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Stocks, Dollar Surge on bin Laden Death

Market celebrates in early trading

(Newser) - Stocks and the dollar surged in early trading after news hit the world that the US has taken out Osama bin Laden. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.5% in Tokyo, and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.5%, putting it on track for...

What Osama bin Laden's Death Means
 What Osama's Death Means 
OPINION Roundup
May 2, 2011 1:30 AM CDT

What Osama's Death Means

He was a has-been terrorist, but a powerful symbol

(Newser) - Guess what everybody’s writing about today? Osama bin Laden’s death has rung out through the commentariat. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • The strike “is not quite the triumph it would have seemed a decade ago,” argues Ross Douthat, in a New York Times piece entitled
...

New York Goes Wild
 New York Goes Wild 
May 2, 2011 1:18 AM CDT

New York Goes Wild

Mayor Bloomberg hails 'critical victory'

(Newser) - Throngs converged on Ground Zero and Times Square today to cry, sing, and cheer the news of Osama bin Laden's death, flashed on a digital ticker tape at 42nd Street. Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailed the killing of the terror mastermind as a " critically important victory " for America,...

At White House, Chants of USA! USA!

A lively, joyous night outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

(Newser) - As network news and social networks exploded over the death of Osama bin Laden, crowds gathered within an hour outside the White House. Chants of "USA! USA" and "Hey, hey, goodbye!" were heard in the vicinity, along with voices singing the national anthem, reports CNN. Click to...

Obama: bin Laden Is Dead, 'Justice Has Been Served'

President addresses the nation on death of al-Qaeda leader

(Newser) - President Obama tonight confirmed that Osama bin Laden is dead and gave new details about how that came to be: The president tasked Leon Panetta with capturing or killing bin Laden shortly after taking office, and "last August, after years of painstaking work, I was briefed on a possible...

Osama bin Laden Is Dead, a US Officials Says
 Osama bin Laden Is Dead 
May 1, 2011 9:53 PM CDT

Osama bin Laden Is Dead

He's killed by US forces in Pakistan

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is dead, the New York Times reports. Few details yet, but the newspaper (and just about every other media outlet now) quotes a US official saying the al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a "targeted assault" by US forces. CNN says that it happened in Pakistan,...

WikiLeaks Reveals al-Qaeda Bigwigs' Location on 9/11

Docs unveil bin Laden hideouts, tension within group

(Newser) - On 9/11, the bulk of al-Qaeda’s leadership was gathered in a single place: Karachi, Pakistan. One key figure was in a hospital following a tonsillectomy; another was preparing for a biological weapons program; and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was with other leaders in a safe house, watching the attacks on...

Bin Laden Son: George W. Invited Me to White House

But Omar bin Laden refused, out of loyalty to his estranged father

(Newser) - In the very last days of his presidency, George W. Bush was so desperate to locate Osama bin Laden that he reportedly invited son Omar bin Laden to the White House. This, of course, according to Omar bin Laden himself; a spokesperson for the White House refused to confirm or...

Gadhafi: I'm Like the Queen of England

He blames the protests on bin Laden, hallucinogens

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi was supposed to appear on state TV today, but instead simply spoke to the station by phone, announcing that he was like “the queen of England,” with only “moral authority” in Libya. He doesn’t make laws, he said; Libya’s people hold the power....

Donald Rumsfeld on Osama bin Laden: He Would Have Gone to Guantanamo

 Rumsfeld: I 
 Would Have 
 Sent Osama 
 to Gitmo 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Feb 20, 2011 11:11 AM CST

Rumsfeld: I Would Have Sent Osama to Gitmo

But defense secretary wouldn't have gone to visit

(Newser) - If the US had ever come up with Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda honcho would likely have headed straight to Gitmo: “He’d probably be subjected to a military commission,” Donald Rumsfeld told CNN today. But the defense secretary says he wouldn't have visited: "No. He's not...

