A winning voice Oct 22, 2008
Bill Gates was more responsible for the prosperity of the Clinton Era than Clinton was, and to thank Gates, Clinton used more resources to go after him than he did Osama Bin Laden. Neos started a stupid war in Iraq, more than doubled the natl debt, increased govt by 40 percentSee above. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Breakfast With ...Alex Gibney Oct 20, 2008
Charles Swift, legal counsel to Osama bin Laden's driver at Guantanamo Bay. Swift was passed over for promotion after winning a case before the U.S. Supreme Court against the Bush administration about trying terrorists. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Who are the Taleban? Oct 18, 2008
But what was to bring much greater conflict was the Taleban's role as host to Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda movement. The August 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that left more than 225 people dead prompted Washington to present the Taleban with a difficult choice. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan terror debate grows urgent Oct 11, 2008
U.S. officials believe the area to be the hiding place of al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, among others. A short drive away, in Islamabad, security for Pakistan's capital has never been tighter. (MSNBC -- International)
Debate: As it happened Oct 8, 2008
NekoNick tweets: McCain: "I know where Osama bin Laden is, but I'm not telling. Vote for me to find out! Neener neener neener!" ... He knows how to get Osama Bin Laden but he won't tell us how. (BBC News -- Americas)
Taliban, Afghan officials hold meeting Oct 7, 2008
While al-Qaida leader Osama bin-Laden, a Saudi, has frequently railed against the U.S.-allied kingdom, his sympathizers among the Afghan Taliban have been muted in their criticism. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
U.S. Losing Leadership Status Oct 7, 2008
Osama bin Laden's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks inflicted some $700 billion worth of damage to the U.S. economy. The government bailout is worth, again thus far, $700 billion. (Newsmax)
GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama... Oct 6, 2008
More bloopers from the vice presidential debate, including gaps in both candidates' foreign policy expertise. Politics Newsletter (M-F). (The Drudge Report)
Officials say Taliban mad over alleged US strike Oct 5, 2008
The frontier region is believed to be a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri, and several Arab militants were said to be among the dead in Friday's strike in North Waziristan tribal region. Two Pakistani intelligence officials said that over the weekend two people wounded in the attack died at a hospital in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Missile strikes on Pakistani villages kill 12 Oct 5, 2008
American forces recently ramped up cross-border operations against Taliban and al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's border zone with Afghanistan - a region considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden. Two missiles believed to have been fired from U.S. unmanned drones launched from neighboring Afghanistan hit the villages in North Waziristan just before dusk, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'India is no longer enemy no. 1 for Pakistan' Oct 5, 2008
The poll said that only 19% of Pakistani respondents had a negative view of Osama bin Ladens terrorist network ... Yet, Ayaz insists that Bin Laden is not a hero in most parts of the country and "the issue is not denunciation of Osama or al-Qaida; its the high handedness of the US that is relevant here.". (India Times, India)
Top Pakistan militant 'not dead' Oct 3, 2008
Newsweek has called him "more dangerous than Osama Bin Laden". Suicide attacks. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Official: 60 die in Pakistan crackdown Sep 24, 2008
Mega-sanctuary'Washington says the operation in Bajur a rumored hiding place of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden appears to have reduced violence across the border in Afghanistan. Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. (MSNBC -- International)
Did Pakistan soldiers shoot at U.S. helicopters? Sep 24, 2008
U.S. officials believe that al-Qaida's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are hiding somewhere along the border. A series of suspected U.S. missile strikes into the lawless region and a Sept. 3 raid by U.S. commandos said to have killed 15 people have highlighted U.S. impatience and angered many Pakistanis. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Officials: Pakistan Fires On U.S. Copters Sep 23, 2008
U.S. officials believe that al Qaeda's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are hiding somewhere along the border. Late Monday, Dubai-based TV channel Al-Arabiya said it had received a tape from a shadowy group calling itself "Fedayeen Al-Islam" - Arabic for "Islam commandos" - claiming responsibility for the bombing and calling on Pakistan to end cooperation with the United States. (CBS News)
