Articles tagged with laden

Thu, May 24, 2012

Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help: U.S. admiral

By Phil Stewart and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find bin Laden

By Ibrahim Shinwari and Jibran Ahmad

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have sentenced a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

White House said to give inside access for bin Laden film

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration arranged for two Hollywood filmmakers to get special access to government officials involved in the commando ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Bin Laden had disdain for al Qaeda affiliates: documents

By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden showed disdain for al Qaeda affiliates and fretted about his organization's image ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary

By Caren Bohan

BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Obama slams Romney for changing tune on bin Laden

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday reminded Americans that his likely Republican opponent in the November election had been lukewarm ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

Saudi Arabia: bin Laden family let in on humanitarian grounds

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has allowed the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden into the kingdom on humanitarian grounds, state media reported ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Romney wants voters to see Jimmy Carter in Obama

By Steve Holland

CHANTILLY, Virginia (Reuters) - In a blast from the past, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney is likening President Barack Obama's economic ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Obama campaign questions Romney on bin Laden death

By Matt Spetalnick

FORT STEWART, Georgia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign sought to make the death of Osama bin Laden a central part ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Bin Laden's family deported to Saudi Arabia

By Asma Alsharif

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Pakistan deported the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia on Friday, their lawyer and ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

U.S. on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary

By Alister Bull and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has reviewed potential threats to the United States before next week's anniversary ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Bin Laden anniversary delicate moment for Obama, Romney

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a triumphant moment a year ago for the United States and President Barack Obama, but now the ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

FBI replaces bin Laden on Ten Most Wanted list

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A child pornography suspect has been placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitive list to replace al ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Chase blasts Community creator during profanity-laden voice mail

The Spies Like Us star and Dan Harmon were said to be locked in a bitter feud on and off the set ever since ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Pakistan jails bin Laden's family for illegal stay

By Qasim Nauman

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court jailed former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's three widows and two daughters for 45 ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Pakistan Taliban demand release of bin Laden's widows, threaten attacks

By Saud Mehsud

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistan Taliban will attack government, police and military officials if three of the late al ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Bin Laden widows charged with illegal stay in Pakistan

By Qasim Nauman

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have brought charges against Osama bin Laden's three widows for illegally entering and living in the ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

'Act of Valor' Directors: On CGI, Bin Laden & What's Next

On the weekend of February 24, the action-thriller Act of Valor, starring real-life active-duty Navy SEALs, defied the predictions of many pundits (and the ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Indian protesters disrupt filming on Bigelow's Bin Laden movie

The Hurt Locker filmmaker has been forced to shoot the new project, about the hunt for the Al Qaeda leader, in India after being ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

Hindus protest bin Laden film shoot in north India

CHANDIGARH, India (Reuters) - Hindu radicals in India protested on Friday against the shooting of a film by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow on the hunt ...

Sat, February 25, 2012

Pakistan begins demolishing bin Laden house: police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces on Saturday began demolishing the house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Banks call time on debt-laden Petroplus

By Martin de Sa'Pinto and Claire Milhench

ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss-based oil refiner Petroplus is filing for insolvency, putting over 2,000 jobs ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Jason Clarke Cast in Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Film

Jason Clarke, perhaps best known for his lead role on Showtime's Brotherhood, has become the first actor to sign up for Kathryn Bigelow ...

Sun, November 13, 2011

Jason Clarke Cast in Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Film

Jason Clarke, perhaps best known for his lead role on Showtime's Brotherhood, has become the first actor to sign up for Kathryn Bigelow ...

Sat, November 12, 2011

Jason Clarke Cast in Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Film

Jason Clarke, perhaps best known for his lead role on Showtime's Brotherhood, has become the first actor to sign up for Kathryn Bigelow ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Harrisburg bankruptcy sets up fight with state

By Dave Warner and Edith Honan

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday in a desperate bid to resolve ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs: study

(Reuters) - The privacy curtains that separate care spaces in hospitals and clinics are frequently contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a U.S ...

