Wednesday 31 August 2011

In the Nation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-09-01 - Philadelphia Inquirer


In the Nation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-09-01
Philadelphia Inquirer
The May raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound uncovered documents showing terrorists' interest in derailing a train and their desire to "make a big splash on the 10th anniversary," John O'Connor, chief of the Amtrak Police Department, ...< /font>

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Pakistan, US struggle to define their relationship - The Associated Press


USA Today

Pakistan, US struggle to define their relationship
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — In the aftermath of the secret US raid to kill Osama bin Laden, Pakistani officials want a detailed agreement spelling out US rules of engagement inside Pakistan, officials in both countries say, but Washington's refusal to sign a ...
Bin Laden raidThe Sun
Bin Laden film reveals doubtsGoErie.com
Key political risks to watch in PakistanFinancial Express
Conducive Chronicle
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Bin Laden or Beyonce? The stories that set Twitter alight - Channel 4 News


IBTimes

Bin Laden or Beyonce? The stories that set Twitter alight
Channel 4 News
News of Beyonce's pregnancy set a new Twitter record at the weekend, outstripping Osama bin Laden's death and the Japan tsunami. But what really makes Twitter tick? Nearly 9000 tweets per second were sent when the former Destiny's Child singer made her ...
Destiny's child: Beyoncé baby bumps Osama bin LadenCultureMap Houston
Beyonce: Baby Bump Fetched More Tweets Than Bin Laden DeathGather Celebs News Channel
Beyonce: pregnancy more popular than Osama bin Laden death on TwitterExaminer.com
The Atlantic Wire
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Osama bin Laden raid was nearly called off at last minute - Mirror.co.uk


CTV.ca

Osama bin Laden raid was nea rly called off at last minute
Mirror.co.uk
By Mirror.co.uk 31/08/2011 US president Barack Obama considered halting the daring special forces mission following an intelligence review that concluded there was less than a 50% chance that the al Qaeda leader was in a compound in Abbottabad, ...
Obama interviewed for TV special on Bin Laden huntReuters
Daring US mission to kill bin Laden was nearly called offScotsman
Nutopia Commissioned for HISTORY, C4 Doc About Bin Laden KillingWorld Screen
NewsMax.com -Hindustan Times -Monsters and Critics.com
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9/11 children's colouring book angers US Muslims - The Guardian


Brisbane Times

9/11 children's colouring book angers US Musli ms
The Guardian
A colouring book about the events of 9/11, complete with pictures of the burning twin towers and the execution of a cowering Osama bin Laden for children to fill in, has provoked outrage among American Muslims. We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids' ...
9/11 Coloring Book Draws Criticism for Portrayal of MuslimsABC News
We Shall Never Forget 9/11 coloring book causes controversyKOB.com
Coloring Book Depicting 9/11 Attacks Sparks ControversyKSPR
Toronto Star -The Week Magazine
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Tuesday 30 August 2011

Destiny's child: Beyoncé baby bumps Osama bin Laden - CultureMap Houston


ABC News

Destiny's child: Beyoncé baby bumps Osama bin Laden
CultureMap Houston
News of Osama bin Laden's death — also presented to the shocked masses on a Sunday evening — knocked off 5106 tweets per second. Super Bowl XLV only chalked up a mere 4064 tweets per second. Beyoncé's bump even overshadowed the former record high, ...
Beyonce: pregnancy more popular than Osama bin Laden death on TwitterExaminer.com
Bin Laden or Beyonce? The stories that set Twitter alightChannel 4 News
Beyonce: Baby Bump Fetched More Tweets Than Bin Laden DeathGather Celebs News Channel
Vibe -The Atlantic Wire -Christian Post
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'US would not relent until Qaeda is defeated' - Hindustan Times


'US would not relent until Qaeda is defeated'
Hindustan Times
PTI US President Barack Obama has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden is the greatest victory yet in the war against terrorism, but vowed not to relent till the time al Qaeda is defeated. "A few months ago, our troops achieved our greatest victory ...