Pakistan's leaders had planned to be at hotel Sep 23, 2008
Al-Qaeda's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are believed to be hiding in the tribal border region. An aerial view taken from an army helicopter on Monday shows the devastated Marriott Hotel in Islamabad two days after a suicide truck bombing. (Globe and Mail)
10 Alleged Militants Killed in Pakistan Sep 23, 2008
The U.S. says the operation in Bajur a rumored hiding place of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden appears to have reduced violence across the border in Afghanistan. Washington has pushed Pakistan to crackdown on the tribal areas, which militants use as bases to prepare for attacks on American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Time.com)
Change of plan saved Pak leaders Sep 23, 2008
Al-Qaida's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are believed to be hiding in the tribal border region. Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, visiting Washington, said his government was proposing the U.S., Afghanistan and Pakistan create a joint military force with the power to operate on both sides of the border to fight militants. (India Times, India)
Pakistan Blast Shows Signs of Al-Qaeda Sep 22, 2008
Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said "all roads lead to FATA" in major Pakistani suicide attacks referring to Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where U.S. officials worry that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri are hiding. Mahmood Shah, a former government security chief for Pakistan's tribal areas, said that while the attack had "all the signatures" of an al-Qaeda strike, homegrown Taliban militants probably had learned how to execute an attack of such magnitude. (Time.com)
Drones bring fear and firepower to Qaeda war in Pakistan... Sep 15, 2008
Two air-to-ground missiles ripped through the sky before smashing into the house where a Taliban leader with close links to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was thought to be hiding. "There was a glittering flash of light and a prolonged roar," said Hameedullah Khan, one of the first on the scene of Monday's suspected US drone strike in the Pakistani town of Dande Darpa Khel, near the Afghan border. (The Drudge Report)
US needs to concentrate inside Afghanistan Sep 15, 2008
Islamabad: Since 9/11 the United States that invaded Afghanistan in 2001 has lost hundreds of soldiers yet achieved nothing solid from the campaign it started in the name of so called war on terror, apparently launched to capture Osama Bin Laden and his associates involved in insurgency and plotting of World Trade Centre attack ... They alleged Taliban for ignoring the international norms and supporting the extremist elements and providing refuge to Al-Qaeda activists led by Osama Bin Laden, who... (The Post)
Pakistan pursing diplomacy, not a fight Sep 14, 2008
The border region is considered a likely hiding place for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri. A group of tribal elders representing about a half-million people in the North Waziristan area, where most of the missile attacks have occurred, threatened Saturday to join forces with Taliban militants in Afghanistan. (Washington Times)
US death in Afghanistan makes 2008 deadliest year Sep 12, 2008
Cone's command in Kabul trains and equips the fledgling Afghan security forces - the centerpiece of the American strategy of turning Afghanistan into a country that can defend itself and away from the days when Osama bin Laden used it as a safe haven to launch attacks in New York and Washington. . (FOX 11, AZ)
Sunday, September 7 Sep 11, 2008
2007 - Osama bin Laden appears for the first time in three years in a videotape released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end. Today's Birthdays. (International Herald Tribune)
Is al-Qaeda network as strong as ever? Sep 11, 2008
Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, remain at large, probably moving between Pakistan's tribal area and adjacent regions of Afghanistan, and they continue to use the news media to spread their message of hate. U.S. President George W. Bush's announcement this week that thousands more troops would be deployed to Afghanistan was an acknowledgment that the mission there is in peril. (Globe and Mail)
Al-Qaeda 'marks 9/11 with video' Sep 9, 2008
Other al-Qaeda videos since the 9/11 attacks on America in 2001 featured the group's leader, Osama Bin Laden. Narrow escape. (BBC News -- Americas)
Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC Sep 8, 2008
He says they asked him about his contacts with the Taliban as well as reports that he had ties to both Osama bin Laden and the region's opium trade allegations he denied. "I told the agents I had not worked in the narcotics business," he said. (MSNBC -- International)
