The Death of Osama bin Laden

Lei YeEngl 403 (01)Spring 2013

Osama bin Laden

• March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011

• Osama bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda

• The director of "September 11th“

• The most wanted terrorist in the world

“September 11th”

• 4 attacks launched by al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden was the director

• 2998 people dead and 7 buildings were destroyed

• The world trade center

U.S. Seals

• The most powerful special force in the world

• Killed Osama bin Laden

• Ordered by President of United State – Barack Obama

Osama bin Laden Dead• shot and killed inside

his secret hiding place in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by the U.S navy special force

• The Navy Seals used less than 20 minutes to break in his secret hiding place and shot him in the room he was hiding.

Celebration

• America were celebrate Osama’s Death• New York City celebrated harder

My Research

• Used keywords to find newspapers• Time period (The week after Osama bin Laden

dead)• Found 2 newspapers (The Los Angeles Times

and The Jerusalem Post) • Website (ProQuest Newsstand)• Total 12 newspapers resources

List of Keywords

• The death of Osama bin Laden• Week after• Celebrate • U.S Seals

Basic information about two newspapers

• The Jerusalem Post – Israeli daily English language newspaper. Founded on December 1st 1932.

• The Los Angeles Times – daily news paper in Los Angeles, California. Founded on December 4th, 1881.

My investigation

• Focused on Celebration• People from different culture background act

differently for a major terrorist’s death• The Los Angeles Times – celebrate• The Jerusalem Post – Do not celebrate• Two newspapers focused on different parts

The Los Angeles times

• People were celebrate for Osama bin Laden’s death at America, major city – New York City

• Everyone was cheer his death• There were 5 out of 7 newspapers talked

about people celebrate his death• The rest were focus on U.S. Seals

The Jerusalem Post

• In one article, the author has Islamic culture background, he dissuaded them from celebrating a death

• There was only one newspaper talked about people celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death

• More focused on how the U.S. Seals found him

Conclusion

• Overall my investigation shows that the Jerusalem Post focused more on how the Americans found and killed Osama bin Laden while the Los Angeles Times was more focused on how the Americans celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden.

• America newspapers reported more on the celebration

• The Jerusalem Post reported more on how the U.S. Seals found Osama bin Laden