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Monday 29 August 2011

Another victory over al-Qaida - Chicago Tribune


Reuters

Another victory over al-Qaida
Chicago Tribune
A few months ago, Osama bin Laden and his operations chief, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, were discussing ideas on how to pursue al-Qaida's war against the United States — notably, an assault on our homeland on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. ...
9/11 and Al Qaeda: The price of victoryLos Angeles Times
Now it would be harder for Zawahiri to consolidate control: USDeccan Herald
Al Qaeda Affiliates Growing IndependentNew York Times
Economic Times -The Australian (blog) -NPR
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Critics say 9/11 coloring book crosses the line - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Critics say 9/11 coloring book crosses the line
Chicago Tribune
"We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids' Book of Freedom" depicts scenes from 9/11 and the killing of the attacks' mastermind, Osama bin Laden. Its publisher has given it a PG rating, saying children 10 and younger probably should use it with a parent or ...
Publisher defends graphic 9/11 colouring bookGlobe and Mail
Children's coloring book depicts twin towers burnin g, Osama Bin Laden shootingConnectMidMichigan.com
Controversy Behind New 9/11 Coloring Book (VIDEO)WENY-TV
CBS 21 -Quill & Quire (blog) -Salem-News.Com
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Festival T-shirt mocks Osama bin Laden - Stuff.co.nz


KOMO News

Festival T-shirt mocks Osama bin Laden
Stuff.co.nz
The shirt, which mocks Osama bin Laden with a cartoon of bin Laden tied to a log with the caption "Osama Bin Loggin,'" has caused some controversy. A community festival near the Washington state coast in the US is attracting attention with a T-shirt ...
Community festival organizers mock 9/11 mastermind with 'Osama Bin Loggin' T-shirtWashington Post
Osama T-shirt logs controversyThe Spokesman Review (blog)
Extra, Extra: Tasteless T-Shirts and the Last Craigslist KillerSeattlest
KXRO Newsradio -Newsday (subscription)
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The 9-11 Diary: Hitler Vs. Osama - Chabad Info


The 9-11 Diary: Hitler Vs. Osama
Chabad Info
As we approach the 10th anniversary since the 9-11 terror attack on the World Trade Center, I wish to share with you the story of an interesting 9-11 diary. This diary sheds light on the ongoing struggle between the West and radical Islam ● An Essay ...

Osama T-shirt logs controversy - The Spokesman Review (blog)


KOMO News

Osama T-shirt logs controversy
The Spokesman Review (blog)
The shirt, Osama Bin Loggin, features a drawing of an extremely muscular logger, American flag tattoo on his right shoulder, holding a log with the Al Qaeda leader tied to it. It may not be the cleverest play on words in the 10 years since 9/11, ...
Community festival organizers mock 9/11 mastermind with 'Osama Bin Loggin' T-shirtWashington Post
LOGGERS PLAYDAY T-SHIRT CONT ROVERSYKXRO Newsradio
Community festival T-shirt mocks Osama bin LadenNewsday (subscription)
Houston Chronicle
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9/11 and Al Qaeda: The price of victory - Los Angeles Times


Reuters

9/11 and Al Qaeda: The price of victory
Los Angeles Times
A few weeks after [Osama] bin Laden was killed in Pakistan during a raid by US Navy SEALs, some analysts suggested that Rahman, a Libyan, had emerged as Al Qaeda's leader. That didn't turn out to be the case -- the leadership spot went to Egyptian ...
CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2New York Times
The nerve centre of al-Qaeda lies in Pakistan: PentagonEconomic Times
Killing a blow to terror networkThe Australian (blog)
The Independent -Daily Pioneer -PakistanToday.com.pk
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The nerve centre of al-Qaeda lies in Pakistan: Pentagon - Economic Times