Thu, September 22, 2011

Hospital privacy curtains laden with germs

By Fran Lowry

(Reuters Health) - The privacy curtains that separate care spaces in hospitals and clinics are frequently contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, researchers ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Debt-laden Harrisburg, Penn. gets state aid early

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deeply indebted Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg has received an advance state aid payment of $2.6 million, Harrisburg Mayor Linda ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Pakistan let China see crashed U.S. "stealth" copter

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

White House rejects claim about bin Laden raid film

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moviemakers producing a film about the U.S. special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was aware of the plot in which al Qaeda militants bombed London transport facilities on July ...

Fri, June 17, 2011

U.S. judge dismisses charges against bin Laden

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge Friday dismissed all criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following the al Qaeda leader's death in ...

Thu, June 16, 2011

New Qaeda boss no bin Laden but will be hunted: U.S.

By Matt Spetalnick and David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's new chief Ayman al-Zawahri lacks Osama bin Laden's stature among Islamists worldwide ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested five CIA informants who fed information to U.S. intelligence before the raid last ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

CIA chief on first trip to Pakistan post-bin Laden

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director Leon Panetta arrived in Pakistan on Friday on an unannounced visit, a U.S. official said, in ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Maggs hopes to rejoin Tigers soon...more power for a power-laden lineup

Mon, May 23, 2011

After bin Laden, U.S. reopens Afghan, Pakistan strategy

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death has reopened a high-stakes debate in Washington over the U.S. role in South ...

Fri, May 20, 2011

Obama thanks CIA for helping track down Bin Laden

By Patricia Zengerle

LANGLEY, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama thanked the U.S. intelligence community on Friday for helping track down and kill Osama ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

Al Qaeda releases posthumous bin Laden audio recording

By Sami Aboudi

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Qaeda released a posthumous audio recording by Osama bin Laden in which he praised revolutions sweeping through several ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

No sign Pakistan knew bin Laden whereabouts: U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. defense officials said on Wednesday there was no evidence Pakistan's leadership was aware that Osama bin Laden was ...

Wed, May 18, 2011

U.S. squeezes Pakistan in bin Laden case

By Augustine Anthony

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States appears to be turning up the heat on Pakistan with intensified drone strikes and a cross-border ...

Sun, May 15, 2011

Defense Secretary Gates was unsure of bin Laden raid intel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he did not have full confidence in the underlying intelligence when U.S. Navy SEALs were conducting ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

"Serious questions" in U.S.-Pakistan ties post bin Laden: Kerry

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States wants Pakistan to be a "real" ally in combating militants inside its borders but serious questions remain in ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

Bin Laden informant's treatment key to torture debate

By Mark Hosenball and Brian Grow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A central figure in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the debate over harsh interrogation ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Bush tells Obama on bin Laden: "Good call"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush, who spent years searching for Osama bin Laden, had two words for President Barack Obama when Obama ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Bombers take bin Laden revenge in Pakistan; U.S. ties cool

By Mian Khursheed

CHARSADDA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suicide bombers attacked a Pakistani paramilitary academy on Friday, killing 80 people in revenge for the death of ...

Thu, May 12, 2011

Special report: The bin Laden kill plan

By Caren Bohan, Mark Hosenball, Tabassum Zakaria and Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Senator describes "gruesome" bin Laden photos

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee viewed the death photos of Osama bin Laden on Wednesday and said ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Some Pakistanis may have known about bin Laden: Rep. Rogers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some people in Pakistan may have known Osama bin Laden was living near Islamabad, but it is not apparent he was being ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Obama broaches bin Laden death at campaign event

By Patricia Zengerle

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama brought up the killing of Osama bin Laden at a fundraiser in Texas on Tuesday ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

CIA to let some U.S. senators see bin Laden photos

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA has informed two Senate committees that their members can view post-mortem photos of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Hamas's Meshaal: U.S. had no right to kill bin Laden

