After initially stating that he was killed in a gunfight, the White House has corrected its account. Osama bin Laden was not armed, an official said, and he did not use his wife as a shield.
President Obama said it is not in America's national security interest to release the graphic photos that show Osama after he was killed. However, he said, "The fact of the matter is, you will not see bin Laden walking on this earth again."
As some in the Islamic world have criticized America for Osama's burial at sea, White House officials cleared the air, explaining that they ensured they were respectful of his last rites.
Those who lived next door to the terrorist's hideout in Abbottabad describe what they saw and heard at the three-storey mansion where Osama was eventually killed.
While Pakistani leaders have criticized the US raid that killed Osama as 'unilateral action', America says it is not sorry for how it swooped into Pakistan and killed the world's most-wanted man, without keeping Pakistan in the loop.