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Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Obama said Sunday. Read the full transcript of Obama's announcement of bin Laden's death.

The announcement that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces sparked large celebrations in New York and Washington, the epicenters of the Sept. 11 attacks.

President Obama announced at the White House Sunday night that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden had been killed in a U.S.-led operation. The announcement comes just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Congressional leaders are reacting to the news that U.S. forces killed Osama Bin Laden in a military operation in Pakistan.

Large crowds gathered outside the White House after news of Osama Bin Laden's death began to filter out. People cheered, waved the flag and sang "God Bless America."

Osama bin Laden was holed up in a fortified compound north of Pakistan's capital Islamabad when four helicopters carrying U.S. anti-terrorism forces swooped in the early morning hours Monday and killed him.

Osama bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia in 1957. The al-Qaida leader was once celebrated as a hero there. But he had become a pariah because of his terrorist activities and opposition to the Saudi monarchy. There has been no official reaction yet to bin Laden's death from Saudi Arabia.

Now computer programmer Shohaib Athar is known as "the guy who live-blogged the Osama raid without knowing it."

Osama bin Laden has been killed in a firefight in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Dan Byman, a senior fellow and director of research at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, talks to Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne about bin Laden's death. Byman was a professional staff member on the Sept. 11 Commission.

Osama Bin Laden was the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. He was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. For some analysis, Renee Montagne talks to counterterrorism expert David Kilcullen of the Center for a New American Security. He is also CEO of Caerus Associates and author of the books The Accidental Guerilla and Counterinsurgency.