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Osama bin Laden dead: What jihadi websites are saying

Online supporters of Osama bin Laden and his campaign of global jihad reacted with confusion, sadness, and often anger following the news that Osama bin Laden is dead, killed by US special forces in Pakistan Sunday. Here is a sampling of four ways commenters on pro-jihadi websites responded.

3. Praise

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People buy Los Angeles-area newspapers with the death of Osama bin Laden on the front pages, in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles Monday.

  • By Mark Clayton Staff writer

• "May Allah increase you rank in Jannah o Sheikh Usamah!"

• "Ameen AMEEN AMEEN! May Allah give you a place next to our beloved Prophet...."

• "May Allah forgive his sins and raise him to the ranks of greatest Shuhada in the modern history of Islam."

• "Think not of those killed in the way of Allah dead, but alive with the Lord. We consider him a martyr. O Allah, accept the martyrs. And join us by the Lord of the Worlds.”

• "If it is true then we must thank Allah that America was not able to capture him alive. Else they would be humiliating him like Saddam Hussein."

• "The whole nation is celebrating the death of one man. Sheik Osama was a true lion.”

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