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US Official: bin Laden Death Will Lead to Al-Qaida's Demise

   VOA News  May 03, 2011
   White House Press Secretary James Carney introduces John Brennan,
   President Barack Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, during a
   briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, May 2, 2011

   White House Press Secretary James Carney introduces John Brennan,
   President Barack Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, during a
   briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, May 2, 2011

   An Obama administration adviser says the United States plans to build
   on the death of Osama bin Laden to completely dismantle his al-Qaida
   terrorist network.
   White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan said in a televised
   interview early Tuesday on NBC's Today Show that bin Laden's death was
   the latest in a series of U.S. operations that have dealt what he
   called "severe body blows" to al-Qaida.
   The next "body blow" to the terrorist organization could come from
   intelligence gathered during the daring U.S. raid that killed bin
   Laden.
   U.S. officials say analysts are continuing to scour digital and paper
   files that U.S. Navy Seals took from the $1 million compound that
   sheltered the world's most wanted man near Pakistan's capital,
   Islamabad.
   Meanwhile, the United States has reopened its embassy in Pakistan and
   its consulate in Karachi, but consulates in two other cities are still
   closed to the public.
   The consulates in Peshawar and Lahore remain closed for "routine
   business" to the public until further notice, but will still offer
   emergency services to American citizens.
   The U.S. State Department has warned Americans living abroad to be
   extra vigilant, amid fears of possible retaliatory attacks following
   the death of the al-Qaida leader. It said U.S. government facilities
   worldwide are at a heightened state of alert, and may temporarily close
   or suspend public service to assess their security needs.
   On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thanked Pakistan for
   its cooperation, which, she said, "helped lead us to bin Laden and the
   compound in which he was hiding."

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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