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Bin Laden's Death In Political Cartoons

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May 4, 2011 Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.686



Bin Laden's Death Depicted in Cartoons

By: N. Shamni*



Introduction



Numerous cartoons appeared in the Arab press in the wake of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death, most of them portraying it as personal victory for U.S. President Barack Obama aimed at keeping him in the White House for a second term.



Bin Laden's Death



Al-Qaeda Is Beheaded



Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), May 3, 2011



"Osama Bin Laden" - A Rotten Tooth Removed from the World's Mouth



Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), May 3, 2011



"Bin Laden's Death" - Satan Comes to Take His Body



Al-Hayat (Saudi Arabia), May 4, 2011



Bin Laden's Second-in-Command, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Is Next



'Okaz (Saudi Arabia), May 4, 2011







Obama Emerges as Hero after U.S. Kills Bin Laden



"Obama Stallone, Star of the Latest American Action Film, 'The Night Bin Laden Was Caught'"



Al-Dustour (Jordan), May 3, 2011



At the Feet of Superman Obama: "The List of [Wanted in] the War against Al-Qaeda"



Al-Arab (Qatar), May 4, 2011



"Osama Bin Laden: The End"



Al-Mustaqbal (Lebanon), May 3, 2011







Osama's Death Paves the Way for Obama's Second Term



Sign Reads: "Obama for a Second Term"



Al-Quds (Jerusalem), May 3, 2011



"Bin Laden's Death" - Coffin Holding "Osama Bin Laden" Bridges Gap between Obama and Path to "a Second Term"



Al-Shurouq (Algeria), May 4, 2011



"Bin Laden" Impaled on Rhinoceros's Horn; Obama: "I Killed Him, I Won, I Calmed Down, and I Made Sure I'd Get Elected to a Second Term"



Akhbar Al-Khaleej (Bahrain), May 3, 2011



Newspaper Reads: "Announcement of Osama Bin Laden's Death"; Sign Reads: "New Presidential Term"



Al-Ittihad (UAE), May 3, 2011







*N. Shamni is a research fellow at MEMRI.

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