Al-Qaida Afghan Commander Warns of Attacks on West Sep 6, 2008
Al-Qaida claimed responsibility soon after the attack, saying it was carrying out Osama bin Laden's promise to exact revenge over the publishing of a cartoon of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Danish papers. It was the deadliest strike against Denmark since the reprinting of the cartoon earlier this year. (Newsmax)
Qaeda video vows more Denmark attacks Sep 5, 2008
"Sheikh Osama bin Laden and the mujahideen will not leave you alone," said the young man, identified as a Saudi militant ... Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 1, 2008 Sep 2, 2008
After the election, he may well be called Osama Obama Hussein Dukakis. OBAMACAN wrote on Sep 1, 2008 2:58 PM:Can you imagine what Ron and all the Republican apologists would have been saying if OBAMA had a pregnant teen daughter. (North County Times)
Russia is flexing its muscles and finding them in good working order Aug 24, 2008
Might it be that a raging seven-year obsession with Osama Bin Laden and his tiny Al-Qaeda organisation has blinded strategists to the old verities. Wars are rarely clashes of civilisation , but rather clashes of interest. (Times Online)
It all goes back to the playground Aug 23, 2008
The Iraq-Pakistani border, where Osama Bin Laden is hiding in caves, is where those troops will be sent, and thats not a surrender ... Q: Did Saddam pilot all four planes into the Trade Towers on 911 and then escape with Osama bin Ladens driver in a volvo packed with C4 and antrax. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Terrorism's new sanctuary Aug 22, 2008
The 2002 referendum through which he attempted to dignify his unelected presidency was rigged, "with ample American and British support', said the South-Asian scholar Ahmed Rashid. Musharraf also rigged a subsequent poll to elect a new government, by keeping key opposition candidates in exile. Musharraf twice took the subcontinent to the brink of war, on the back of his support for violence in Kashmir. After the coup, Musharraf promised democracy, but he sacked the judiciary and had his... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Tough talk to Pakistan of little use Aug 2, 2008
To convey just why Americans who were anxious about the haste with which the US war effort switched from Afghanistan to Iraq in 2002 might have taken comfort from new reports generated in Washington which told them that the terrorism business in the area of Pakistan to which Osama bin Laden and his followers had fled was actually being attended to, it is necessary to quote a wordy slab of this report. "No comprehensive plan for meeting US national security goals in the FATA [Federally... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Al-Qaeda hails 'revival' in Afghanistan Aug 1, 2008
Osama Bin Laden, Abu Ubaydah al-Banshiri and Abu Hafs al-Masri built al-Qaeda, Abu-Yazid said, "With the purpose of establishing a global center for the mujahideen who had converged on Afghanistan [to fight the Soviets] from all over the world." Having been so obviously successful in this regard, al-Yazid advised Muslims to ignore "baseless statements" by Western and official Muslim media and believe the mujahideen's reports and statements. Abu-Yazid also stressed that al-Qaeda's position has... (Asia Times Online)
Struggle ahead for Afghanistan Jul 30, 2008
Its fear of annihilation justifies smuggling guns and heroin, helping the Taliban, and harboring terrorists like Osama bin Laden. Only the United States can forge a lasting peace between India and Pakistan, but only a lasting peace will stop Pakistan's interference in Afghanistan. (Boston Globe)
Al-Qaeda's got a brand new bag Jul 24, 2008
Al-Qaeda's strategy is to suck in the US military - this is classic Osama bin Laden ideology, according to which the US should be dragged to fight in Muslim lands ... Obama and Osama How does that fabled phantom, bin Laden, fit into this strategy. (Asia Times Online)
LETTERS: NCT, July 21, 2008 Jul 22, 2008
" Maybe, you should try it? Fact Checker wrote on Jul 21, 2008 4:03 PM:Bill One: Yes, and the compliance issue is only part of the problem. I am compiling a list of lawsuits by environmental activists, and my initial return was over 600,000 hits.Obviously, many are duplicate reports on the same lawsuit, or updates, but just glancing through the first six or so pages it is obvious that this is a nationwide, widespread, and underreported problem.Green=obstruct Alf wrote on Jul 21, 2008 4:04... (North County Times)
Fending off big trouble in Afghanistan Jul 19, 2008
The decision to concentrate our effort in Iraq was made despite the fact that Osama bin Laden had used Afghanistan, not Iraq, as his base and remains at large ... Meanwhile, Bush is on record as saying he wasn t really concerned as to the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden ... Dubya s ineptitude has made Osama bin Laden into an Arab David. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Blast Strikes Pakistani Police Station Jul 7, 2008