NEWS.com.au

The nerve centr e of al-Qaeda lies in Pakistan: Pentagon
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda's "nerve center" lies in Pakistan even though the recent killings of Osama bin Laden in May and now its number two Atiyah abd al-Rahman has dealt the global terror group severe blow, the Pentagon on Monday said. ...
CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2New York Times
Killing a blow to terror networkThe Australian (blog)
US believes al-Qa'ida is on the verge of defeat after deputy leader's deathThe Independent
PakistanToday.com.pk -The Voice of Russia -Voice of America
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Tripoli police overcome fears and return to work - Reuters Africa


Tripoli police overcome fears and return to work
Reuters Africa
"Today's the first day we're back in uniform because we were afraid of what the reaction would be," said Osama Al-Zawya, a 40-year-old police colonel at the Libyan capital's Sooq al-Jumaa district police station. Continued...

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Hoquiam Loggers Playday T-shirt mocks bin Laden - The Seattle Times


Hoquiam Loggers Playday T-shirt mocks bin Laden
The Seattle Times
The Loggers Playday community festival in Hoquiam is raising eyebrows with a T-shirt mocking Osama bin Laden. It's a cartoon of bin Laden tied to a log with the caption "Osama Bin Loggin.'" The Associated Press No comments have bee n posted to this ...
LOGGERS PLAYDAY T-SHIRT CONTROVERSYKXRO Newsradio
Hoquiam Loggers Playday T-shirt mocks bin LadenThe Columbian

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Publisher defends graphic 9/11 colouring book - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Publisher defe nds graphic 9/11 colouring book
Globe and Mail
Another page depicts the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, complete with a Navy SEAL firing on the al-Qaeda mastermind as he cowers behind his wife. The picture shows a bullet in mid-flight. Although the book is graphic, ...
Children's coloring book depicts twin towers burning, Osama Bin Laden shootingConnectMidMichigan.com
Another 'Religion' in the MakingSalem-News.Com

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Osama bin Laden, the movie - World Magazine


World Magazine

Osama bin Laden, the movie
World Magazine
The Navy SEAL oper ation that killed Osama bin Laden gave the president his only significant approval bounce in the last year. Now a new film about that raid by the filmmaking team behind The Hurt Locker has some Republicans calling for an investigation ...

Sunday 28 August 2011

Children's coloring book depicts twin towers burning, Osama Bin Laden shooting - ConnectMidMichigan.com


Children's coloring book depicts twin towers burning, Osama Bin Laden shooting
ConnectMidMichigan.com
coloringbook.com Children can now color pictures of Osama Bin Laden being shot and the twin towers burning to the ground. It's a new coloring book entitled, "We Shall Never Forget 9/11 Kids Coloring Book - Graphic Coloring Novel. ...

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9/11 attacks 'disgusting', Hicks says - Sydney Morning Herald


9/11 attacks 'disgusting', Hicks says
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Hicks also acknowledges that Osama bin Laden had some "clout" as a guest speaker at al-Qaeda training camps he attended in Afghanistan, despite his previous denials that he knew who ran the camps. "I think it was a disg usting act - so many people ...
Hicks condemns 'disgusting' September 11 attacksABC Online

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250 US nationals have left Pakistan since bin Laden operation - PakistanToday.com.pk

A body blow against al-Qaeda - Washington Post (blog)


Sydney Morning Herald

A body blow against al-Qaeda
Washington Post (blog)
But it was a crucial blow to the core group that once surrounded Osama bin Laden. Rahman was bin Laden's channel to the world. Their correspondence was the most important prize taken from bin Laden's compound when he was killed May 2. ...
CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2New York Times
US believes al-Qa'ida is on the verge of defeat after deputy leader's d eathThe Independent
Death of al Qaeda deputy 'major blow'CNN International
Herald Sun -The Australian -Daily Mail
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No. 2 Qaeda Leader Killed - Wall Street Journal


