“Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama’s homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday [May 2, 2011]. ‘The disposal of–the burial of bin Laden’s remains was […]
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5/2/2011
“In a secret CIA prison in Eastern Europe years ago, al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, gave authorities the nicknames of several of bin Laden’s couriers, four former U.S. intelligence officials said. Those names were among thousands of leads the CIA was pursuing. One man became a particular interest for the agency when another […]
5/2/2011
“Officials say CIA interrogators in secret overseas prisons developed the first strands of information that ultimately led to the killing of bin Laden [on May 2, 2011]. 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed provided the nom de guerre of one of bin Laden’s most trusted aides. The CIA got similar information from Mohammed’s successor, Abu Faraj […]
5/2/2011
“Leon Panetta, the CIA chief, said that Pakistan had not been prewarned of the raid [that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011] because ‘it was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopardize the mission–they might alert the targets.’ ” – Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink, Page 8 […]
5/2/2011
Following the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, journalist Fareed Zakaria said: ” ‘…a number of people are saying that this does not mean that al Qaeda has been destroyed. Some argue that the organization may, in fact, be thriving. …I understand why officials have to say this. They want to be […]
5/2/2011
“Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks and the world’s most wanted man, has been killed in a US operation in north-western Pakistan, [President] Barack Obama has announced. ‘Justice has been done,’ the US president said in a statement that America has been waiting a decade to hear. A US official said […]
5/2/2011
Regarding the raid that killed Osama bin Laden: “[President Barack] Obama tapped two dozen members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team Six to carry out a raid with surgical accuracy. Before dawn Monday morning [May 2, 2011], a pair of helicopters left Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. The choppers entered Pakistani airspace using sophisticated technology intended […]
5/2/2011
“Senior US administration officials…said that after 9/11 the CIA chased various leads about Bin Laden’s inner circle, in particular his couriers. One of these couriers came in for special attention, mentioned by detainees at Guantánamo Bay by his nom de guerre. He was said to be a protege of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, […]
5/2/2011
“Osama bin Laden, the elusive terror mastermind killed by Navy SEALs in an intense firefight [at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan], was hunted down based on information first gleaned years ago from detainees at secret CIA prison sites in Eastern Europe, officials disclosed Monday [May 2, 2011].” – Adam Goldman and Chris Brummitt, “Bin Laden’s […]
5/2/2011
Following the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, “A rash of statements from world leaders and the international media held the Pakistan Army either totally culpable in hiding Bin Laden or totally incompetent in not discovering his whereabouts, leading to further public outrage and despair. For years, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan […]