Iran denies Saudi allegations of harbouring bin Laden’s son
Reuters International This content was published on March 20, 2018 2:42 PMMar 20, 2018 – 14:42 LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince […]
Saudi arrest of Binladin family scion shatters royal entente
By aya batrawy, associated press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nov 10, 2017 Among those caught in the unprecedented arrests this week of top princes, wealthy businessmen and senior officials […]
Face to face with Bin Laden
30 Years of The Independent Face to face with Bin Laden Speaking exclusively – and chillingly – to Robert Fisk, the ‘rebel leader’ openly plotted terror against the West Robert Fisk 10 July 1996 Osama bin Laden, the fiercest opponent of the Saudi regime and of America’s presence in the […]
Isis has not radicalised young Muslims, it has infantilised them – and that is why it is so powerful and dangerous
Isis has broken down the precious wall which separates childhood from adulthood, innocence from guilt. This, far more than mass murder, is its final dark achievement Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 11 August 2016 Old Bishop Daly was a hero of mine. In an age when the Catholic Church was betrayed […]
With five-year delay, CIA ‘live-tweets’ Bin Laden raid
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE | Published — Tuesday 3 May 2016 WASHINGTON: The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden by live-tweeting — with a five-year delay — the raid by US special forces on the Al-Qaeda founder’s compound in Pakistan. Using the hashtag #UBLRaid, […]
Workers suffer in Saudi Arabia as once-mighty Hariri firm falters
By AFP – Mar 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on March 9, 2016, shows towers under construction at the King Abdullah Financial District in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Towers in the complex are being built by the Saudi Oger Company and other constructors (AFP photo) RIYADH — […]
Terrorism Analysts Urge Release of Bin Laden Cache
By Adam O’Neal – February 20, 2014 When Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in May 2011, they found — in addition to the terrorist’s immediate family and an extensive pornography collection — hundreds of thousands of documents with sensitive information about al-Qaeda and its global operations. Nearly three years […]
Internal emails offer details on Osama bin Laden burial
Source: TOI: WASHINGTON: Internal emails among US military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony. The emails, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, are heavily blacked […]
Opinions – Why the US needs Muslim allies
By Husain Haqqani, The Washington Post Friday, November 2, 2012 Husain Haqqani was Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011. He is a professor of international relations at Boston University and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. American foreign policy is not making enough of an […]
The CIA crossed a red line to find Osama bin Laden
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon As an intelligence operation, it must have seemed like pure genius: recruit a Pakistani doctor to collect blood samples that could identify Osama bin Laden’s family, under cover of an ongoing vaccination program. But as an ethical matter, it was something else. The […]
Bin Laden informant: Dr Shakil Afridi sentenced to 33 years
Express Tribune: Dr Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who helped the CIA uncover Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, was sentenced to 33 years for treason, officials confirmed. According to sources, Afridi […]
Bin Laden is dead, but has done better than we think
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon In the year since Osama bin Laden’s death, it has been a comforting thought for Westerners to say that he failed. And that’s certainly true in terms of Al-Qaeda, whose scorched-earth jihad tactics alienated Muslims along with everyone else. But in terms of […]
Saudi Binladin Group can’t be sued for 9/11 compensation
By ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 13, 2012 01:45 Updated: Jan 13, 2012 01:47 NEW YORK: The Saudi Binladin Group, founded in the 1930s, cannot be sued for damages over the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a US judge has ruled. Manhattan federal court judge George Daniels ruled against plaintiffs who said […]