I'm glad he's dead, but I don't think it justifies the celebrations I've heard about. Just another terrorist/mass murderer put down.

I expect there will be attempts at reprisals by Al Qaida, which will no doubt result in even more innocent deaths. I suspect that his capture would have been worse, though. The terrorists would likely have taken hundreds, even thousands, of hostages in an attempt to free him. And they would not have hesitated to kill those hostages when the government refused to release him. And dumping his body at sea is brilliant. No relics to enshrine, no grave to turn into a mosque. His body will be forever lost and as food for the fishes will finally serve some useful purpose.

But sadly his death won't make a damned bit of difference in the continuing abominations of world politics. It'll just be another 7 day wonder before getting back to the same-old-same-old.