This marked al Qaeda's emergence as an internationally recognized top terrorist group and earned bin Laden a place on the FBI's most-wanted list.
But as the Taleban were themselves a product of US foreign policy and Bin Laden a US import into Afghanistan it is ultimately the responsibility of the US and its allies to feed these people and get them safely back to their homes.
The military's liquidation of Osama bin Laden a few days ago in a million-dollar, heavily secured compound close by a Pakistani military academy has brought home to many what had previously been understood by only a few: One of the nations officially deemed a key ally in the so-called "War on Terror" has been playing us for fools.
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In fact, Obama and his national security team made every effort -- successfully -- to keep the intelligence about bin Laden a closely held secret for almost a year, from the time they first identified what they believed might be the al Qaeda leader's hideout in the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan, in August 2010 until May 1, 2011, when the raid was launched to kill him.
The nation was traumatized, shocked and paralyzed by the brazen acts caused by the bastards who swore allegiance, not to peace, but to a murderous man named Osama bin Laden and a loose-knit terror network named al Qaeda.
On June 12 (1998), however, the State Department issued a notice warning that Osama bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi exile who has been linked to Zowaheri, had threatened in a May 26 statement that some kind of terrorist action could be mounted against American military or civilian targets.
All this fuss and trauma to the Muslim world can be averted with a little tweaking, by making Bin Laden into a villain designated as acceptable in Hollywood, a Serbian terrorist or a anti-government Tea Party type.
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Without knowing a single detail, I realized that getting bin Laden was a leadership triumph.
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There were no celebrations planned yet at the dark bar decorated with combat memorabilia, a framed article announcing the death of Osama bin Laden and a bronze plaque quoting W.C.
The letter adds that the film's narrative conflicts with official statements that the CIA did not first learn about a Bin Laden courier through a CIA detainee who had been subjected to "coercive interrogation techniques".
After a nine-month silence, for instance, bin Laden released a 22-minute audiotape on March 14, sharply condemning the recent Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Whether the film an action movie, not a documentary really suggests this about the hunt for bin Laden is a matter of interpretation, and it certainly doesn't condone torture.
The plaintiffs had claimed that the bin Laden business maintained a close relationship to bin Laden leading up to the attacks and cited business activities by a now-defunct subsidiary and by an employee who worked from his North Carolina residence as evidence that a U.S. court should have jurisdiction.
During the Clinton administration, one reports, a Justice Department ruling held that it would be permissible to get bin Laden with a bomb dropped from a plane, or a missile from a sub, but a bullet from a sniper would be illegal that would make it an assassination.
Washington (CNN) -- Authorities have "no indication of any specific, credible threats or plots" against the United States as a result of the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said Monday.
There was widespread suspicion that America wanted to use Pakistan as a base to launch some sort of attack on Afghanistan, in pursuit of Osama bin Laden, a Saudi who lives there in exile and is suspected of involvement in the bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7th.
There are also photographs of the body with a gunshot wound to the side of the head that shows an individual who is recognizable as bin Laden, a U.S. government official said.
Stuck in a cubicle-laden environment, a former colleague of mine turned part of her cubicle into a reading nook with the help of two floor pillows and a brightly colored piece of fabric.
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Letter from bin Laden, using the pseudonym "Zamaria" to the head of a Somali militant group (PDF) Bin Laden politely declines a request for formal unity with al Qaeda.
He said he treated bin Laden as an employee would treat a boss and, in turn, bin Laden treated him in a way that took into account his position.
Nor did bin Laden have a gun, as earlier reports had indicated, the senior official said.
Next to Kim Jong Il, bin Laden is a piker in the atrocities department.
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Sharan said the hijackers always referred to bin Laden as a good man and a philanthropist.
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Some militant groups, however, are quick to denounce Mr bin Laden as a misguided renegade.
If killing bin Laden with a drone has proved difficult, so too will be capturing him alive.
According to some reports, the murder was arranged by Osama bin Laden as a gift to the Taliban.
But Mr Holder said Bin Laden was a lawful military target, whose killing was "an act of national self-defence".
Osama bin Laden was a celebrity brand like Oprah or Donald Trump.
Osama bin Laden had a filmmaker with him in Afghanistan when he was fighting the Soviets in the 1980s.
The liquidation of Osama bin Laden is a cause for full-throated national celebration.
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