This Day in History: , Osama Bin Laden Is br Killed by US Forces.br May 2, 2011.br After an international br manhunt lasting nearly a br decade since the 911 attacks.br the 54-year-old Al Qaeda leader br was killed in a raid conducted br by a team of 23 U.S. Navy Seals.br The operation on Bin Laden'sbr hideout compound in Abbottabad, br Pakistan, lasted 40 minutes.br President Obama addressed the nation br from the White House announcing br Bin Laden's death, saying, "Justice has been done.".br The mastermind of the deadliest terrorist attack br on U.S. soil had lived the final five years of his life br less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy.br President George W.