Osama bin Laden

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CIA: We Have No Idea Where Bin Laden Is

Panetta says agency hasn't had intelligence on him in years

(Newser) - Don’t expect the CIA to catch Osama bin Laden any time soon; Leon Panetta yesterday admitted that his agency hasn’t had any precise intelligence on bin Laden’s whereabouts since “the early 2000s.” The agency believes he’s in Pakistan’s tribal region, but “he...

'Bin Laden Hunter' Flies Home
 'Bin Laden Hunter' Flies Home 
Jun 24, 2010 12:57 AM CDT

'Bin Laden Hunter' Flies Home

Faulkner says he's planning to return to Pakistan

(Newser) - Gary Brooks Faulkner is heading home to Colorado after his mission to kill Osama bin Laden was brought to an abrupt halt by Pakistani authorities. The construction worker, arrested in a Pakistani forest carrying a sword and pistol, flew to Denver yesterday after being released without charge by Pakistani authorities,...

Pakistan to Release Bin Laden Hunter

Relatives says Gary Brooks Faulkner will be home soon

(Newser) - A relative of an American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden says the Colorado man is being released by the Pakistani government without charges. Gary Faulkner was detained June 13 in the woods of northern Pakistan after being found with a pistol, a sword, and night-vision...

Bin Laden Hunter: Crazy, but on the Right Track
Bin Laden Hunter: Crazy,
but on the Right Track
dexter filkins
Jun 16, 2010 7:42 AM CDT

Bin Laden Hunter: Crazy, but on the Right Track

Gary Faulkner was searching exactly where the terrorist might be

(Newser) - Don't be too quick to laugh at the mental image of Gary Faulkner, Osama bin Laden bounty hunter, armed with a samurai sword and searching the forests of northwest Pakistan, writes Dexter Filkins: He was on the right track. Faulkner was actually searching where some of the sharpest intelligence analysts...

Bin Laden Hunter's Brother: He's 'Not Crazy'

Friends and family say would-be hitman is just patriotic

(Newser) - It's still not entirely clear what made 50-year-old Gary Brooks Faulkner of Colorado think he could go to Pakistan and kill Osama bin Laden by himself, but friends and family says he's sane. "My brother is not crazy," his brother Scott tells CNN . "He is highly intelligent...

Calif. Man Hunts bin Laden, Armed With Pistol, Sword

Pakistan authorities arrest American found wandering in forest

(Newser) - Pakistan has arrested an American citizen who says he was on a mission to claim Osama bin Laden's head. Gary Brooks Faulkner, a 52-year-old construction worker from California, was found in a forest near the Afghanistan border with a pistol, a dagger, and a 40-inch sword, as well as Christian...

Punked Airline Gives Boarding Pass to...bin Laden?

(Newser) - Readers of a British Airways company magazine were surely surprised to discover that Osama bin Laden is a frequent flier with their airline—and flies first class to boot. A doctored boarding pass image bearing the name "Bin Laden/Osama" (destination: Washington, DC) escaped the editors' scrutiny and made its...

Al-Qaeda No.3 'Killed by Drone'

US: Mustafa al-Yazid's death will be a crushing blow to militants

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda's operational chief has been killed by a US Predator drone strike in Pakistan, according to reports from the militant group that American officials believe are correct. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an Egyptian, was a founding member of al-Qaeda and is believed to have been the militant group's third-in-command behind Osama...

Jihadist Records Bin Laden Bromance Tune

Voice 'enhanced' with infidel technology

(Newser) - A jihadist has recorded a song mooning over Osama Bin Laden using voice-enhancing technology developed in the infidel West. Amir of the Ansar , devoted to Bin Laden, is sung on a jihadist site by "Asadaullah Alshishani" using a form of Autotune. "How beautiful you are; your sword gleams...

