An unfinished crib figurine showing US President Barack Obama holding the head of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a hand and making the victory sign with the other hand is displayed on May 2, 2011 in a traditionnal crib shop in Naples (AFP Photo / Anna Monaco)
The death of Osama Bin Laden may have been praised around the world, but that world is now bracing itself for a terrorist response, and while the symbol of America's War on Terror seems to be done with, the actual war on terror is not.
The great vendetta moment was shrouded in secrecy. As Americans celebrated the killing of the nation's number one terrorist, they had no other proof of his death but the word of their president.
Meanwhile, the news that the body of the Al-Qaeda leader was buried at sea is doing little to counter claims that he is still alive.
"They needed to give us a big win, that we can walk tall and feel good but, 'Sorry -- cannot see his body, we threw it in the ocean. Oh, we did show you a fake photo!'" mocks radio host Alex Jones.