BREAKING NEWS: Navy SEALs Kill Casey Anthony

WASHINGTON (GB) — Casey Anthony was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Florida, President Obama announced tonight.

In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Obama declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that Navy SEALs had finally cornered Anthony, who was finishing serving her jail sentence in Pinellas County, Florida.

The news touched off an extraordinary outpouring of emotion as crowds gathered outside the White House, in Times Square and in front of Nancy Grace’s studio, waving American flags, cheering, shouting, laughing and chanting, “U.S.A., U.S.A.!”

 President Obama announces the killing of Casey Anthony (right)
by Navy SEALs in a White House address Sunday night.



“For the last three years, Casey Anthony has been the symbol of moms gone bad,” the president said in a statement broadcast around the world. “The death of Casey marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat evil tabloid villainesses. But her death does not mark the end of our effort. There’s no doubt that other rotten mothers will continue to do things that will enrage and fascinate us. We must and we will remain vigilant.”

According to top-level administration sources, the Navy SEALs descended into the Pinellas County Jail, where they believed Anthony to be holed up, at 2 a.m. local time. Although there are conflicting reports, it appears that a firefight broke out between the SEALs and Anthony before she was taken down.

Once the body was identified as belonging to Anthony, these sources say, it was flown to the USS Carl Vinson in the Gulf of Mexico. There, a Navy chaplain read passages from Us Weekly as the body was lowered into the water.

People gather in front of the White House Sunday night
to celebrate the killing of Casey Anthony.

Republicans praised Obama for his bold action in taking out Anthony, although some privately grumbled that he failed to give enough credit to his predecessor, George W. Bush. On her Facebook page, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin wrote, “We thank President Bush for his leadership in, you know, being president when Caylee went missing.”

Pundits agreed that Obama’s decision to green-light the risky operation will help him politically, especially coming on the heels of another dismal jobs report. According to the Univeristy of Virginia’s Larry Sabato, “Every time his opponents bring up the economy or health care or the stimulus, and say he’s a weak president, Obama can now say, ‘I got Casey.’  And Osama bin Laden, too. I think. That was so last spring.”