Accounts of bin Laden carousing during his student days in Lebanon and Europe are at best unverified.
Its looming shadow has since faded from the public eye, particularly with the death of bin Laden.
His officials sought (and reportedly got) access to three of bin Laden's widows found in the Abbottabad compound.
One of the SEAL team's helicopters had crashed and there was a firefight with one of bin Laden's bodyguards.
Some U.S. officials doubt that top Pakistani officials knew of bin Laden's location.
One of the SEAL team's helicopters had crashed and there was then a firefight with one of bin Laden bodyguards.
Mr Obama has decided not to publish photos of Bin Laden's body, saying the images could pose a national security risk.
The U.S. government says Hamdan was a confidant and bodyguard of bin Laden and helped transfer weapons from the Taliban to al-Qaida.
What is at stake then with the assassination of bin Laden is that there cannot be exceptions to the rule of law.
U.S. officials told CNN that in recent years they've been able to monitor some of bin Laden's telephone communications with his mother.
But General Musharraf has also insisted that Pakistan should see proof of Bin Laden's guilt before any military action is taken in Afghanistan.
On Bloomberg Television, Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of Pimco said that the death of Bin Laden does not necessarily make things more stable.
Mr Bergen's account of bin Laden's pursuers is also highly readable.
Pakistani intelligence officials believe this was part of a deal that finally allowed some of bin Laden's family to end their years of house arrest in Iran.
As usual, the PIMCO boys took another stab at the U.S. dollar, this time, in the context of the news of the day, the death of Bin Laden.
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Donna Glassner, a clerk in a local hardware store, says she was surprised by the celebrations in the capital as the announcement of Bin Laden's death was made.
So with the death of Bin Laden reported on Sunday evening, this gives us pause to reflect on past events as well as place current events in their proper perspective.
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Senior Western diplomats in Washington say that the killing of Bin Laden could be a "pivot" that could give "extra vigour" to the quest for a political solution in Afghanistan.
Relatives of the victims are not the only Americans feeling relief Monday morning -- American Muslims also hope the death of bin Laden will open a new chapter in history.
Mr. Bashir claimed Pakistan provided the U.S. in 2009 with content from wiretapped mobile phone conversations of bin Laden's courier, the man who would eventually lead them to the al Qaeda chief.
According to the documents recovered in the Abbottabad compound, the spectacular set of self-inflicted mistakes by al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq played heavily on the minds of bin Laden and his top advisers.
Officials compared DNA of the person killed with bin Laden "family DNA, " a senior administration official said, and a senior U.S. defense official said one of bin Laden's wives identified the body to U.S. forces.
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner says the latest video is important because it is the first new footage of Bin Laden seen in more than a year, even though there is no independent confirmation that it was actually filmed this year.
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.
And the shift was important in producing not just the elimination of Osama bin Laden but a lot of other clear victories in that fight.
As the world looks on to the death of Osama Bin Laden at the hands of elite U.S. military forces, traders and investors are trying to assess how markets will react to the news.
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Scheuer used to be head of the bin Laden unit at the CIA's Counterterrorism Center (which is different from the newer National Counterterrorism Center), and he says he thinks his successor is the person leading the day-to-day hunt for bin Laden and the rest of al Qaeda's leadership.
His message this time, we are told, will be that the death of Osama bin Laden and the outpouring of support for democratic change across the Middle East and North Africa opens a new dawn for Muslims - and even greater opportunities for expanded relations with the United States than he promised two years ago.
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