The New York Daily News, May 2, 2011:

Was Osama killed by US troops or his own guard?
By Ismail Khan | Dawn, May 3, 2011

...Reports suggest that Bin Laden was shot dead with a single bullet to his head when he resisted capture, but an official indicated that the 54-year-old mastermind of the biggest and most devastating attack on US soil might have been killed by one of his own guards in line with his will to avert his capture.

“From the scene of the gunbattle it doesn’t look like he could have been killed at point blank range from such a close angle, while offering resistance,” said an official, who visited the scene of the night assault soon after the departure of the US assault team from the sprawling compound in Thanda Choa, now called Bilal Town, at stone’s throw from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul....

Cavaet: the quoted "official" is no doubt a Pakitstani one. Dawn is a relatively reputable newspaper, though.

Haqqani promises bin Laden intel inquiry
Agence France Presse, May 2, 2011

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s US envoy promised a “full inquiry” Monday into how Pakistani intelligence services failed to find Osama bin Laden in a fortified compound just a few hours drive from Islamabad....

EDITORIAL: Osama bin Laden is dead
Daily Times (Pakistan,) May 3, 2011

....Pakistan has found itself in quite the embarrassing situation. Osama bin Laden was found in a military town just a mile or so away from the Kakul Military Academy. How he was able to hide there without any action on our part is going to be a hard sell to the Americans. So far, we have been milking the same excuse: joint intelligence and a willingness on our part in counter-terror operations led to this victory. Scratching beneath the surface may reveal other truths entirely. Whilst we have been allies of the US, we have been very trying partners, picking and choosing the militants we wanted to root out and the ones we wanted to protect. No doubt, in the coming days, Pakistan’s exact role in the war on terror and Osama’s death will become clearer. It is hoped we will not be on the receiving end of a negative fallout with the Americans, who are in this war for the long haul. *

Links to all the stories in the New York Times' May 3 print edition special section "The Death of Bin Laden" before the menu disappears. (Several are already hard to find in the web version. Note this does not include "Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden," cited above, as that had huge page A1 placement before continuing in this section.)

The Death of Bin Laden, Section F:

• A Mood of Triumph and Sober Reflection

  section F - page 1

  By ROBERT D. McFADDEN

• News Analysis: Amid Skepticism, Pakistan Calculates Its Response

  section F - page 1

  By CARLOTTA GALL and ERIC SCHMITT

• In Arab World, Bin Laden’s Confused Legacy

  section F - page 1

  By ANTHONY SHADID and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

• Islamic Scholars Split Over Sea Burial for Bin Laden

  section F - page 2

  By JOHN LELAND and ELISABETH BUMILLER

• Experts Say DNA Match Is Likely a Parent or Child

  section F - page 2

  By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and PAM BELLUCK

• Even Before Al Qaeda Lost Its Founder, It May Have Lost Some of Its Allure

  section F - page 2

  By SCOTT SHANE and ROBERT F. WORTH

• Big Compound Stood Out, but Not Its Occupants, Neighbors Say

  section F - page 4

  By SALMAN MASOOD

• Bin Laden’s Likely Heir Is Viewed as Organizer, Not as Inspiring Figure

  section F - page 4

  By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

• Killing Adds to Debate About U.S. Strategy and Timetable in Afghanistan

  section F - page 5

  By MARK LANDLER, THOM SHANKER and ALISSA J. RUBIN

• The TV Watch: As Word Spread About Bin Laden’s Death, It Became a TV Moment

  section F - page 8

  By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

• A Mix of Emotion Stored for a Decade

  section F - page 9

  By DAN BARRY

• Turning to Social Networks for News

  section F - page 9

  By BRIAN STELTER and JENNIFER PRESTON

• For Many Africans, Bin Laden’s Death was a Long Time Coming

  section F - page 10

  By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

The End of an Era

By Will McCants @ Jihadica.com, May 2, 2011

.....I took my own stab at answering some at 1:30 this morning after the news broke, which Foreign Policy kindly published with the wonderful title of “William McCants: A Gaping Hole.”

We’re all clumsily feeling our way through this, and here are some of those who have helped me today:

• Marc Lynch’s Bin Ladin’s Quiet End explained how al-Qaeda made itself irrelevant and the Muslim Brotherhood capitalized
• Jason Burke’s What Now for al-Qaida ran through some of the implications of UBL’s death for AQ Central
• Aaron Zelin did yeoman’s work translating the reactions of jihadis online in real time
• Chris Anzalone put together a valuable collection of jihadi uses of Bin Laden’s visage
• Clint Watts reminded us of his January poll on the implications of Bin Laden’s death
• Leah Farrall has some inside-baseball analysis of the transition scenarios for AQ leadership
• Joshua Foust Sekundar predicts that the impact on Taliban operations in Afghanistan will be nil
• Daveed Gartenstein-Ross cautions us that al-Qaeda is still very much alive
• Andrew Exum reminds us of those who have sacrificed along the away.

I’m sure there are others I’m forgetting (tweet them or write), and there are still some I’m waiting to hear from (come on Weisburd and Johnsen).  No doubt the analysis will get more sober as the weeks pass....