It includes the country's pledged partnership with America on anti-terror efforts along the border with Afghanistan and cooperation in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The blast occurred in a kiosk in front of the police station, which is also near Islamabad's Melody Market, said Naeem Iqbal, a police spokesman. (CBS News)
Taliban danger Jun 29, 2008
On the contrary, whereas in 2000, Mullah Omar forbade damage to the great Buddha statues in Bamiyan since they were part of the national heritage, a year later under pressure from extremists including, very possibly, Osama Bin Laden he had them blown up. At about the same time, the minister of culture led an assault on the Kabul museum during which he took a sledgehammer to the statue of King Kanishka. (Times Online)
Afghans love Indian films and serials Jun 27, 2008
Afghans love Indian films and television soaps- Entertainment-Media / Entertainment -News By Industry-News-The Economic Times. Afghans love Indian films and television soaps27 Jun, 2008, 1155 hrs IST, PTI. (India Times)
AP: Pakistan's ambassador urges patience from US Jun 21, 2008
Militants based in Pakistani tribal areas, where Osama bin Laden and his top aide are believed to be hiding, say they are sending fighters to Afghanistan. Robert Hathaway, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Asia program, said ties between Pakistan and the United States are "very troubled.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being ... Jun 21, 2008
The book asserts that America s refusal to deploy even a few thousand ground troops enabled thousands of Taliban, not to mention Osama Bin Laden, to escape into Pakistan. The author flatly states that the opportunity was there to catch Bin Laden at Tora Bora at the end of 2001, if America had displayed greater commitment and skill. (Times Online)
Satire and Cruelty Jun 18, 2008
If Osama bin Laden decides to run for public office in the US, the democratic party might also support him. The only prerequisite is you must hate Bush to the core. (Townhall.com)
The secret to success in U.S. publishing: Bash Bush, with nods to a classic Jun 17, 2008
A page from 'Goodnight Bush' by Erich Origen and Gan Golan (from www. Published: June 17, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What's ahead Jun 11, 2008
This month s feature is Osama (2003), an international co-production between companies in Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Japan, Ireland and Iran, and the first film shot entirely in Afghanistan film shot since the rise and fall of the Taliban ... Now called Osama, the girl is called by the Taliban to join the school and military training and embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from discovering her secret. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century by Philip Bobbitt May 31, 2008
I would venture to suggest that Osama Bin Laden inspires less hatred in our society than does George Bush. In our perverse, idiotic way, we admire Bin Laden for making the American military machine look ridiculous, while we deplore Bush because we share the embarrassment of his leadership and the burden of his follies. (Times Online)
'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' May 20, 2008
Referred to simply as "Henry" in the 9/11 Commission Report, Mr Crumpton tried to persuade the CIA to do more in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden before the attacks, but two key proposals to tackle al-Qa'eda were turned down. After the September 11 attacks, in which he lost many close friends, he was initially overwhelmed by sorrow. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Egyptians to host Mid-East summit May 18, 2008
A Hamas leader in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, condemned Mr Abbas's speech as "full of lies". In the wake of the fighting in Gaza, Mr Abbas - leader of the rival Fatah faction - replaced the national unity government of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya with an emergency cabinet. (Yahoo News -- Egypt)
Three films about poverty, murder and Coca-Cola May 2, 2008
Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry. Friday, Apr 18, 2008 22:02 EDT. (Salon)
Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz Apr 23, 2008
"We're gonna put you now into the same cave with Osama bin Laden," said the soldier who had shaved my head, "and then we're gonna shoot you.". They didn't put a sack over my head this time. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
40 comments Apr 23, 2008
But it was on his watch that the CIA et al cozied up to Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and look how that turned out. And it seems like during his Presidency that the idea of tax cuts without spending cuts (a mostly NEOcon idea, I think) became an unbreakable habit for the Republicans. (Human Events Online)
