Obama Announces Death of Osama Bin Laden

     U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that the world's most wanted terrorist（恐怖分子）, al-Qaida leader Osama bin¹ Laden², was killed by U.S. forces on Sunday at a compound deep inside Pakistan.

    Mr. Obama made the announcement during a live nationwide television address at the White House Sunday night.

    This development comes nearly 10 years after the catastrophic attacks by al-Qaida operatives on the United States on September 11, 2001.

    U.S. forces have been hunting the Saudi terrorist kingpin ever since.

    Mr. Obama said bin Laden was not a Muslim leader, but a "mass murderer of Muslims." The president said bin Laden was captured with the help of Pakistani intelligence.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。