[BLUEHAWK]

> Took place in a purpose-built compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - 35 miles north of Islamabad

> Operation took place at 1530 hrs EST, it is reported

> 3 others with OBL killed in the operation

> 1 of 4 American helicopters (Cobras?) lost in action by ground to air hostile fire

> Times Square gradually filling with celebrants 2400 hrs EST, most of whom were pre-teen adolescents on 9.11.01

> Celebrations forming up at Ground Zero, with NYPD and NYFD participants

> Crowd around White House growing rapidly

> No American team members lost

> Pakistani air base used as jumping off position

> HumInt began August 2010 on this specific AO, with some coming from GITMO detainees according to FOXnews at 0110 hrs

> US State Dept issues worldwide "enhanced probability of anti-American violence" advisory

> OBL death blow said to have been "head shot"

> It is not yet known if, what or how much other intel was gathered at the compound during operation, obviously


Personal note:
My impression of the public reaction stateside at this hour could be subsumed in the familiar phrase "irrational exuberance"... for some reason, though deeply grateful I feel no jubilation at all.