Late last night, President Obama gave a short speech confirming the rumors swirling around the web, that CIA intelligence had identified a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan suspected of housing the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. A team of about 20-25 Navy SEALS raided the house and killed Osama, one of his sons (also a high ranking al Qaeda member) and two other terrorists hiding with them.

MAF released the following statement from our spokesperson Debbie Lee, whose son Marc was a Navy SEAL who gave his life for his country in 2006, and felt very deeply moved by the today’s news.

I’m so proud that it was a Navy SEAL team that finally got Osama bin Laden, and I just wish Marc could be here with his fellow SEALs to share this with the country he died protecting. Marc graduated from his SEAL training shortly before 9/11 and when that heinous attack was carried out by Al Qaeda, Marc wanted more than anything to see justice done. I know he’s watching with satisfaction from Heaven today. We want to thank all of our troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the intelligence community who have been hunting bin Laden for years. This is yet another victory for Americans and for justice for all the victims of radical Islamic terrorists around the world. Where would we be without our troops? They have proven that they have the dedication and patience to complete any mission, to deal with any threat and we want to thank our troops for that. “It’s also important to thank all of those American patriots who have supported and stood by our troops through all the years. They have been patient as well, for they have continued to send support to our troops even when the media and some politicians were NOT there for the troops. At Move America Forward we will be continuing our mission of supporting our troops, as they are still deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and until all of our troops come home we will continue sending our support and our care packages to our brave troops on the front lines. We invite all Americans to joins us.

We’ve been sending support to our brave troops for years now, and we will continue doing so until their mission is complete. Even though Osama Bin Laden may now be dead, Al Qaeda is still a very real threat, and our troops will still be fighting them. Send some support now!

Our troops deserve huge congratulations today: as many of our members have already heard, US Navy SEALS carried out a daring raid early Sunday morning on a huge house not far from Islamabad, Pakistan.

Their target was Osama bin Laden.
They got him.

This is a huge milestone for our troops and our nation. We’ve been pursuing bin Laden for over 9 years, after his Al Qaeda organization carried out the devastating attacks of 9/11 which took the lives of almost 3,000 innocents. Our troops and intelligence agencies hunted Osama ever since, and now they’ve finally caught up to him and brought him to swift justice – a death he more than deserved.

For this accomplishment our troops deserve our eternal gratitude. Especially the likes of the US Navy SEALs who carried out the operation that finally got Bin Laden. Americans all around the country took to the streets to celebrate, even late at night, in Washington D.C., in New York, all over.