CNN's Peter Bergen on the "dotted line" from Osama bin Laden to Donald Trump

3 months, 1 week ago

Is Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, still alive? What we know so far

New intelligence reports suggest that Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, may still be alive and orchestrating al-Qaeda’s resurgence from Afghanistan. Despite claims of his death in a 2019 US airstrike, sources indicate that Hamza is working closely with the Taliban, running terror training camps and planning future attacks A photograph circulated by the US State Department’s X …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri was a master of disguise who eluded capture for decades until a fateful walk on a balcony put a target on his back

ABC

As the sun rose on what promised to be a sweltering day in Kabul, the most wanted man in the world stepped onto his balcony to enjoy the crisp dawn breeze. The death of Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan is widely considered to be the biggest blow to the terrorist group since the death …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: How Ayman al-Zawahiri's habit of sitting on balcony led to his death

Firstpost

Years of efforts by intelligence operatives under four presidents to track al-Zawahiri has paid off as the US successfully killed the Al-Qaeda chief in a drone strike Washington: As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. US officials had built a …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Ayman al-Zawahiri | From Cairo physician to al-Qaeda leader

The Hindu

Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda leader after years as its main organiser and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic State hobbled his ability to inspire sizeable attacks on the West. In the years following bin Laden's death in 2011, U.S. air strikes killed a succession of al-Zawahiri's deputies, weakening the veteran …

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2 years, 4 months ago

2 Prez, 2 Al-Qaeda Leaders & Similar Strikes: How US Followed Laden's Blueprint to Kill Ayman al-Zawahiri

News 18

The US announced killing Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in a drone strike in Kabul. Two Democrat Presidents In 2011, President Barack Obama announced Osama bin Laden in a military operation in Afghanistan. On the other hand, announcing the death of the second al-Qaida leader, …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Watching al-Qaida chief's 'pattern of life' key to his death

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. U.S. officials had built a scale model of the …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Republicans slam Biden's 'ridiculous victory lap' after killing Bin Laden's longtime No. 2

Daily Mail

Republicans are slamming President Joe Biden for applauding the killing of Al Qaeda's top leader, alleging his 'disastrous withdrawal' from Afghanistan paved the way for the group's resurgence. Al-Zawahiri is pictured with Osama bin Laden in 2001 House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy blamed Joe Biden's 'disastrous withdrawal' from Afghanistan for paving the way for the group's resurgence McCarthy demanded Biden's …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Al Qaeda leader and former second-in-command to Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed in CIA drone strike in Afghanistan

ABC

President Joe Biden says the death of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a US drone strike will bring "one more measure of closure" for the families of terrorist victims. Key points: Zawahiri had been the leader of al-Qaeda since 2011, following the death of Osama bin Laden The White House says there were no civilian casualties during the operation …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Al-Qaida chief blames US for Ukraine invasion in new video

Hindustan Times

Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri made an appearance in a pre-recorded video to mark the 11th anniversary of the death of his predecessor Osama bin Laden. This image taken from a video issued by as-Sahab, al-Qaida's media branch, on April 5, 2022, shows Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri speaking, Al-Zawahri says in the video that “US weakness” was the reason that its …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Today in History: May 1, Americans hear of bin Laden’s death

Associated Press

Today in History Today is Sunday, May 1, the 121st day of 2022. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a U.S. commando operation. In 1992, on the third day of the Los Angeles riots, a visibly shaken Rodney King appeared in public to appeal for calm, pleading, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Books on 9/11 | Making sense of collapsing towers through words

The Hindu

In 2002, to mark a year of the audacious attack on American soil on September 11, Granta brought out an edition of ‘personal story and opinion’ with 24 writers from Orhan Pamuk to Ivan Klima and Raja Shehadeh exploring ‘What We Think of America’. NON-FICTION The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden by Peter Bergen : At the time …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Twenty years on from September 11: America had closed its eyes to the storm gathering at home and abroad

