Letter to Osama bin Laden
20th November 2023 A letter attributed to Osama bin Laden has been circulating on social media. It has ignited a new wave of a so-called Jihad among some radicalised Muslim […]
Afghanistan war could have been averted in 2001: Former Pakistan spy chief
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (L), US President George W. Bush (C), and Pakistan President Pervez Musharaf (R) share a light moment with reporters 21 September 2004 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel […]
‘I’m being punished’: Guantanamo’s ‘most tortured detainee’ still can’t leave Mauritania
Amandla Thomas-Johnson 22 August 2019 Mohamedou Salahi says he is being blocked from having a passport as US does not want him to travel the world and recount his 14 […]
Osama bin Laden would be happy to see the state of the US today
The al Qaeda leader aimed for discord and division — and as Trump and Biden meet for a September 11th joint event, it’s obvious how successful he’s been John T. […]
9/11 remembered: Robert Fisk’s close encounter with Osama Bin Laden, the man who shook the world
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Staying in Afghanistan Is a Recipe for More Terrorism
Anthony W. Orlando HUFFINGTON POST Lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles Barack Obama is daring the terrorists. He’s standing in their front yard. He’s calling them out. Of course, that’s not how it’s reported. “U.S. ‘nowhere near’ decision to pull all troops […]
Biggest Threat to U.S. National Security: Wars (started by themselves)
BY SPENCER ACKERMAN WIRED In 2004, Osama bin Laden explained how his terrorists were going to win its struggle against a vastly more powerful adversary: al-Qaida sought to “blee[d] America […]
Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden breaks his silence
AFP | Feb 12, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — The Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden broke his silence Monday, recounting the night he shot the Al Qaeda […]
Haven’t We Seen This Movie Before? The Open-Ended Global War on Terrorism
by PEPE ESCOBAR COUNTERPUNCH.ORG And the winner of the Oscar for Best Sequel of 2013 goes to… The Global War on Terror (GWOT), a Pentagon production. Abandon all hope those who thought the whole thing was over with the cinematographic snuffing out of “Geronimo”, aka Osama bin Laden, further reduced […]
10 Weird Questions I’m Often Asked, But am Happy to Answer
By Manar Hijaz As I prepare to say goodbye to 2012, I hope that I’ll also be saying goodbye to these 10 interesting questions I am occasionally asked. I am not providing this list to make fun of the individuals who have asked these questions, but as a means to […]
Pakistan revenue official made Osama bin Laden pay Rs 50,000 bribe: Report
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Even the world’s most wanted terrorist could not escape the bribery dragnet. Osama bin Laden’s safe-house in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad was built after paying a bribe of Rs 50,000 to a revenue official, a media report said on Wednesday.The bribe was paid to the ‘patwari’ so […]
The Man Who Tracked Down Bin Laden Reported To Be New Head Of CIA
Business Insider: With David Petraeus stepping down as CIA Director after reports of an extra-marital affair, we’re seeing reports that Mike Morell, currently deputy C.I.A. director, will take the job on an interim basis. Morell’s official bio is here, but it doesn’t mention one key thing — his role in tracking […]
New book raises questions about Bin Laden’s death
KIMBERLY DOZIER | AP ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 August 2012 WASHINGTON: A firsthand account of the commando raid by US Navy SEALs that killed Osama Bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by […]
9/11 defendants’ trial, another piece of US theater
THE second attempt by US authorities to try one of several alleged masterminds of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-accused is a farce reminiscent of the trial of […]
A Personal Quest to Clarify Bin Laden’s Last Days Yields Vexing Accounts
NY Times: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In his quest for the truth about his country’s most notorious guest, Shaukat Qadir started where it all ended: the room whereOsama bin Laden was killed. Last […]