CIA Unit Considered Depicting Saddam as Gay

It was going to create a phony sex video

(Newser) - In the annals of CIA subterfuge, this is a weird one: A special ops unit pitched the idea of trying to discredit Saddam Hussein as a gay pedophile before the 2003 invasion, reports the Washington Post . The idea was to create a phony home video purporting to show Saddam having...

Ahmadinejad: Maybe Osama's in Washington

And Israel's a military weakling

(Newser) - When asked if Osama bin Laden was in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad didn't exactly say no. “I heard Osama bin Laden is in Washington, DC,” the Iranian president told Good Morning America . “No, you didn't,” a distinctly annoyed George Stephanopoulos replied. “Yes, I did. He's there,...

'Osama bin Laden' Kicked Off Facebook

Fake terrorist leader gave location as 'mountains of the world'

(Newser) - Facebook has shut down a month-old page purporting to be the online presence of Osama bin Laden. "There is no evidence to suggest that the account in question or the other dozens of people who have tried to present themselves as Osama Bin Laden have any relation to the...

Bin Laden 'Healthy, Giving Orders'

Would-be terrorist gives intel on Qaeda leader

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is healthy and fully in touch with al-Qaeda, to which he is "giving the orders," according to a Pakistan-based extremist leader. The FBI investigation into Chicago cab driver and would-be terrorist Raja Lharsib Khan, though lower-profile than the "underwear bomber" case, has yielded a...

Bin Laden: If US Executes KSM, We'll Kill Americans

US official dismisses threat as 'absurdity'

(Newser) - If the US executes admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al-Qaeda will do the same to any American prisoners it takes, says Osama bin Laden in an as-yet-unverified audio tape. “The White House has expressed its desire to execute him,” bin Laden says. “When America makes this...

Al-Qaeda to Osama bin Laden: Please Save Us

We've got them reeling, says CIA chief Leon Panetta

(Newser) - The US assault on al-Qaeda has crippled the group so severely that one lieutenant has pleaded with Osama bin Laden to step in and provide leadership, says CIA chief Leon Panetta. In an interview with the Washington Post , Panetta says the US strikes in Pakistan have driven bin Laden and...

Holder: Bin Laden Will Never Be Captured Alive

Attorney general says his own crew will kill him first

(Newser) - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress today that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. In testy exchanges with House Republicans, the attorney general compared bin Laden to mass murderer Charles Manson and predicted that events would ensure "...

Joe Stack's No Hero&mdash;He's a Terrorist, and a Poor One
Joe Stack's No Hero—He's
a Terrorist, and a Poor One
'BIN LADEN WAS SUCCESSFUL'
Feb 18, 2010 6:21 PM CST

Joe Stack's No Hero—He's a Terrorist, and a Poor One

We all dislike taxes, but Austin pilot added intent to murder

(Newser) - The fact that some are already touting Joseph Andrew Stack—the man who flew his plane into an IRS office in Texas today—as a hero strikes Henry Blodget as absolutely “stunning.” One emailer wrote to the Business Insider that while Stack’s “method of registering his...

Osama's Son: My Father's Successor Will Be Worse

'He is the most kind among them'

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's son says the manhunt for his father could bring a dire consequence: the ascension of an even more ruthless terrorist leader. "From what I knew of my father and the people around him, I believe he is the most kind among them, because some are much,...

Next al-Qaeda Attempt 'Certain' Within 6 Months

US remains focus for bin Laden, top deputy, intelligence chief says

(Newser) - An attempt by al-Qaeda or one of its affiliates to attack the US is “certain” within the next six months, the director of national intelligence told a Senate committee today. As long as Osama bin Laden and his top deputy are on the loose, Dennis Blair says, US targets...

Bin Laden Blasts US for Causing Climate Change

Terrorist-in-hiding urges boycott of American goods, the dollar

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's having a busy week: Just days after applauding the would-be Christmas bomber, he's issued a broadside against the US for its role in creating global warming. In a new audiotape, aired in part on Al-Jazeera television today, he urges the world to boycott American goods and the...

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