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THE COMMENT OF THE MFA ON THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

Leader of the international terrorist network al-Qaeda, terrorist mastermind and the face of global terrorism who was responsible for the murder of thousands of civilians and for orchestrating one of the world’s bloodiest terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, Osama bin Laden has been killed in a U.S. operation in Pakistan.

The U.S. operation is an important event. This is historic news for relatives of the victims of September 11 and for entire international community.

The world has become safer, but the fight against terrorism, which has become a global phenomenon and global threat, continues. Lithuania supports the efforts of the United States of America and of the international community to combat terrorism.