Osama bin Laden's Death and the Arab Spring

Not surprisingly, people in the Taliban-controlled areas
along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have turned
out to mourn Osama
bin Laden's death. Islamist militant groups like Hamas in Gaza have condemned the circumstances of his demise, and some Arabs wish he had been brought to public trial. But by and large, bin Laden's elimination has been met with
relief and the hope that terrorism's
ties to Islam will abate.