White House: Bin Laden wife killed in raid

The White House said it believes the woman killed on Monday when US forces shot dead Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was one of his wives.

John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counter terrorism adviser, told reporters her body was positioned in a way that "she was being used as a shield." But he said it was not clear if she had placed herself in the line of fire, or had been held there as a shield by bin Laden or his son. (Reuters)