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Locals React to Bin Laden's Death on Twitter

Most expressed satisfaction with the Sunday military operation that killed the Saudi Arabian terrorist responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks.

Residents across the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area took to Twitter today and late last night to talk about Osama bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan on Sunday. A sample:

"Bin Laden was the Big Bad Wolf, and now he's dead. But the shadow never stays dead long. How will we handle our next shadows?" – @tedfriedman of Decatur

"Overheard on aircraft carrier: 'Anybody see that Mission Accomplished banner we had lying around from 9 years ago?'" – @dreadful_rauw of Atlanta

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"It's hard for me to take it when a 'top tweet' quotes MLK in celebration of killing an enemy. What do you do with that?" – @jonathanstegall of Atlanta

"When we first heard of Osama Bin Laden, the internet was in its infancy. When he was killed, someone unwittingly live tweeted it. Amazing." – @griftdrift of Atlanta

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