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May 4,2011- May 10,2011 • Vol. 39 No. 10 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
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A word that means the world to me.
-Howard -Johnson
Osama bin Laden,
America’s Most Wanted Terrorist,
Captured and Killed
Osama bin Laden
W.W. Law
Foundation
Proudly
Presents
LAWFEST
2011
W.W. Law
The 2nd Annual W.W.
Law Family Carnival
Festival & Fair begins May
10 - May 15 at the
National Guard Armory
from 5pm - 11pm week
days and 12:00pm -
11:00pm Saturday and
Sunday. The LAWFEST is
an annual fundraising
event designed for families
to enjoy and youth to take
pleasure in the rides and
games. Special festival
activities include School
Night, Military
Appreciation Day and
Friday Funday with live
entertainment.
Just as Mr. Law cared
about the community, The
LAWFEST is a platform
for other non-profit organi
zations from across the
coastal empire to host
booths and share informa
tion with the community.
Space is available for local
vendors to setup booths
and be on hand throughout
the day to sell food and
other items. Local enter
tainers are also invited to
perform on Friday and
Saturday during The
LAWFEST from 5pm -
10pm.
Volunteer are needed
to help set up and/or per
form on Friday, May 13.
See Lawfest, pg. 12
Osama bin Laden, the
man responsible for the most
horrible terroristic attack on
American soil, was captured
and killed Sunday. Bin Laden
had been occupying a home in
Pakistan. The announcement
was made official to the
American people in a state
ment delivered by President
Barack Obama.
“Tonight, I can report to
the American people and to the
world that the United States
has conducted an operation
that killed Osama bin Laden,
the leader of al Qaeda, and a
terrorist who’s responsible for
the murder of thousands of
innocent men, women, and
children. It was nearly 10 years
ago that a bright September
day was darkened by the worst
attack on the American people
in our history. The images of
9/11 are seared into our nation
al memory — hijacked planes
cutting through a cloudless
September sky; the Twin
Towers collapsing to the
ground; black smoke billow
ing up from the Pentagon; the
wreckage of Flight 93 in
Shanksville, Pennsylvania,
where the actions of heroic cit
izens saved even more heart
break and destruction. Yet
Osama bin Laden avoided cap
ture and escaped across the
Afghan border into Pakistan.
Meanwhile, al Qaeda contin
ued to operate from along that
border and operate through its
affiliates across the world. And
so shortly after taking office, I
directed Leon Panetta, the
director of the CIA, to make
the killing or capture of bin
Laden the top priority of our
war against al Qaeda, even as
we continued our broader
efforts to disrupt, dismantle,
and defeat his network.
Today, at my direction,
the United States launched a
targeted operation against that
compound in Abbottabad,
Pakistan. A small team of
Americans carried out the
operation with extraordinary
courage and capability. No
Americans were harmed.
They took care to avoid civil
ian casualties. After a firelight,
they killed Osama bin Laden
and took custody of his body.
And tonight, let us think back
to the sense of unity that pre
vailed on 9/11. I know that it
has, at times, frayed. Yet
today’s achievement is a testa
ment to the greatness of our
country and the determination
of the American people.”
President Obama
wrapped up his statement by
saying, “Let us remember that
we can do these things not just
because of wealth or power,
but because of who we are:
one nation, under God, indivis
ible, with liberty and justice for
all. Thank you. May God
bless you. And may God bless
the United States of America.”
Bin Laden’s body was
buried at sea. Pentagon offi
cials said Monday that bin
Laden's body was handled in
accordance with Muslim tradi
tions, which include strict rules
on burial taking place within
24 hours after death.
Savannah
State
University
to Confer
Degrees
Rear Admiral
Nevin P. Carr, Jr.
Savannah State
University will hold its
178th commencement cer
emony at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, May 7, 2010, in
Tiger Arena.
Approximately 275 stu
dents will receive under
graduate and graduate
degrees. Rear Admiral
Nevin P. Carr, Jr., chief of
Naval Research and direc
tor of Test and Evaluation
and Technology
Requirements for the U.S.
Navy, will be the guest
speaker.
Carr has spent much
of his Navy career at sea in
cruisers and destroyers
operating in the
Mediterranean, Black,
Baltic, Caribbean, Arctic
and Red seas, the Indian,
North and South Atlantic
and South Pacific oceans,
and the Arabian Gulf.
Shipboard tours included
USS King; USS
McCandless; USS Thomas
S. Gates; USS Vella Gulf;
Cruiser/Destroyer Group 8
staff embarked in USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower;
and the 2nd Fleet staff
embarked in USS Mt.
Whitney.
He commanded USS
Arleigh Burke and USS
Cape St. George, winning
Battle Efficiency Awards
See SSU,pg. 13
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