event in the war on terror organization founded Clinton responds with cruise make the killing of bin Laden top Laden in a Abbottabad, claimed responsibility for. because the widest-known terrorist has been killed by Osama bin Laden, missile strikes in Sudan and priority of the war against al-Qaida. Pakistan, by a small by the U.S. Strategically, I’m not sure how much it begins operations. Afghanistan. team of Americans. matters, but it helped close the chapter on 9/11.”’ Cameron Bina Psychology senior A PROLONGED PURSUIT • Feb. 23, 1998 • August 2010 • Oct. 12, 2000 • Oct. 7, 2001 Bin Laden and four American intelligence Al-Qaida organizes a U.S. Armed Forces launch “Every time 9/11 rolls around, I don’t know how to others sign a fatwa agents brief Obama on suicide attack against Operation Enduring feel because so much was twisted to justify so much. to declare a holy war a possible lead about the U.S. Navy destroyer Freedom and send So tonight, I’m cynical about the national security against the West and the whereabouts of bin USS Cole. Bin Laden later troops to Afghanistan in brouhaha, but I’m glad Obama got him rather than Israel. Laden. Bush. In a decade where American security looked bragged about the attack response to 9/11. helpless, intelligence triumphed over brute force.” in a recruitment video and encouraged further Source: Compiled from press reports Travis Knoll violence. Latin American Studies sophomore “Some people are going to be really partisan about it, ON THE WEB: and you can’t avoid that happening, but I think most people realize the hunt for Osama has been going on since the Clinton administration. It’s one of those Scan for more coverage on our redesigned website nights where no matter who your source is, everyone is saying the same thing.” Melanie Schwartz History senior SLIDESHOW VIDEO SPEECH BLOG Check out a slideshow of Students react at Cain & Abel’s The full video of President Obama The Texan asked our Twitter Austinites reacting to news of making the announcement followers where they were Osama bin Laden’s death on 9/11 P2 2 NEWS Monday, May 2, 2011 82ND LEGISLATURE THE DAILY TEXAN Volume 111, Number 196 CONTACT US Texas Senate to tackle budget, ABBOTTABAD Main Telephone: AFGHANISTAN Islamabad (512) 471-4591 concealed carry items this week Editor: Lauren Winchester By Melissa Ayala Senate on the State Budget Concealed Carry on Campus (512) 232-2212 Daily Texan Staff [email protected] A week after the Senate Commit- Senators are likely to take up the tee on Finance passed the budget concealed carry on campus debate Texas senators are expected to de- Retail Advertising: bill, senators may soon begin to de- this week after Wentworth lost sup- PAKISTAN bate two controversial pieces of leg- (512) 471-1865 bate the 2012-13 biennial budget on port for his original bill, which left islation this week — the budget and [email protected] the chamber floor. the issue looking dead. Senators had concealed carry on campus. The Senate budget bill, which to- also proposed amendments to allow INDIA The state House and Senate are Classifi ed Advertising: tals $178.6 billion and would re- public universities to opt out of the looking for methods of easing the (512) 471-5244 store $12 million in funding for UT requirement as well as an amend- classifi [email protected] $15 to $27 billion budget deficit for from the House version, was origi- ment to leave the decision up to re- the 2012-13 biennium. The House nally slated for debate Thursday, but gents, both of which were not ac- passed its version of the budget bill The Texan strives to present all information the legislation did not have enough cepted and resulted in lost votes. fairly, accurately and completely. If last month, which included major we have made an error, let us know votes and was pushed back. Sena- Last week, Wentworth sur- ARABIAN SEA cuts to education and health care. about it. Call (512) 232-2217 or e-mail tors anticipate the bill will reach the prised senators when he proposed [email protected]. Last week, the Senate Committee on Illustration by Veronica Rosalez | Daily Texan Staff floor today. an amendment to allow concealed Finance passed its version, which re- The proposed budget has drawn carry on campus during debate for Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, al-Qaida leader Osama bin stores some of that funding. CORRECTION heat from both political parties, the higher education bill by Sen. Ju- Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The Senate’s proposed budget Because of an editing error in with some legislators opposing the dith Zaffirini, D-Laredo. Zaffirini’s would cut UT’s funding by about Thursday’s Page 1 news story about use of $3 billion of the Rainy Day bill would reduce reporting require- $51 million and attempts to tap into concealed carry on campus, the Fund. The disagreement over the ments for higher education institu- continues from PAGE 1 the Rainy Day Fund, a $9.4 billion OSAMA story should have clarifi ed Sen. fund is one of the main reasons the tions and in turn translate into low- emergency fund lawmakers can use Judith Zaffi rini, D-Laredo, opposed bill has stalled. er tuition fees. high-value target and that for un- quarry hiding in a large home in the amendment fi led by Sen. Jeff during financial crises. “While each of us could point to “That was the first bill I saw this disclosed reasons, officials believed an affluent suburb of Islamabad. Wentworth, R-San Antonio. Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San An- something in the budget we would [amendment] would be eligible for,” the hideout was bin Laden’s. The raid occurred in the early tonio, filed a bill that would allow change, I am comfortable with the Wentworth said. “I have 20 votes to Officials also said they believe morning hours Sunday. concealed-handgun license holders COPYRIGHT method of finance for the budget,” suspend the vote for freestanding, the death puts bin Laden’s al-Qai- Administration officials offered to carry on campus. The bill, which Copyright 2011 Texas Student Media. said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a but you only need 16 votes for an da on a path of decline that will be some details of the operation.