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Al-Qaeda Looks Weaker, But Still Hungry to Strike

Anti-terror campaign has taken toll, but threat remains imminent

Sep 11, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven years after 9/11, al-Qaeda's hatred of the West hasn't waned, even if some experts think the terrorist group’s capabilities are weakened, the Los Angeles Times reports. Al-Qaeda’s failure to launch any major attacks since 2005 suggests that aggressive prosecution and prevention operations have been successful. However, Osama... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pakistan • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

After 7 Years, New Tactics to Find bin Laden

Shift to targeting other al-Qaeda leaders in hopes of picking up trail

Sep 10, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the US has no bead on Osama bin Laden, believed to be hiding out in Pakistan's lawless northwest. Frustrated by the lack of progress, American and Pakistani officials have shifted their strategy to target other top al-Qaeda... More »

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Pakistan • US military • Osama bin Laden • Afghan border • Predator • North West Frontier Province • spy drones • 9/11 attacks

 Strike Kills at Least 9 in 
 Pakistan Militant Stronghold 

US missiles thought to have hit both terrorists and children

Sep 8, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(AP) - Explosions reportedly caused by missiles fired from drone aircraft hit a house and seminary linked to a key Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least nine people, officials and witnesses said. The blasts took place in a militant stronghold in Pakistan's wild tribal belt, a possible hiding place... More »

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Pakistan • jihad • civilian casualties • US military • Osama bin Laden • Pakistan militants • missile strike

OPINION

At 20, al-Qaeda
Is in Decline

Bin Laden's terror group enters third decade losing war,
but 'legacy will endure'

Aug 17, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two decades after its founding, al-Qaeda's golden years are over, argues Peter Bergen in the Washington Post. Osama bin Laden's plan has largely backfired: 9/11 neither resulted in US withdrawal from the Middle East, or in the defeat of "impious" Middle Eastern regimes. But while al-Qaeda discredited itself in... More »

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Afghanistan • terrorism • Pakistan • Osama bin Laden • Islamist extremists • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack

 Osama Driver Gets 66 Months 

But Hamdan will be eligible for release in about 5 months

Aug 7, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salim Hamdan, the driver for Osama bin Laden convicted of providing material support for terrorism, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison today, Reuters reports. The military jury's sentence takes into effect time served at Guantanamo Bay, making him eligible for release in about 5 months. The... More »

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terrorism • US military • Guantanamo Bay • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals • war crimes tribunal

Was Qaeda Cabbie Flunky
or Warrior?

Hamdan's sentence depends on which image is convincing

Aug 7, 08 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Salim Hamdan has been found guilty of driving Osama bin Laden around Afghanistan, sentencers must now decide if that makes him a warrior or a flunky, USA Today reports. Testimony from a psychiatrist describing Hamdan's path from impoverished Yemeni orphan to chauffeur for the world's most wanted man... More »

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sentencing • Osama bin Laden • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda • Guantanamo tribunals

Jury Out in Trial of bin Laden's Driver

6 military officers deliberate: Was he essential to terror?

Aug 4, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jurors began deliberating today in the case Osama bin Laden's driver, the first US captive in a war crimes trial at Guantanamo, Reuters reports. In closing arguments, prosecutors restated their case that Salim Hamdan helped "the world's most dangerous terrorist" launch strikes against the US. The defense called him... More »

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Afghanistan • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • al-Qaeda

analysis

Guantanamo Only Looks Like a Real Trial

Beneath surface lie fundamental questions about its fairness

Jul 29, 08 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first trial taking place at Guantanamo Bay has the look and feel of a real American court proceeding, but that appearance is in many ways just an illusion, writes William Glaberson in the New York Times. Secret evidence remains sealed in red folders, much of what is presented was... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Osama bin Laden • US Constitution • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • Military Commissions Act • military commissions • Guantanamo tribunals

OPINION

 How Mac Can Get
 His Groove Back 

A laundry list of what to change

Jul 23, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not quite time for John McCain's "obit," Mark Halperin writes in Time, but we're getting there. How the Republican could right the ship:
  • Realize that voters “want an upbeat president”—and stop pointing out his old age.
  • Recognize that Americans care more about
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Osama bin Laden • gas prices • subprime crisis

UPDATED

Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

Afghanistan questioning of Hamdan came after stress, without lawyer: defense

Jul 21, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A military judge at the war-crimes tribunal for Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver today barred evidence from a series of 2002 interrogations in Afghanistan, the Miami Herald reports. Salim Hamdan says he was subjected to sleep deprivation and was not offered a lawyer; his defense team wants all interrogations... More »

