The killing of Osama bin Laden has been greeted in Russia as a major blow to the forces of terrorism.
“This marks momentous success, not only for the U.S. security forces, but also for all those who are working to defeat terrorism,” said Viktor Ozerov, head of the Defence and Security Committee in the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament.
The parliamentarian voiced the hope that the death of the world’s Number 1 terrorist would weaken al Qaida that has fomented terrorism in Russia as well.
“Russian security forces established a hand of bin Laden in many terrorist attacks in North Caucasus which his emissaries helped prepare and finance,” Mr. Ozerov said.
A senior Russian security official described bin Laden’s killing as a “momentous event in the fight against terrorism.”
“It shows above all that retribution will not elude terrorists who commit atrocious crimes against humanity,” the Itar-Tass news agency quoted the security spokesman, who did not give his name.
“Terrorist crimes have no statute of limitations,” the official said. “Americans will never forgive and forget the 9/11, just as we will not forgive and forget the terrorist attacks in Moscow, Budenovsk and Beslan.”
The security official praised the U.S. for carrying out a “brilliantly planned and executed operation with the help of Pakistani authorities.” He added that Moscow and Washington were engaged in “high-level constructive cooperation” in combatting international terrorism.
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