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Monday the United States had no right to kill Osama bin Laden but ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Joel Edgerton To Star In Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Movie

Joel Edgerton may have lost the lead role in Universal's new Bourne film, but he'll get to play an assassin of sorts ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Bush: 'The world is a better place without bin Laden'

The One Tree Hill star was quick to take to her Twitter.com page after it was announced the mastermind behind the 9/11 ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

Majority agree with Obama decision on bin Laden photos: poll

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans agree with President Barack Obama's decision not to release graphic photos of the dead al Qaeda leader ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

No sign Pakistan knew of bin Laden presence: U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has seen no evidence Pakistan's leadership knew Osama bin Laden was living in that country before his killing ...

Sun, May 08, 2011

Was bin Laden really calling the shots? Doubts in Pakistan

By John Chalmers

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - It didn't figure. U.S. Intelligence released footage of a grey- bearded, dishevelled figure wrapped in a shawl ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Napolitano says U.S. must be vigilant after bin Laden

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and its allies will keep targeting the West despite the killing of Osama bin Laden and the ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Bin Laden compound was a command center: U.S. official

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The compound in Pakistan where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden was an active command center from which ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Hamas breaks up Salafist bin Laden rally in Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas on Saturday broke up a Salafist protest against the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Osama bin Laden a serious student, Taiwan judo coach says

By Nicky Loh and Ben Tai

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden stood out not just because of his height but because of his ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Obama pivots from bin Laden's death to economy

By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turned on Saturday from national elation over the killing of America's most wanted foe to ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Taliban say bin Laden death will revive Afghan insurgency

By Jonathon Burch

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban have issued a statement acknowledging the death of Osama bin Laden after al Qaeda confirmed its ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Bin Laden death may be Afghan "game-changer": Gates

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "could be a ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Bin Laden likely had some support in Pakistan: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden likely had support within Pakistan, but the nature of ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Al Qaeda says to release bin Laden audio tape soon

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda said it would soon release an audio tape from Osama bin Laden, made a week before he was killed by ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden death and vows revenge

By Erika Solomon

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda confirmed the death of Osama bin Laden on Friday in an Internet message that vowed revenge on ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Frontline Taliban promise revenge attacks after bin Laden

KABUL (Reuters) - Heavily armed Taliban fighters, appearing in a video purporting to show frontline militants in southern Afghanistan, have said the killing of Osama ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Bin Laden, two others didn't fire on SEALs: sources

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only one of four principal targets shot dead by U.S. commandos in the raid which killed Osama bin ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Obama defends bin Laden sea burial as "respectful"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said U.S. forces were "respectful of the body" of Osama bin Laden when they buried his remains at ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Obama to thank unit involved in bin Laden operation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will privately thank some members of the elite special forces team involved in the raid that killed ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Pakistan pays U.S. lobbyists to deny it helped bin Laden

By Tim Reid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan's Washington lobbyists have launched an intense campaign on Capitol Hill to counter accusations that Islamabad was complicit ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

After bin Laden death, Obama visits Ground Zero

By Mark Egan and Jeff Mason

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Days after the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama met New York firefighters ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Rogers Supports Decision To Not Release Bin Laden Photo

WASHINGTON (WLMI) Congressman Mike Rogers is on board with President Obama's decision to not release photos of Osama bin Laden after the terrorist ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Clinton: allergy, not anguish in my bin Laden photo

ROME (Reuters) - An allergy and not anguish may explain why Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had her hand to her mouth while watching the ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Impact Of Bin Laden’s Death On Michigan Arab-Americans

DEARBORN (WKZO) -- Michigan Arab-American and Muslim leaders have met with federal law enforcement officials to discuss the impact of Osama bin Laden's death ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Pakistan Islamists to protest against U.S. bin Laden raid

By Saeed Azhar

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's most influential Islamist party urged its followers to hold mass protests on Friday to demand their government ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

No bin Laden Photo Release

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Photos of the dead Osama bin Laden will remain classified. 