ABC

It is tempting to imagine our world without the September 11 terror attacks. In his book, The False Promise of Liberal Order, he cautions that "every order, including America's, has its shadow". Former Singaporean Ambassador to the United Nations Kishore Mahbubani said: "Fukuyama's end of history did a lot of brain damage; having won the Cold War, the West went …

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3 years, 3 months ago

It’s been 20 years since 9/11, but the accused mastermind of the attacks has yet to stand trial

LA Times

On a bright California morning 20 years ago, I was driving my middle daughter to meet her high school carpool when I heard a report on the radio that an airplane had crashed into the north tower of New York’s World Trade Center. The world press had stormed through Cairo, Atta’s hometown, and Hamburg, Germany, where he went to graduate …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban say 'No proof' Osama bin Laden was involved in 9/11 attack

India TV News

The Taliban have said that there was "no proof" that slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Taliban, which provided safe harbour to Osama bin Laden for several years during its previous rule in Afghanistan, had refused to hand over the dreaded terrorist to the US following the 9/11 attacks. …

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3 years, 3 months ago

No proof of Osama bin Laden's role in 9/11 attacks on US, claims Taliban leader

India Today

The Taliban have claimed that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks on the United States, was not involved in the attacks and it was used as an excuse by the Americans to wage war on Afghanistan. Speaking to NBC News, Taliban spokesman Zabibullah Mujahid said in an interview, “Even after 20 years of war, there …

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3 years, 5 months ago

6 December 1993: An encounter with the enigmatic Mr bin Laden, a terrorist mastermind in the making

The Independent

With his high cheekbones, narrow eyes and long brown robe, Mr bin Laden looks every inch the mountain warrior of mujahedin legend. And “this job” is certainly an ambitious one: a brand-new highway stretching all the way from Khartoum to Port Sudan, a distance of 1,200km on the old road, now shortened to 800km by the new bin Laden route …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Imran Khan called Osama Bin Laden a martyr, his foreign minister says 'I will let it pass'

India Today

In 2020, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan had called former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks in the US in 2001, a ‘martyr’ while addressing the country’s parliament, the National Assembly. His foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his interview to an Afghanistan-based TV news channel ducked the question on Imran Khan’s view about Osama …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Osama Bin Laden used to finance, support Nawaz Sharif, claims former ambassador

India TV News

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had supported and funded ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, a former Pakistani diplomat who also served as a minister in the PML-N supremo's cabinet has alleged. Last week, a lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party alleged that Sharif took USD 10 million from bin Laden to bring a no-confidence motion for overthrowing Benazir Bhutto’s government. …

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4 years ago

Here is how the international media called Osama Bin Laden ‘a warrior building road to peace’ 27 years ago

Op India

Long before Al Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden conspired and executed a nefarious attack on the twin towers in New York, thereby causing western countries to identify him as the dreaded face of the Islamic terrorism, he was hailed by the media organisations of those very countries as a “philanthropist” helping to build roads for the poor in Sudan. Exactly …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Iran in August: Report

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot dead by …

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4 years, 1 month ago

6 December 1993: Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We waited until we had given up on everybody …

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4 years, 2 months ago

US Did Not Share Osama bin Laden's Location with Pakistan Due to Lack of Trust: ex-CIA Boss Panetta

News 18

New Delhi: The US did not inform Pakistan about Osama bin Laden's location due to lack of trust and past experiences of terrorists being tipped off after information was shared with Islamabad, former American defence secretary and ex-CIA chief Leon Panetta has said. Panetta, in an interview to WION TV, also said he finds it "difficult to believe" that there …

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4 years, 5 months ago

"The bleeding wound": How Trump's presidency proves Osama bin Laden won

Salon

It's July 2020 and I'm about to turn 76, which, as far as I'm concerned, officially makes me an old man. Here's a feeling I still remember from the weeks after the 9/11 attacks when I saw where the administration of President George W. Bush was heading toward the invasion of Afghanistan and then, god save us, Iraq; when I …

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CNN's Peter Bergen on the "dotted line" from Osama bin Laden to Donald Trump

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