
Key details: * 'Bin Laden, al-Qaida — old news,' deputy security adviser says * Obama: Bin Laden's death means world is a safer place * Al-Qaida leader killed in operation led by Navy SEALs, CIA forces * Bin Laden buried in Arabian Sea from USS Carl Vinson * Pakistan warns US not to 'spin' Pakistani involvement The death of Osama bin Laden is a clear signal to the world that "al-Qaida is something in the past," the US chief of counterterrorism said Monday. John Brennan, President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser and chief counterterrorism coordinator, said the message could be boiled down this way: "Bin Laden, al-Qaida — old news." Bin Laden, 54, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed thousands of Americans, died in a gunbattle Sunday with Navy SEALs and CIA paramilitary forces at his luxurious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. US forces were prepared to take bin Laden alive if he offered no resistance, but he fought back, "and therefore he was killed," Brennan said in a briefing for reporters. It was not yet clear whether bin Laden was able to get off any shots himself, Brennan said. Brennan's forceful remarks reinforced Obama's declaration earlier Monday that the US had "kept its commitment to justice" and that bin Laden's death was "a good day for America." Today Show opening May 2, 2011 at 7 am EST www.today.com © 2011 msnbc.com
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