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Bin Laden Targets Pakistan in New Tape

Upcoming message will declare war on 'the tyrant Perez Musharraf'

Sep 20, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is about to declare jihad against Pakistani President Perez Musharraf in a new tape, militant websites vowed yesterday, posting advertisements that usually presage a new recording by one to three days, according to the AP. At the same time, al-Qaida released a video on the same theme... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • jihad • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda

Second Bin Laden Tape Surfaces

Hijacker reads will in front of blazing Trade Center on terror anniversary

Sep 11, 07 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new videotape today from Osama Bin Laden on the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack features one of the hijackers reading his will over an image of the burning World Trade Center, AP reports. The videotape hasn't been posted on web sites, but frames have been released by... More »

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September 11 • video • Osama bin Laden • Walid al Shehri • videotape • hijacker

Bin Laden Will Roll Out 9/11 Vid

Even Qaeda caught up in summer sequel craze

Sep 10, 07 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video of Osama bin Laden presenting the last testament of one of the Sept. 11th hijackers is set to be released tomorrow, the sixth anniversary of the attacks. Al-Sahab, the media production division of al-Qaeda, announced the video today on an Islamist website, the AP reports. More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • September 11 • video • Osama bin Laden • Al Sahab • al-Qaeda

Osama Tape 'Sophomoric' and Bizarre

'I expect more from a terrorist mastermind,' says National Review

Sep 9, 07 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama’s latest tape is “a great disappointment,” as sophomoric as it is bizarre, says James Robbins in the National Review. The terrorist’s invitation for Americans to convert to Islam – which would force “warmongering corporations” to spend energy converting people back – is as odd... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Democrats • Republican • Marxism • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Koran • Bible • Torah • videotape • al-Qaeda

Kean Slams US Security Effort Since 9/11

Americans are no safer, says commission head; foreign policy a disaster

Sep 9, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six years after 9/11 and three years after the 9/11 Commission report, commission chairman Thomas Kean assesses the nation's progress in protecting itself against the threat of terrorism.  On the domestic front, our defenses are better, he writes in the Washington Post., but internationally we have lost ground... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Muslims • homeland security • September 11 • Osama bin Laden • foreign policy • 9/11 commission • Thomas Kean • Iraq war

Osama's New Tape Combed for Meaning

Experts say bin Laden alive, plotting, and struggling for relevance

Sep 8, 07 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s latest tape, designed to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11, is being mined for clues as to al Qaeda's robustness. Noting bin Laden’s unnaturally black beard, Newsweek says the leader may have dyed his own to demonstrate vigor, or donned a fake beard, after shaving... More »

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terrorism • counterterrorism • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Osama Urges US to Convert

Officials says al-Qaeda leader's latest message appears to be authentic

Sep 7, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first video of Osama Bin Laden in 3 years appears authentic, and he issues "no overt threat" but does call the US unjust, chides Americans for re-electing George Bush, and says the war in Iraq can only end with American defeat—or Americans converting to Islam, which he... More »

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War on Terror • homeland security • September 11 • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Osama May Release Tape on 9/11

Signs point to new message from terror leader, group says

Sep 6, 07 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden, architect of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will release a video to commemorate their sixth anniversary, says a Washington-based terrorist watchdog group. The video, the al-Qaeda leader's first in nearly three years, is circulating on radical Islamic websites and addresses the American public, Bloomberg reports. More »

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Taliban • September 11 • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • videotape • al-Qaeda

Aussie Comics Penetrate Tight Sydney Security

Fake Osama, other pranksters mock Bush, embarrass police

Sep 6, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only one was dressed as Osama bin Laden, but all 11 eleven members of an Australian comedy troupe were arrested in Sydney today after they posed as a Canadian delegation and drove through two security checkpoints near President Bush’s hotel. The stunt was an embarrassment to Sydney police, who... More »

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Australia • satire • Canada • Asia • Osama bin Laden • Sydney • comics • George W. Bush

Pakistani Court Frees Terror Suspects

Bin-Laden go-between among dozens released before trial

Aug 23, 07 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of Pakistani terror suspects have been released from jail without trial following orders from the nation's supreme court that they be freed. The bold move by the judiciary against President Musharraf's tenuous rule is bound to elicit protests from the US and Britain. The most notorious prisoner released is... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • human rights • prisoners • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan • al-Qaeda