CIA: Bin Laden's Off to Gitmo if We Get Him

White House: But we're still closing Gitmo

(Newser) - The federal government not only doesn't know where Osama bin Laden is, it also doesn't seem to know where it would put him if he's ever captured. CIA director Leon Panetta told senators yesterday that the terror kingpin would be held in Afghanistan and moved "probably to Guantanamo" if...

Awlaki, Not bin Laden, Now Top Terror Threat to US

Threat 'may be at its most heightened state' since 9/11: Napolitano

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s reign as the top terror threat to the US is over: According to the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, he’s been overtaken by Anwar al-Awlaki . “I actually consider al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with al-Awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the...

Bin Laden Threatens Hostages
Bin Laden Threatens Hostages
Jan 21, 2011 11:27 AM CST

Bin Laden Threatens Hostages

French captives will die unless troops leave Afghanistan

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden has released a new audiotape imploring France to withdraw its troops from Muslim lands in exchange for the release of French nationals held hostage in Niger. “President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to remove his forces from Afghanistan is nothing but a green light for killing the...

Bin Laden Threatens France Over Burka Ban, War

He vows a 'strike by the neck' in audiotape

(Newser) - An audiotape purportedly from terror master Osama bin Laden threatens France with a "strike by the neck" because of its burka ban and participation in the Afghan war. "If you want to tyrannize and think that it is your right to ban free women from wearing the burka,...

Bin Laden in House, Not Cave: Official

Al-Qaeda bosses living comfortably in Pakistan, says NATO insider

(Newser) - “Nobody in al-Qaeda is living in a cave”—instead, Osama bin Laden and other top figures are likely to be living rather comfortably in houses in Pakistan, under the protection of locals and some Pakistani intelligence, a NATO official tells CNN . Bin Laden has likely been roaming from...

Bin Laden to Muslim World: You Failed Pakistan

Second tape in 24 hours blasts response to floods

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's getting downright chatty these days, releasing his second video in 24 hours to blast Muslim nations' response to the devastating floods in Pakistan (click here for the lowdown on the first). "The (UN's) secretary-general came to witness the catastrophe for himself, and yet no Arab leaders...

Bin Laden Calls for Pakistan Flood Relief

Al-Qaeda leader releases new video depicting government as uncaring

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden has released a new video, but this time he wasn’t calling for violence—he was calling for the creation of a new aid group aimed at helping Muslims in general, and victims of Pakistan's massive floods in particular. “What governments spend on relief work is...

Bin Laden Won, Because We Overreacted
Bin Laden Won, Because We Overreacted
Ted Koppel
Sep 10, 2010 1:54 PM CDT

Bin Laden Won, Because We Overreacted

US has handed al-Qaeda everything it could have hoped for

(Newser) - “The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, succeeded far beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have possibly envisioned,” writes Ted Koppel in Sunday’s Washington Post . Not because they killed nearly 3,000 Americans, but because they provoked an excessive, crippling reaction from the US. Had George Bush stopped...

Bin Laden Would Love to Bomb NYC Mosque
Bin Laden Would Love
to Bomb
NYC Mosque
opinion
Aug 3, 2010 5:42 PM CDT

Bin Laden Would Love to Bomb NYC Mosque

Opponents are wrong: He'd hate this project

(Newser) - Those who think Osama bin Laden is laughing at America because of plans to build a mosque at Ground Zero are way off base, writes Jeffrey Goldberg at the Atlantic . Bin Laden would hate this thing and would love to "dispatch a truck bomb to destroy" it if it...

Omar bin Laden: My Dad's Alive
Omar bin Laden:
My Dad's Alive
Jul 15, 2010 6:53 PM CDT

Omar bin Laden: My Dad's Alive

Also, Omar would like to meet Drew Barrymore

(Newser) - Omar bin Laden doesn't know where his infamous father is, but "he's still alive," he tells the Telegraph . This doesn't appear to be more than a hunch, however: "If that sort of person dies, you could never make it a secret. The world changes if he dies....

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