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war crimes • Osama bin Laden • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • jury selection • USS Cole • Guantanamo tribunals

Trial of Bin Laden's Driver Can Begin, Judge Rules

Tosses effort to stall; trial will begin Monday

Jul 17, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(AP) - The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge ruled today, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. A US District judge rejected an effort by Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, to postpone his trial. More »

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federal courts • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Osama bin Laden • Guantanamo prisoners • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • US Supreme Court

Analysis

 Does al-Qaeda
 Do the Fist-Bump? 

Forget fist-jabbing, it's hugs that give terrorists away

Jul 16, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terrorists aren’t big on fist-jabbing or bumping—they’re all about kissing and hugging, writes Juliet Lapidos for Slate in the aftermath of the New Yorker's depiction of knuckle-knocking Obamas, a move referred to by Fox News as a “terrorist fist-jab.” Al-Qaeda members, she writes, are... More »

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Barack Obama • New Yorker magazine • Fox News • Osama bin Laden • IRA • FARC • al-Qaeda

Pakistan: US
Not Hunting
bin Laden on
Our Turf

Minister: would raise 'sovereignty issues'

Jul 13, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's foreign minister said yesterday that his country has no plans to allow US or other foreign troops into the country to search for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members, AP reports. Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistani troops, plus "grassroots" efforts to stop terrorism before it can... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • US military • Osama bin Laden • sovereignty • Pakistan militants • al-Qaeda

 Osama's Son Stars in Terror Vid 

Calls for destruction of US, Britain, Denmark

Jul 9, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s 16-year-old son is apparently going into the family business. In al-Qaeda’s latest video the young “Crown Prince of Terror” is heard calling for the destruction of Britain, the US, France, and Denmark, the Daily Telegraph reports. “Oh God, reward the fighters hitting the... More »

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online videos • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Hamza bin Laden

 Ailing bin Laden
 Mere Months
 From Death? 

Terror mastermind succumbing to kidney disease, CIA claims

Jul 2, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Terror leader Osama bin Laden is dying from kidney disease, according to a CIA analysis of the medications he has been taking, reports Time.The world's most wanted terrorist likely has no more than 12 months to live, and may already be teetering on the brink of death, according to... More »

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CIA • counterterrorism • Osama bin Laden • kidney disease • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • dialysis • Hellfire missile

Al-Qaeda Plenty Safe, Thriving
on Web

US missed badly on chance to foil terrorists' propaganda network

Jun 24, 08 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans might think of al-Qaeda as a cave-dwelling group of primitives, but the terror group operates one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations on the web, the Washington Post reports. Al-Qaeda releases documentary-quality videos every 3-4 days through tightly secured channels. “It’s beautifully crafted propaganda,” said one... More »

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Internet • propaganda • cyberterrorism • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • terror websites

Obama Wants Nuremberg Trial
for bin Laden

Plan to avoid making terrorist a martyr, and US an outlaw

Jun 19, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama would use the post-war Nazi war crime trials at Nuremberg as a model for bringing Osama bin Laden to justice, to avoid making him into a martyr, the Boston Globe reports. Obama described the plan at a news conference after meetings with his freshly formed group of national... More »

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Barack Obama • Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden's 'Right-Hand Man' Released

Judge grants bail as Brits try to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan

Jun 18, 08 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government will appeal the release of a terrorism suspect described as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe," the Telegraph reports. A judge ruled that Abu Qatada should be released because he has not been convicted of a crime and is not facing deportation. The British... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • September 11 • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Jacqui Smith • 9/11 attacks • Abu Qatada

Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden

President calls on British special forces to help make capture

Jun 15, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush has renewed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, enlisting the aid of British special forces to make the capture before he leaves the White House next year, the Times of London reports. Bush's European farewell tour moved today to England, which has participated in renewed raids in northern... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • England • Osama bin Laden • George W. Bush

 McCain: Bringing Troops Home 'Not Too Important' 

Harry Reid slams GOP nominee for comment

Jun 11, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain said this morning on the "Today" show not only that can’t he provide an estimated date for US troops’ homecoming from Iraq, but that it’s “not too important. What’s important is the casualties.” The statement provoked an instantaneous response from Harry Reid,... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • Harry Reid • troop withdrawal • Osama bin Laden

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