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Ohio Hotel: Flag Is Broken ... Not Mourning bin Laden

It's a very bad time to get your flag stuck at half-mast

(AP) - An Ohio hotel has been fending off angry phone calls because a broken rope on its flagpole led some to think the business was mourning the death of Osama bin Laden. The rope left the US flag stuck at half-mast for several days this week outside a Hampton Inn in... More »

CIA Interrogators Deserve Thanks, Not Punishment

Waterboarding helped lead us to bin Laden: Linda Chavez

(Newser) - Waterboarding played a role in leading us to Osama bin Laden, writes Linda Chavez. So why is the Obama administration still pursuing its investigation of CIA interrogators, she wonders at the Washington Examiner . These agents deserve thanks, not punishment. The Obama administration must know it doesn't make sense: "... More »

Torture 'Apologists' Are Wrong: It's Never Justified

Let's not embrace the values of Osama bin Laden: op-ed essay

(Newser) - The "apologists" crowing that we never would have caught Osama bin Laden without waterboarding and other forms of torture are sadly off base, write Charles and Gregory Fried in the Washington Post . For starters, we can't know if they're right. But even if they are, the larger... More »

Taliban: Osama's Death Inspires Us to Keep Fighting

New video shows purported frontline fighters

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda isn't the only organization making threats in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death: In a new video, unidentified fighters who identify themselves as frontline Taliban militants promise to continue fighting until all foreign forces have left Afghanistan. "Even if the news of Osama bin Laden'... More »

Radicals Name Osama's Watery Grave 'Martyr's Sea'

Obama shrugs off criticisms burial was disrespectful

(Newser) - The administration has said it buried Osama bin Laden at sea in part so devotees wouldn’t have a shrine to flock to—but that may have backfired. Radicals are now calling the entire Arabian Sea “Martyr’s Sea,” according to the Muslim Chaplain of Cambridge University. “... More »

US Saw Chance at bin Laden in 2007

Osama was expected at Taliban, al-Qaeda rally in Afghanistan

(Newser) - Four years ago, the US believed it had a chance to capture or kill Osama bin Laden: Militants would be gathering in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan for suicide attack training, and there were whispers that bin Laden would attend. A secret raid on the site resulted in the... More »

Bin Laden Did Try to Protect Self Using Wife

Al-Qaeda leader acted 'cowardly' before death

(Newser) - Just in case you don't already have whiplash from all the times the story has changed, here's the latest: Sources involved in the raid on Osama bin Laden tell Fox News the al-Qaeda leader did, in fact, use his wife as a sort of human shield. Bin Laden... More »

Obama: Perpetual Afghan Footprint No Longer Needed

Bin Laden's death confirms Afghan war can be refocused

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's death has stirred up a debate over whether the US should pull out of Afghanistan early. Asked about it on his upcoming 60 Minutes appearance, President Obama reminded Steve Kroft that he's already committed to a draw-down of troops starting in July. But bin Laden'... More »

Al-Qaeda Confirms bin Laden's Death, Vows Revenge

Terrorist group promises Americans' 'happiness will turn to sadness'

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden today and vowed revenge, promising that America's "happiness will turn to sadness." The statement, which appeared on militant websites today, was dated May 3, and signed by the "general leadership of al-Qaeda," the AP reports. "We... More »

Al-Qaeda Planned 9/11/11 Rail Attacks

Osama bin Laden plotted terror attacks from hideout, seized files reveal

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda leaders discussed attacking America's rail network on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, according to American officials who have seen the first batch of documents from Osama bin Laden's hideout. The documents reveal that bin Laden, who many experts believed had become merely an inspirational... More »

Osama 'Never Left Two Rooms in Compound'

Pakistanis interrogating women, children

(Newser) - Three of the four women taken into custody after the US raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout are Mrs. bin Ladens and all three widows are undergoing "firm but nonviolent" questioning, Pakistani intelligence officials tell ABC News . One of the wives, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah, has told interrogators that... More »

Archbishop Bothered by Osama Killing

Anglican leader says killing 'left an uncomfortable feeling'

(Newser) - The leader of the world's Anglicans and the leader of the world's Tibetan Buddhists have somewhat different takes on the killing of Osama bin Laden. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says the killing has left "a very uncomfortable" feeling, reports the BBC . When faced with a war... More »

Bin Laden Got Shot After Retreating Into Room

Also: CIA had spy house in Abbottabad

(Newser) - The Washington Post has new details on the Osama bin Laden operation, from anonymous US officials:
  • Last moments: Commandos first saw bin Laden in the doorway to his room. He was shot twice after retreating into the room, where US forces found an AK-47 and a pistol. His actions constitute
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Obama to Meet SEALs From bin Laden Mission

President expected to thank some members tomorrow

(Newser) - President Obama will thank in person tomorrow members of the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, reports AP . The president is expected to meet at least part of the squad when he visits Fort Campbell in Kentucky. Dont' expect a parade or even a glimpse: The so-called... More »

Why We Must Release bin Laden's Death Photos

Most disagree with President Obama's decision

(Newser) - Reactions to President Obama's decision not to release the Osama bin Laden death photos are rolling in—and most seem to disagree with the prez:
  • "While gory photographs would have inflamed some jihadists and wannabes, I believe they would have disillusioned and deflated others," writes Eugene Robinson
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Pakistan Cops to ‘Shortcomings’ in bin Laden Hunt

Even as army orders reduction in US forces, as some question legality of raid

(Newser) - Pakistan's army today admitted to "shortcomings in developing intelligence on the presence" of Osama bin Laden, then promptly ordered a reduction in US military in the country to "minimum essential" levels. The reduction is apparently meant to protest the independent US raid on bin Laden's compound,... More »

With Osama Dead, Taliban, al-Qaeda May Part Ways

Bin Laden's death provides the opening for peace talks

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's death is likely to make the Taliban rethink its alliance with al-Qaeda, which was likely initially based on a personal friendship between bin Laden and the Taliban's one-eyed leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, analysts tell the AP . The US and Afghan governments won't negotiate a... More »

Va. AG’s ‘72 Virginans’ Osama Tweet Goes Awry

Turns out he doesn't want to be bin Laden's virgin, he wants to be his Virginian

(Newser) - Virginia's attorney general learned all about the dangers of Twitter yesterday, when he sent out a tweet that made at least one writer think he wanted to "service bin Laden, sexually, in the great beyond." The offending tweet from Ken Cuccinelli: "How much would I give... More »

In Iconic Photo, Clinton Is Aghast—or Just Coughing?

The photo is 'riveting,' but it may be misleading

(Newser) - The Situation Room photo taken during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound has quickly gained "icon" status, racking up 1.6 million views in 38 hours. On Salon, Joan Walsh called it "riveting," noting that "Hillary Clinton is beyond anguished; her hand is over... More »

There Was No Firefight

Only one person was armed in Osama bin Laden compound

(Newser) - There was fire, but no real firefight. That's the latest revision in the White House's version of events during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. The fire came from some 20 Navy Seals who shot dead bin Laden and three other men and a woman, only... More »

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