Osama bin Laden

U.S., Pakistan agree to start new chapter in long-strained relations

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ISLAMABAD - The United States and Pakistan agreed on Thursday to re-establish a "full partnership", hoping to end years of acrimony over U.S. drone strikes on Pakistani soil, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and other grievances. | Video

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Quebec brings in 9/11 expert to help sift through train crash debris

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec - A U.S. expert who worked on the aftermath of the September 11 attacks is helping Canadian authorities sift through wreckage left more than a week after a runaway train barreled into a lakeside town in Quebec killing 50 people, police said on Wednesday. | Video

U.S., 17 Jul 2013

Bin Laden's life on the run revealed by Pakistani inquiry

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.

World, 09 Jul 2013

Bin Laden's life on the run revealed by Pakistani inquiry

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even pulled over for speeding but not apprehended, thanks to the incompetence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, an official report into his killing said on Monday.

World, 08 Jul 2013

Judge denies bin Laden son-in-law request for restraining order

NEW YORK - A federal judge on Monday declined to temporarily block U.S. government agencies from conducting special surveillance on lawyers representing Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, which those lawyers view as illegal spying.

World, 08 Jul 2013

Osama bin Laden report accuses Pakistan of incompetence

ISLAMABAD - Osama bin Laden was able to avoid detection and live in plain sight for almost a decade due to the incompetence and negligence of Pakistan's intelligence and security services, Pakistan's official report into his killing concluded on Monday.

World, 08 Jul 2013

Britain deports cleric Abu Qatada after legal marathon

LONDON/AMMAN - A radical Muslim cleric once called "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was deported from Britain to Jordan on Sunday, ending years of British government efforts to send him back home to face terrorism charges. | Video

World, Jordan, 07 Jul 2013

Four-star general in eye of U.S. cyber storm

WASHINGTON - Depending on your point of view, U.S. General Keith Alexander is either an Army four-star trying to stave off a cyber Pearl Harbor attack, or an overreaching spy chief who wants to eavesdrop on the private emails of every American.

U.S., 26 May 2013

Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

U.S., 21 May 2013

Obama defends approach to determining if Syria used chemical arms

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his deliberate approach to determining whether Syria used chemical weapons and pointed to the fates of Osama bin Laden and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as evidence that "we typically follow through on our commitments."

World, Politics, Libya, Syria, 07 May 2013
President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Also pictured are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R). Please note: A classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured at source. REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/Handout
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The bin Laden kill plan

A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before U.S. spy agencies discovered his hermetic compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  Full Article | Video 

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