CTV.ca

No. 2 Qaeda Leader Killed
Wall Street Journal
2 leader, Attiyah Abd al-Rahman, last week in the tribal areas of Pakistan, in the biggest blow to the network since Osama bin Laden's death in May, officials said. The death of Mr. Rahman is seen as another major blow to al Qaeda at a time when US ...
CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2New York Times
Death of al Qaeda deputy 'major blow'CNN International
Al-Qa'ida second-in-command killed in PakistanHerald Sun
The Australian -Daily Mail -The Independent
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Brian Dickerson: Texas stomps Michigan: Was Osama the MVP? - Detroit Free Press


Brian Dickerson: Texas stomps Michigan: Was Osama the MVP?
Detroit Free Press
One possible answer, as we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, is that we ought to pay more attention to the pivotal role of Osama bin Laden -- a man whose contributions to both Texas' ascent and Michigan's decline arguably eclipsed that of either ...

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Arab spring has created 'intelligence disaster', warns former CIA agent - The Guardian


The Guardian

Arab spring has created 'intelligence disaster', warns former CIA ag ent
The Guardian
Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA unit in charge of pursuing Osama bin Laden, said the Arab spring had 'delighted al-Qaida'. Photograph: Murdo Macleod The Arab spring has "delighted al-Qaida" and caused "an intelligence disaster" for the US ...
When People Go Over the Deep End: Osama Bin Laden Raid Staged?Student Operated Press
Former CIA director regales spy confabNews & Observer
Obama to get two hour campaign commercial in time for electionGreeley Gazette
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog) -The Ledger
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Death of al Qaeda deputy 'major blow' - CNN International


NEWS.com.au

Death of al Qaeda deputy 'major blow'
CNN International
According to a US official, Atiyah Abdul Rahman rose to the number two spot after the death of Osama bin Laden. (CNN) -- The death of al Qaeda's No. 2, Atiyah Abdul Rahman in Pakistan, is a hammer blow to the ...
CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2New York Times
Al-Qa'ida second-in-command killed in PakistanHerald Sun
Battered al-Qa'ida down but not outThe Australian
Daily Mail -Washington Post (blog) -The Independent
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Saturday 27 August 2011

Walters says pre-9/11 talks with Taliban could have eliminated bin Laden - Tulsa World


Walters says pre-9/11 talks with Taliban could have eliminated bin Laden
Tulsa World
David Walters led three months of back-channel talks with a top Afghan Taliban leader that could have led to Osama bin Laden's expulsion from Afghanistan two years before 9/11. "I realize we cannot live our lives consta ntly asking 'would've, could've, ...

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After 9/11 surge, security sector must adapt - AFP


AFP

After 9/11 surge, security sector must adapt
AFP
LOS ANGELES — The 9/11 attacks spawned a huge, lucrative market for security, but experts say the sector must adapt as Americans do not feel as threatened as before, especially after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Ten years after the strikes that ...

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CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2 - New York Times


Sydney Morning Herald

CIA Drone Is Said to Kill Al Qaeda's No. 2
New York Times
... killed Al Qaeda's second-ranking figure in the mountains of Pakistan on Monday, American and Pakistani officials said Saturday, further damaging a terrorism network that appears significantly weakened since the death of Osama bin Laden in May. ...
US believes al-Qa'ida is on the verge of defeat after deputy leader's deathThe Independent
Death of al Qaeda deputy 'major blow'CNN International
Al-Qa'ida second-in-command killed in PakistanHerald Sun
The Australian -Daily Mail -Washington Post (blog)
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Friday 26 August 2011

Showing flexibility: Islamabad may allow expelled US trainers back - The Express Tribune


The Express Tribune

Showing flexibility: Islamaba d may allow expelled US trainers back
The Express Tribune
That decision (along with the fact that Osama Bin Laden was found living in Pakistan) had caused a further strain in the ties between the two key allies in the war on terror. In a tit for tat move, the US withheld $800 million assistance in military, ...

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