Denmark evacuates embassies Apr 23, 2008
Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller suggested Danish embassies in other locations also could be forced to relocate their staff following a warning last month by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "There has been a general threat from al-Qaeda which means that their cells or people who sympathise with them around the world will try to see where they can fulfill al-Qaeda's desires," Moeller said in a TV interview. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Morgan Spurlock's Asinine Quest To Find Osama Bin Laden Apr 19, 2008
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden ... The stunt documentarian goes in search of Osama Bin Laden ... Spurlock HolmesThe stunt documentarian goes in search of Osama Bin Laden. (Slate)
Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary Apr 19, 2008
Morgan Spurlock searches for the world's most wanted man in "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?" ... Of course we don't believe for a second that this dude with the affect of a '57 Chevy enthusiast, or maybe of that older guy in "Dazed and Confused" who still hung out with high school students, is seriously looking for Osama bin Laden ... First of all, Spurlock isn't going to get anywhere near Osama, and the humor involved in asking random civilians in Riyadh or Ramallah or Kabul about him... (Salon)
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock's 'stache? Apr 19, 2008
Morgan Spurlock searches for the world's most wanted man in "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?". Morgan Spurlock is such a genial, good-natured guy that you can't resist him, even when his vehicle of self-delivery is as awkward and ass-backward as , Spurlock's new documentary. (Salon)
Dominic Morissette : Traveling the globe without prejudice Apr 17, 2008
The Bush administration directly pointed its finger to the Taliban terror regime in Afghanistan for the atrocity (or more precisely, for harboring suspected perpetrator Osama Bin Laden) and toppled the regime to pave the way for democracy. The Afghanis, however, still live amid constant terror and are struggling to keep the fledgling democracy, which was cultivated through military aggression, from falling into chaos. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Getting to know her Apr 5, 2008
On a new track Why did director Morgan Spurlock (above) go looking for Osama Bin Laden ... "Why can't a guy with absolutely no expertise and no knowledge track him down?" said Spurlock, who manhandled McDonald's in his 2004 movie, "Super Size Me." In the end, Spurlock had about as much luck tracking the terrorist as the US military, but he managed to make an entertaining film, "Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?," which opens April 18. (Boston Globe)
Super envoy's feet on the ground Apr 3, 2008
Following the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York, the United States invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban government it accused of harboring al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Today. (Asia Times Online)
Pakistan PM says terrorism 1st priority Mar 29, 2008
Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida suspects are believed to be hiding in the frontier region, which has seen a spike in U.S. airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts in recent months. (This version CORRECTS Gilani's election date to Monday). (Yahoo News)
OUR VIEW: Support for troops is war's common ground Mar 28, 2008
Osama Bin Laden March 20 2008- "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine." ... Osama Bin Laden March 20 2008- "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine." ... " Osama Bin Laden March 20 2008- "Iraq is the perfect base to set up the jihad to liberate Palestine. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
September 11 was a third-rate operation Mar 28, 2008
Yet, here was Osama bin Laden's field commander for the entire operation, driving a red Pontiac (though 15 years old), with Arabic stickers, and no driver's license, or at least none he would show. Warned and lucky, Atta was told to show up for a court date, with. (Asia Times Online)
Dutch anti-Koran film's Web site shut down Mar 25, 2008
That sparked violent protests in three Afghan cities earlier this month -- and an outraged message from fugitive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who complained that mocking the prophet violated "the etiquettes of dispute and fighting.". And in the Netherlands, Dutch director Theo van Gogh was stabbed to death in 2004 by a member of a radical Islamic group after his short film "Submission" used verses from the Koran written on women's bodies to criticize the treatment of women in Islamic... (CNN -- World)
GOP Sees Pastor As Pathway To Victory Mar 20, 2008
Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden. Not good enough. (CBS News)
