WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- ABC News reports that Osama Bin Laden is dead, citing multiple sources within the US government. The terrorist leader was reportedly killed in a missile strike by US forces.

The president is expected to make the official announcement in a rare late-night, televised statement from the White House. WATCH THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT LIVE. http://www.argusleader.com/article/2011 ... ionstories

Bin Laden was the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.

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