Osama Bin Laden is killed in daring raid on his Pakistran compound by US Navy Seals

The Special Warfare Insignia or "Seal Trident" courtesy of Wikipedia

Details are slowly being filled in by excellent live on the scene reporting by Fox News and C-Span I.

• The President went on live TV at about 11:35 PM eastern standard time to make the announcement
  
• Bin Laden had been under surveillance since last September
  
• He was residing in a compound located in Abbottobad, a largely military community located 62 miles North of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The city has a military academy and residences of many army generals.
• 40 US Naval seals were flown in 4 helicopters--Chinooks and Blackhawks- all 40 landed and 24 were involved in the actual storming of the compound which offered resistance.
• The entire operation lasted 40 minutes before the Seals high-tailed it.
• Four people were killed including Bin Laden: two were his couriers (his two brothers)
  
• One helicopter experienced mechanical failure and crashed into the compound and was destroyed to prevent capture of sophisticated avionics.
• Live feeds from Pakistan show the compound in flames.
  
• The President speaks of the "enhanced potential" for anti-US acts of violence here and abroad at our embassies: a High Alert is declared
• Burial is said to have been at sea early Monday in accordance with Muslim rites.