Karzai to Meet With Musharraf

Feuding leaders
will discuss quest for insurgents operating along shared border

Aug 5, 07 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facing mounting US pressure to extinguish the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, dueling presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai will meet this week to discuss anti-terrorism efforts, CNN reports. Karzai has criticized his Pakistani counterpart for failed efforts to crack down on terrorism, but today the Afghan leader praised... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Hamid Karzai • Osama bin Laden

Ice Packs Helped Prompt TSA Bulletin

66-year-old mom with bad back fields question about Osama

Jul 27, 07 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - This week's TSA bulletin warning of a possible attempt to penetrate security checkpoints with "peculiar items" was caused in part by an incident involving a 66-year-old woman and the ice packs she uses on her bad back. The clay-filled, tape-wrapped packages ignited hazmat suspicions, though their owner says she's... More »

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travel • terrorism • security • flight • Osama bin Laden • airport security • TSA • Sara Weiss

Prez Pushes Osama's Link to Insurgency

Commander-in-chief adamant al-Qaeda in Iraq is key branch of broader network

Jul 25, 07 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush insisted again yesterday that a Sunni insurgent group in Iraq is an integral part of Osama bin Laden's worldwide al-Qaeda network—-rebuffing several experts' claims to the contrary. Recent reports have suggested that Sunnis fighting under the "al-Qaeda in Iraq" banner are local insurgents with a weak... More »

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Bush administration • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • Osama bin Laden • Iraq war • George W. Bush • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Bin Laden's Envoy in Iraq Captured

Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq details foreign involvement in Baghdad

Jul 18, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Forces have captured a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq they say was an envoy to central al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Khaled al-Mashhadani was captured on July 4th in Mosul, and is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the organization which has been at... More »

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Islamic State of Iraq • Mahmoud Mashhadani • Mosul • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda Amps Up PR War

The terrorist group's propaganda machine
is more polished, prolific than ever

Jul 16, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Al Qaeda has regained its pre-9/11 operational capacity,  the terrorist group has certainly beefed up its PR. Al Qaeda’s media arm has released at least 63 audio and video messages this year, compared with 58 for all of 2006, according to AP figures. And they're... More »

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propaganda • Michael Chertoff • As Sahab • Christian Science Monitor • Ayman al Zawahiri • US intelligence • martyr • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Qaeda Issues New Threat

Osama second-in-command vows "imminent" end of the West

Jul 5, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's No. 2 has issued a new videotaped threat to the US, claiming that the collapse of the West is imminent. Wearing a white robe and speaking in a hectoring tone, the Egyptian cleric Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for unity among warring Iraqi factions against America. The 95-minute  al... More »

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Bob Woodward • video • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

Bush Details
Bin Laden Plot

Attempt to start Al-Qaeda cell in Iraq dates to 2005

May 23, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden attempted to launch a terrorist cell in Iraq through which Al-Qaeda could attack the US, President Bush said today. The newly declassified information fleshed out a 2005 Homeland Security alert that Bin Laden directed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then his top man in Iraq, to organize the unit... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • terrorism • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • United States • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Iraqi Cash
Is Funding
Al Qaeda

Bin Laden search finds money trail leading from various sources

May 21, 07 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A stepped-up CIA effort to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan hasn't succeeded in locating the  terrorist, the LA Times reports, but it has uncovered evidence that cash is being funneled from Iraq to keep Al Qaeda alive and well. "Iraq is a big moneymaker for them,"... More »

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Iraq • CIA • terrorism • Pakistan • money • war • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Tribesmen Turn on Al-Qaeda

Mar 21, 07 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifty people, including a group of children stranded aboard a school bus, have been killed in fighting between al-Qaeda terrorists and local tribesmen in one of Pakistan’s lawless regions on the border with Afghanistan. Taliban leaders, who have ties to both groups, are trying to broker a truce, according... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Pashtun • terrorist • Waziristan • Osama bin Laden • militant • al-Qaeda

New Terrorist Leader Trains
In Lebanon

Shakir al-Abssi boasts 150 operatives at his base in a refugee camp

Mar 16, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new terrorist leader, Shakir al-Abssi, has emerged to pick up where Al Qaeda left off, assembling small teams to strike at Americans from his base in Lebanon.  His militant Islamic group, called Fatah al Islam, boasts 150 members who operate freely because Lebanese officials claim they have no... More »

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terrorism • Lebanon • Fatah al Islam • Shaker al Abssi • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

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