President Obama made the decision to withhold public release of ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Bin Laden death "video" used as computer scam hook

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Computer hackers are exploiting the fascination with the death of Osama bin Laden to spread malicious software through scams ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

U.S. demand for bin Laden memorabilia soars

By Aman Ali

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After 9/11, President George W. Bush famously urged Americans to shop to bolster a shocked U.S ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Bin Laden, Geronimo link angers Native Americans

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The reported use of "Geronimo" as a codeword in the operation that led to Osama bin Laden's ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

White House: Raid that killed bin Laden was done legally

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday U.S. special forces who killed Osama bin Laden conducted their mission in a manner "fully ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in a television interview on Wednesday he decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama Will Not Release Bin Laden Photos

(Washington, DC)  --  President Obama won't allow the release of photos of the slain Osama bin Laden.  He made the comment in an interview ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama will not release bin Laden photos

(Washington, DC)  --  President Obama won't allow the release of photos of the slain Osama bin Laden. 

He made the comment in an interview ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Obama won't release bin Laden photos, cites risks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in a television interview on Wednesday he decided not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Bin Laden killing was U.S. self-defense: U.S.

By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday defended the killing of Osama bin Laden by the U.S ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Bin Laden death boosts Obama, fears of attack: polls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating jumped 11 points to 57 percent after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Pakistan PM defends failure to spot bin Laden hideout

By Alexandria Sage

PARIS (Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister defended his country's failure to spot that Osama bin Laden had been hiding out ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Upton On Bin Laden

ST. JOSEPH (WKZO) -- Congressman Fred Upton has weighed in on the death of Osama bin Laden.  In a written statement, Upton said that as ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Odd behavior of neighbors makes sense after bin Laden killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - The children in the white mansion with closed circuit cameras in Abbottabad never came out to play.

Only now, after a ...

Wed, May 04, 2011

Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial

By Erik Kirschbaum and Jonathan Thatcher

BERLIN/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden when he was unarmed has raised concerns the United ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Steelers' Mendenhall criticized for Tweets about bin Laden

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Pittsburgh Steelers halfback Rashard Mendenhall remained a target of sharp criticism by Twitter users on Tuesday after he posted a message questioning ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

U.S. says bin Laden photo "gruesome," weighs release

By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration wrestled on Tuesday with releasing what it called a gruesome image of Osama bin Laden's ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Possible Release Of Bin Laden Photos Under Review

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - White House spokesman Jay Carney says a possible release of photos of Osama bin Laden's body is under review ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Hollywood has bin Laden death in its sights

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death is blockbuster news for Hollywood, whose attempts to dramatize the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

U.S. views of Obama improve with bin Laden death: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden sharply boosted President Barack Obama's image, improving Americans' views of his leadership ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

U.S. attorney general: bin Laden operation lawful

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder defended as lawful on Tuesday the U.S. operation to go into Pakistan that resulted in the death ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Attorney General warns of risks after bin Laden death

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday warned that Americans and law enforcement agencies cannot become complacent after the death of ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Pakistan, U.S. vow to fight terrorism after bin Laden death

By Zeeshan Haider

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan and the United States reaffirmed their commitment on Tuesday to fight Islamist militancy on Tuesday, a day after ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

No proof Pakistanis knew bin Laden location: U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence Pakistani officials knew Osama bin Laden was living at a compound deep inside the country, but the United ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Levin Wants To Know How Bin Laden Did It

WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO) -- Michigan Senator Carl Levin wants to know how the world’s biggest terrorist could be living in a million dollar ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Islamist militant leads prayers for bin Laden in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The founder of one of Pakistan's most violent Islamist militant groups has told Muslims to be heartened by the death of ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Obama aides were divided on bin Laden raid

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a crucial meeting last week in which his advisers debated three options for dealing with ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Bin Laden killing will embarrass authorities: Pakistani media

By Zeeshan Haider

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani media on Tuesday said the killing of al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in a U.S. commando ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

