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Osama Bin Laden

Pakistan vows no repeat of Bin Laden raid
Article
/ 14 May 2011

Pakistan vows no repeat of Bin Laden raid

Pakistan’s Parliament on Saturday demanded an end to US drone strikes on its territory and called for a probe into the raid that killed Bin Laden.

By Nasir Jaffry
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Article
/ 13 May 2011

Heat is on Obama to slash aid

As fears about Pakistan’s nuclear security mount, the US Congress is calling for decisive action.

By Ewen Macaskill and Julian Borger
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Article
/ 13 May 2011

Letters to the Editor: May 13

<i>Mail & Guardian</i> readers share their thoughts on alleged plagiarism, Osama bin Laden and more.

By Staff Reporter
Love is in the air amid war
Article
/ 13 May 2011

Love is in the air amid war

What disparate times we live in. Two Fridays ago we were all glued to our television screens as Prince William and Kate said "I will".

By Nikiwe Bikitsha
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/ 13 May 2011

Al-Qaeda in Yemen pushes for return of bin Laden’s wife

It was early in September 1999 that Rashad Mohammed Saeed Ismael was tasked with finding Osama bin Laden a fifth wife.

By Tom Finn
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Article
/ 13 May 2011

Pakistan intelligence: Friend or foe?

The US has raised a stinging question: Did Pakistan’s InterServices Intelligence know Bin Laden had been living in Abbottabad for at least five years?

By Kathy Gannon
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Article
/ 13 May 2011

Taliban strike back in revenge for ‘Osama’s martyrdom’

Pakistan’s Taliban have claimed their first strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death as at least 70 were killed in a suicide and bomb attack.

By A Majeed
Osama bin Laden’s diary: ‘Are dishwashers blasphemous?’
Article
/ 13 May 2011

Osama bin Laden’s diary: ‘Are dishwashers blasphemous?’

Bin Laden’s recently discovered diaries give us a unique insight into his politics, TV viewing habits and haircare regime.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 May 2011

Bin Laden’s wife: I’ll stand with you

Osama bin Laden once gave his wives the option of leaving Afghanistan, but his young Yemeni bride was determined to stay and be "martyred" with him.

By Ahmed Al-Haj
Who gets to see the pictures of Osama bin Laden dead?
Article
/ 12 May 2011

Who gets to see the pictures of Osama bin Laden dead?

"Face time" has long been an obsession among Washington’s political elite, but the phrase has lately taken on a whole new meaning.

By Staff Reporter
Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count
Article
/ 12 May 2011

Bin Laden eyed new targets, big body count

Deep in hiding, his terror organisation becoming battered and fragmented, Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to hit the US.

By Kimberly Dozier
Pakistan acquiesces to US demand for Bin Laden probe
Article
/ 9 May 2011

Pakistan acquiesces to US demand for Bin Laden probe

An indignant Pakistan has appointed a senior military leader to probe how Osama bin Laden was able to hide near an army academy undetected for years.

By Staff Reporter
Bin Laden: Pakistan tells media to stop ‘illegal broadcasts’
Article
/ 9 May 2011

Bin Laden: Pakistan tells media to stop ‘illegal broadcasts’

The Pakistani government has introduced curbs on international media in the garrison town where Osama bin Laden was killed.

By Staff Reporter
Villagers bemused by hunt for Bin Laden’s trail
Article
/ 8 May 2011

Villagers bemused by hunt for Bin Laden’s trail

Residents of a Pakistani village were bemused on Sunday to find themselves at the centre of the investigation of the secret life of Osama bin Laden.

By Kamran Haider
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Article
/ 8 May 2011

Will the West now call time on the ‘wars of 9/11’?

The US’s joy, as much of relief as of delight, is understandable. But the thesis must now be put to the test.

By Staff Reporter
Osama bin Laden’s ‘home videos’
Article
/ 8 May 2011

Osama bin Laden’s ‘home videos’

Myths make large, but reality diminishes. On Saturday night, the Pentagon showed Osama bin Laden alive in four video clips.

By Peter Beaumont
Bin Laden: The micromanager
Article
/ 7 May 2011

Bin Laden: The micromanager

The compound in Pakistan where US forces killed Osama bin Laden was an active command centre from which he directed al-Qaeda.

By David Alexander
Al-Qaeda vows revenge
Article
/ 7 May 2011

Al-Qaeda vows revenge

Al-Qaeda has acknowledged that Osama bin Laden is dead, dispelling the doubts of some Muslims over whether the group’s leader had really been killed.

By Augustine Anthony
Osama bin Laden monitored for months before raid
Article
/ 7 May 2011

Osama bin Laden monitored for months before raid

News that US intelligence conducted extensive surveillance of Bin Laden’s compound has embarrassed Pakistan’s military.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

Al-Qaeda to release Bin Laden’s final audio tape

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden and said it will soon release an audio tape of their leader, recorded a week before he was killed.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

World’s most wanted title now available

So who will be on the list of accomplished criminals now that Osama Bin Laden is dead?

By Jon Henley
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

Myth of good and evil exploded

The horrific thing about Bin Laden was that he helped to kill thousands of innocent people. But he was also, in a strange way, a godsend for the West.

By Adam Curtis
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

No evidence that torture helped search

A debate over the use of torture techniques to interrogate terrorist suspects has broken out in America in the wake of the killing of Bin Laden.

By Paul Harris and Jason Burke
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

Obama gets the edge he desperately needed

Obama lost no time in making political capital from Bin Laden’s death scheduling a high-profile appearance at New York’s Ground Zero.

By Ewen Macaskill
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

The house that Bin Laden built

There goes the neighbourhood, a local wailed, but there might yet be some takers.

By Declan Walsh
Bin Laden: SA’s foreign policy test
Article
/ 6 May 2011

Bin Laden: SA’s foreign policy test

SA’s response to the US assassination of Osama bin Laden has highlighted tensions and dilemmas in its foreign policy.

By Mandy Rossouw and Sean Christie
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

Still fertile soils for jihadists

It is hard to be sympathetic to Osama bin Laden, despite his pitiless assassination at the hands of United States special forces.

By The Editorial
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

Killing justified by ‘laws of war’

Obama administration sticks to its guns amid conflicting reports on Bin Laden’s death

By Declan Walsh, Julian Borger and Ewan MacAskill
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Article
/ 6 May 2011

West watches which direction militant groups will take

What difference will Bin Laden’s death really make?

By Jason Burke
Obama pays tribute to 9/11 victims
Article
/ 5 May 2011

Obama pays tribute to 9/11 victims

US President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York, in a bid to bring closure to 9/11 victims’ families after the death of Bin Laden.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 May 2011

Pakistan demands US troops leave as Bin Laden row grows

Pakistan’s military has demanded the US reduce its troops in the country to a "minimum" as fallout from the killing of Osama bin Laden intensifies.

By Masroor Gilani
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Article
/ 5 May 2011

Bin Laden killing: How the White House changed its story

The White House has revised its version of what happened during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s home in several significant ways.

By Staff Reporter
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