WASHINGTON – The White House said it believes the woman killed on
Monday when U.S. forces shot dead al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was one of his
wives.
John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counter terrorism adviser, told
reporters her body was positioned in a way that "she was being used as a
shield." But he said it was not clear if she had placed herself in the line of
fire, or had been held there as a shield by bin Laden or his son. Reuters