With bin Laden dead, Washington state man finally shaves

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state man who vowed after the September 11 attacks not to shave until Osama bin Laden ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Pakistan's Zardari: bin Laden raid was not joint operation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces was not a joint operation with Pakistan, the president of Pakistan said ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. commandos knew bin Laden likely would die

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special forces set out to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden's death cheered in heart of Arab America

By Teri Murphy

DEARBORN, Mich (Reuters) - At the lunch counters in Dearborn, Michigan on Monday the talk was all about the death of Osama ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Boston remembers its 9/11 victims after bin Laden death

By Ros Krasny

BOSTON (Reuters) - Families of the many victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks from Massachusetts say they found relief, but not ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Death of bin Laden quickly spawns memorabilia business

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The killing of Osama bin Laden quickly spawned a mini-industry of memorabilia, with street vendors and online stores ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Eerie links between Harry Potter, bin Laden

By Gregg Kilday

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - While Hollywood scrambles to figure out ways to exploit the death of Osama bin Laden on screen ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Most agree with U.S. killing of bin Laden: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States made the right decision to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to an online poll on www ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

White House On Bin Laden Mission: Dead Or Alive

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Dead or alive. 

That's how White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan characterized the mission to go after Osama bin ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Ken Jerabek: bin Laden's Death Won't Make Pain of Son's Death Go Away

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The father of a Green Bay area Marine says the killing of Osama bin Laden will not make the pain ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Mix of joy, relief and anger at Bin Laden death

By Edith Honan and Mark Egan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - - Survivors of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda attacks and relatives of victims welcomed his ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Pennsylvania crash site visitors hail bin Laden death

By Daniel Lovering

SHANKSVILLE, Pa (Reuters) - Visitors to a muddy hillside overlooking where hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed nearly ten years ago, solemnly ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. Muslims hope for better days after bin Laden

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Muslims welcomed Osama bin Laden's death, hoping it would help cast off a stigma attached to their ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden killing was "joint U.S.-Pakistani operation"

By Myra MacDonald

LONDON (Reuters) - An operation to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden was run jointly by Pakistan and the United States ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Pressure on Pakistan after bin Laden death: lawmaker

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan must prove to the United States that it did not know al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in a ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Osama Bin Laden Found In Curious Pakistan Mansion, Killed

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - U.S. officials are revealing more about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. 

Bin Laden wasn't found in ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Osama bin Laden movie project already in works

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Somebody get Kathryn Bigelow a rewrite!

Just as the Oscar-winning director of Iraq war movie "The Hurt ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Pakistani cooperation helped find bin Laden: Clinton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday cooperation with Pakistan helped lead the United States to the Pakistani compound where Osama ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. did not share bin Laden intel with Pakistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States did not notify partners about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts before the operation that killed the al Qaeda leader ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Obama says world a better place with bin Laden dead

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the world was a better place after the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. commandos knew bin Laden likely would die

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special forces set out to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Saudi hopes bin Laden death will aid terror fight

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the country of Osama bin Laden's birth, hopes his killing will help the international fight against terrorism and stamp ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Timeline: Bin Laden's mocking messages since 2001

(Reuters) - Osama bin Laden taunted and defied the United States in a series of audio and occasional video messages for nearly a decade after ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden killing prompts Arab anger, relief

By Samia Nakhoul

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Some Arabs mourned him as a holy warrior and martyr, while others saw him as a "pillar of evil ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Factbox: Three U.S. presidents hunted bin Laden

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan on Monday.

