Osama bin Laden was unarmed when killed, White House says
By Michael A. Memoli, Washington Bureau
11:47 AM PDT, May 3, 2011
Osama bin Laden was not armed when U.S. forces shot and killed him, the White House announced Tuesday.
Press Secretary Jay Carney delivered a fuller public readout of the 40-minute raid on the Al Qaeda leader’s compound, during which he also clarified that Bin Laden’s wife was shot, but not killed, as was stated Monday.
"There was concern that Bin Laden would oppose the capture operation and indeed he did resist," Carney, reading from notes, said. "In the room with Bin Laden, a woman, Bin Laden's wife, rushed the U.S. assaulter and was shot in the leg, but not killed."
He later said that "resistance" does not "require a firearm."
The "narrative," as Carney described it, was provided by the Pentagon, he said.