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Mountain View Reacts to News of Bin Laden's Death on Social Media

Immediately after the announcement, Facebook and Twitter users had a lot to say.

Social media has become one of the most important and fastest ways to share information, and on Sunday night, the news of Osama bin Laden's death spread like wildfire.

For Facebook reactions, click on image. Here is what locals had to say on Twitter:

... on the news of Bin Laden's death

@javed_tweets Can #OBL killing mean direct accountability & changes 2 #ISI, which is untouchable & beyond writ of #pakistan govt?http://nyr.kr/l0M3G7

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@GringaSalsera I don't get all these ppl trying so hard to keep a straight face abt #osama dying. Whatever you think of the war, there's no taking it back!

@7genblogger Beyond bin Laden - #Osama death won't mean and end to fighting? Sigh ... shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/…

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@7genblogger Reactions to #Osama bin Laden's death indicates this won't make much change or difference? 7gen.com/blog/david-her…

@newsnimrod What the Al Qaeda leader’s death means for America and the President. newyorker.com/online/blogs/n… #terrorism #politics #binladen

@7genblogger http://www.7gen.com/356 #Osama bin Laden has been killed in Abbottabad Pakistan but will it make any long term difference?

... on the reaction in Mountain View

@AliciaInMtnView Seeing American flags on cars this morning in #mountainview


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