U.S. officials said al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, sought refuge in the caves, and hope to determine if any died there.
As Mukasey explained, "the government was required to disclose, as it is routinely in conspiracy cases, the identity of all known co-conspirators, " including Osama bin Laden.
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Following the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989, most of the Arab fighters in Pakistan, including Mr. bin Laden, returned home.
Until Tuesday, no witness, including two defectors from bin Laden's group, had said el Hage actually belonged to al Qaeda.
And I think the evidence of that is very clear, including the elimination of Osama bin Laden.
During this period, Iran allowed in hundreds of senior figures of the Taliban - including family members of Osama Bin Laden.
Kerry persuaded Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to an election runoff in 2009, and he traveled to Pakistan after a series of incidents, including the raid that killed bin Laden.
As president, Clark said he also would "insist that Saudi Arabia take responsibility" and provide resources and intelligence to help the United States get bin Laden, including creating a joint U.S.-Saudi commando unit to root out terrorists.
According to U.S. documents and officials, in addition to Abu Ghaith, other members of bin Laden's inner circle ended up in Iran, including the formidable military commander of al Qaeda, Saif al-Adel, and Saad bin Laden, one of the al Qaeda leader's older sons who has played some kind of leadership role in the group.
According to U.S. documents and officials, in addition to Abu Ghaith, other members of bin Laden's inner circle ended up in Iran, including the formidable military commander of al Qaeda, Saif al-Adel, and Saad bin Laden, one of the al Qaeda's leader older sons who has played some kind of leadership role in the group.
Most notably, he traveled to Pakistan after relations had been set back by a series of incidents, including the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
In August 2010, CIA Director Leon Panetta went to the White House to brief the president and a handful of his top national security advisers, including Brennan, that the CIA had a promising lead that suggested bin Laden could be living in a compound in the northern city of Abbottabad.
Downing Street made the statement a day after two British officials -- including Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon -- said the British government would extradite bin Laden for trial in the United States only if assurances were given that he would not face the death penalty.
Other countries, however - including some of Washington's European allies - have said they want proof before they are willing to go after Bin Laden.
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