Former U.S. President George ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden Dead, Body Buried At Sea

Washington, DC (Fox News) - Declaring “justice has been done,” President Obama announced late Sunday that Usama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Joy, then wariness, in post-bin Laden America

By Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The heady U.S. street celebrations that erupted after the death of Osama bin Laden gave way on Monday ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Captured on Twitter: Raid against Osama bin Laden

By Reed Stevenson and Kamran Haider

DUBAI/ABBOTTABAD (Reuters) - In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. tests bin Laden's DNA, used facial ID: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is conducting DNA testing on slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and used facial recognition techniques to help ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. government's bin Laden coup won't end Afghan, Pakistan woes

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death was cheered by scores of Americans, but his demise is unlikely to mend the ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Vatican says Bin Laden will have to answer to God

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will have to answer to God for having killed many people and exploiting religion to ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden burial followed Islamic custom: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the north ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Snap analysis: Bin Laden death a political victory for Obama

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama has had many defining moments as U.S. president. The death of Osama bin Laden may become ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden was found at luxury Pakistan compound

By Patricia Zengerle and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in a mountain cave ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Timeline: Life of Osama bin Laden

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan and his body was recovered, President ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Bin Laden killed in dramatic night-time raid near Islamabad

By Faisal Mehmood

ABBOTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S.-led operation involving helicopters and troops ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

India says bin Laden death underlines concerns on Pakistan

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan underlined its "concern that terrorists belonging to different organizations find sanctuary ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

UK's Cameron urges vigilance after bin Laden death

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday the country would have to remain vigilant following the killing of al Qaeda leader ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Threat remains after bin Laden killed by U.S. forces

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Americans on Sunday night to remain vigilant even after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. handling Osama bin Laden's body in Islamic tradition

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is ensuring that the body of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is being handled in accordance with ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. issues travel alert after Osama bin Laden killing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department on Sunday warned Americans worldwide of "enhanced potential for anti-American violence" following the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Senior official in Pakistan's ISI confirms bin Laden killed

ABBOTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people and put the United ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. believes Osama bin Laden son also killed in raid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes that three adults besides Osama bin Laden were killed in Sunday's raid in Pakistan and that one ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg hopes bin Laden death comforts victims

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday that he hoped the dramatic killing of Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Al Qaeda No.2 Zawahri most likely to succeed bin Laden

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Egyptian-born doctor and surgeon Ayman al-Zawahri is al Qaeda's second-in-command expected to succeed Osama bin Laden following his killing in a ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Bush calls bin Laden death "momentous achievement"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time of the September 11 attacks and famously said he wanted ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Senior official in Pakistan's ISI confirms bin Laden killed

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A senior Pakistani intelligence official confirmed Monday that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, had been killed ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Instant View: Osama bin Laden killed in Pakistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed on Sunday in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan and his body ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Obama On Bin Laden Death: "Justice Has Been Done"

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Confirming the death of notorious terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, President Obama says justice has been done. 

In a hastily-scheduled ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

U.S. Special Forces led bin Laden operation: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Forces led the operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, a U.S. source said ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Factbox: Who was Osama bin Laden?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Osama bin Laden, who U.S. officials said late Sunday has been killed and his body ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

John Kerry warns Pakistan over Bin Laden

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A visiting senior United States senator warned Pakistanis on Monday that members of Congress were asking "tough questions" about ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

VIDEO: Obama Announces Death of Osama Bin Laden

May 1 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered by U.S. authorities, CNN ...

Sun, May 01, 2011

Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was actively engaged in directing his far-flung network in plots against the United States from the ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

U.S. cuts prison sentence for bin Laden's cook

MIAMI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's former cook had his Guantanamo prison sentence cut on Wednesday to two years from 14, under a plea ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Bin Laden blames French "injustice" for abductions: report

By Erika Solomon

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said the kidnapping of five French nationals in Niger last month had been ...

Sat, October 02, 2010

Bin Laden calls for Pakistan relief in new tape: Web

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden called on Muslims around the world to mobilize to help victims of floods in Pakistan in what purported to ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Bin Laden criticizes Pakistan relief, urges climate action

By Martina Fuchs and Tamara Walid

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Capturing or killing bin Laden still priority: Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said Friday that capturing or killing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remains a high priority as the United ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

BPA-laden dental materials prompt caution: doctors

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just had a dental filling? You might be chewing on bisphenol A (BPA), a common plastics ingredient ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

U.S. jails accused bin Laden aide for life

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused former top aide to Osama bin Laden was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for stabbing a guard ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Bin Laden's cook gets 14-year sentence

By Jane Sutton

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S. military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced Osama bin Laden's former ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

Pakistan bans Indian film with Bin Laden lookalike

By Kamran Haider

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani censors have banned an Indian comedy film featuring a lookalike of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the ...

