Pakistan
May 04, 2011Corrections for the record The White House, revising its initial account, said yesterday that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed when he was killed in a U.S. operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan early on May 2, and did not use his wife, who did...
Pakistan dismisses US raid fears
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May 04, 2011A fortified compound in a quiet suburb was home to the world's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden, and a few close associates. The building was also reportedly home to several of his wives, numerous children and domestic helpers. But what kind of life did...
Pakistan defends Bin Laden role
May 03, 2011Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has denied that the killing of Osama Bin Laden in his country is a sign of its failure to tackle terrorism. In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Mr Zardari said his country was "perhaps the world's greatest...
US could have used Bin Laden's death to expose sympathizers
May 02, 2011The issue of burial is very important in the Muslim mind. There is a special prayer over the body which is typically followed by burial in the dust. Burying in the Islamic way gives the close relatives and friends (or followers in case of bin Laden)...
The long hunt for Osama Bin Laden
May 02, 2011The United States sought to capture of kill Osama Bin Laden for more than 15 years before tracking him down to a compound in north-western Pakistan, not far from a large town and the country's military academy. Although no opportunities presented themselves...
May 02, 2011The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is a huge blow to the organisation but as guest columnist Ahmed Rashid reports, its decentralised nature means it has the potential to carry out attacks on any number of targets. There have been cheers and...
World 'safer' without Bin Laden, says Obama
May 02, 2011US President Barack Obama has hailed the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden as a "good day for America," saying the world is now a safer and a better place. Bin Laden was killed in a raid by US special forces on a compound in the Pakistani...
May 02, 2011After 11 September 2001, the US issued a list of suspected al-Qaeda leaders. Many have now been captured or killed, including Osama Bin Laden, while some new names have emerged. Ayman al-Zawahiri Ayman al-Zawahiri, an eye surgeon who helped found the...
Will Osama Bin Laden continue to haunt the US?
May 02, 2011The death of Osama Bin Laden is a key moment in the history of the radical Islamist movement he spearheaded. But could he prove as dangerous dead as he was alive? Osama Bin Laden predicted he would never be captured alive - and that countless others...
May 02, 2011Osama Bin Laden came to the world's attention on 11 September 2001, when the attacks on the United States left more than 3,000 people dead and hundreds more injured. In a matter of three years, the Saudi-born dissident had emerged from obscurity to become...
