International reaction to Osama's death.

As we all know, the U.S. Navy Seals took out Osama Bin Laden in an extremely secretive operation nearly two weeks ago. It was quite clear that the reaction from the United States was a positive one. People enjoy the justice of such a dark and reprehensible person. Osama Bin Laden was known around the world as a huge figurehead for terrorism.

Even though the reaction in the United States was a positive one, not all people were rejoicing at the death, even if he was a head figure for one of the most recognizable terrorist organizations, al-Qaeda. While many nations didn't like the 'rejoicing' in a death, it is true that nearly all allying nations were glad that justice was served.

Saad Hariri, Lebonon's prime minister was quoted, "The history of our nationalism and Islam will never forgive that man who was a black mark for two decades, filling the minds of youngsters with ideas about terrorism, murder and destruction." Likewise, German chancellor, Angela Merkel was quoted as saying, "Last night the forces of peace achieved a victory. But this does not mean that international terrorism has
been defeated yet. We must all remain vigilant."

However, along with the media from other countries and even some leaders, people were not keen on people's seemingly praise of a death. Elias Jaua, president of Venezuela, was among leaders that questioned the rejoicing of a death, "I believe that in the first place it is an ethical question from the human point of view to celebrate death as an instrument of resolution of a problem." Along with this, popularity among Germany's citizens for the celebration of the death of even a terrorist was low. In a poll, around 64 percent were dismayed by the remarks their chancellor gave surrounding the death of Bin Laden. While they don't disagree that justice was served, they, along with many other people, even some from the United States don't like the idea of celebrating a death, even if the death was the figure head of terrorist organization.