Wed, July 07, 2010

Bin Laden's cook pleads guilty at Guantanamo

By Jane Sutton

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Sudanese prisoner accused of guarding Osama bin Laden and helping him escape U.S. forces in Afghanistan pleaded ...

Wed, July 07, 2010

A Bollywood debut for Osama bin Laden

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is coming soon to a movie screen near you.

The al Qaeda leader is the subject ...

Sun, June 27, 2010

No good info on bin Laden for years: CIA's Panetta

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has been years since the United States has had good intelligence on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

Pakistan holds American man hunting bin Laden

By Gul Hameed Farooqui

CHITRAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - An American man accused of trying to sneak into Afghanistan to hunt down and kill al Qaeda ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Menus still calorie-laden despite new laws: group

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Laws requiring U.S. restaurant chains to list calorie counts have not stopped them from ...

Thu, March 25, 2010

Bin Laden threatens Americans with execution

By Rania Oteify and Cynthia Johnston

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden threatened al Qaeda would kill any Americans it takes prisoner if accused September ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

Would U.S. forces kill or capture bin Laden?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Would U.S. forces kill or capture al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, if they ever found him? The goal is to ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

Bin Laden urges abandoning dollar: Al Jazeera tape

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden urged an end to reliance on the U.S. dollar as one solution to the global financial crisis and ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

Obama says bin Laden tape shows weakness

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Tuesday that al Qaeda has been weakened by U.S. actions, and as ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

U.S. plays down bin Laden link to plane attempt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's claim of responsibility for the December 25 bombing attempt on a U.S.-bound airplane was a grab ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Bin Laden claims U.S. plane attempt, vows more attacks

By Tamara Walid

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed December 25 bombing of a U.S.-bound ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Bin Laden claims U.S. plane bombing attempt

DUBAI (Reuters) - A purported audio tape of Osama bin Laden aired on Al Jazeera television claimed responsibility for a December 25 attempted bombing of ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

Bin Laden's son Omar talks to Rolling Stone

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's son Omar believes the al Qaeda leader has achieved his aim of humbling the United States but warns ...

Sat, January 16, 2010

CORRECTED: Spanish politician may sue over bin Laden photo

(Corrects reference to website in paragraph 5)

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish politician said on Saturday that he was "stupefied" by the FBI's decision ...

Fri, January 15, 2010

Debt-laden Dubai offers to host U.N. headquarters

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai said on Friday it has offered to host the headquarters of the United Nations should the global organization want to leave ...

Sat, January 02, 2010

Bin Laden daughter should be free to quit Iran: Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia urged Iran on Saturday to allow a daughter of Osama bin Laden, who fled house arrest and sought refuge in ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat: McChrystal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the ...

Sat, December 05, 2009

No intelligence for years on bin Laden hideout: Gates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not know where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding and has not had any good intelligence ...

Thu, December 03, 2009

Pakistan PM says does not think bin Laden is in Pakistan

LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday he did not think al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in ...

Mon, November 30, 2009

Lack of coordination leaves bin Laden at large

By Golnar Motevalli

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight years after Osama bin Laden escaped from U.S. forces in Afghanistan, he remains on the run because ...

Mon, November 30, 2009

Crisis, what crisis? Debt-laden Dubai just shrugs

By Martina Fuchs and Enjy Kiwan

DUBAI/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Glitzy Dubai may face a debt crisis that has sent a shudder through global ...

Sun, November 29, 2009

U.S. forces missed chance to get bin Laden in 2001

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto-language version of a tape released several months ...

Fri, September 25, 2009

Bin Laden demands Europe withdraw Afghanistan troops