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Jan 24, 2010 6:34 AM CST

Bin Laden Claims Detroit Bomb Attempt

Al-Qaeda leader vows new attacks, may be trying to re-assert importance

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas in a new audio message released today that threatened more attacks on the United States. The message suggests the al-Qaeda leader wants to appear in direct command of the terrorist group's many affiliates when some...

Evil Needs Playlists, Too

OSAMA'S FAVE: B-52s

Jan 17, 2010 8:38 AM CST

Evil Needs Playlists, Too

What bin Laden, Ahmadinejad, Mugabe rock out to

(Newser) - When they’re not plotting to kill you or thousands of others, the world’s most evil men like to kick back with some tunes, too. The Guardian gives us an idea of what’s on their playlists:

Osama bin Laden: The al-Qaeda chief has the perfect soundtrack for hiding

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Bin Laden's Hair 'Borrowed'

Jan 16, 2010 3:07 PM CST

Bin Laden's Hair 'Borrowed'

FBI used Spanish official's 'do for updated Osama photo

(Newser) - When the FBI released digitally enhanced images showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today, it took one Spanish lawmaker in particular by surprise. That's his hair photoshopped atop the terrorist's head. "It's almost like out of a comedy if it didn't deal with matters as serious as...

Feds Update Bin Laden Mug

Jan 14, 2010 8:50 PM CST

Feds Update Bin Laden Mug

Digital effects used to make 'aged progressed' pics

(Newser) - Using digital technology, the FBI has a new idea of what Osama bin Laden might look like today. The “aged progressed” images show the 52-year-old al-Qaeda chief—dressed in both Western and tradition Arab styles—grayer, with more wrinkles and facial lines. One thing that’s the same: the...

Rich Kids Who
Went Terribly Wrong

silver-spoon murderers

Jan 12, 2010 9:54 AM CST

Rich Kids Who Went Terribly Wrong

From John Hinckley to Abdulmutallab, sometimes privilege corrupts

(Newser) - Being born with a silver spoon doesn't automatically make you a golden child—or adult. Newsweek takes a look at children of privilege who took an extremely sharp turn away from very-well-to-do families and toward lives of terrorism and murder:

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: The son of one of the wealthiest

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Yemen a Haven
for Retired Jihadists

Jan 6, 2010 7:37 AM CST

Yemen a Haven for Retired Jihadists

Bin Laden bodyguard among many still loyal to al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, Nasser al-Bahri, is one of thousands of former fighters living openly in Yemen and still loyal to the cause. "America is still a legitimate target," Bahri, now a business consultant, tells the Washington Post . This cadre of ex-jihadists makes American engagement in Yemen...

Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Nearly Killed Clinton

Dec 24, 2009 5:37 AM CST

Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Nearly Killed Clinton

Prez missed 1996 Philippines bomb by minutes: new book

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda terrorists under the orders of Osama bin Laden came within minutes of assassinating Bill Clinton in 1996, according to the author of a new book on the former president. Secret Service members changed the route of Clinton's motorcade through Manila at the last minute after intercepting communications suggesting an...

Bin Laden Kids Under House Arrest in Tehran

Dec 23, 2009 11:52 AM CST

Bin Laden Kids Under House Arrest in Tehran

17-year-old daughter has escaped to Saudi embassy

(Newser) - A 17-year-old daughter of Osama bin Laden has escaped from house arrest in Iran and is being assisted by the Saudi embassy there. Statements by a Saudi diplomat and bin Laden’s son, Omar, to Saudi paper Asharq Al-Awsat appear to clear up what has long been a murky situation...

Tora Bora Among
'Greatest Military
Blunders'

How bin laden escaped

Dec 22, 2009 11:51 AM CST

Tora Bora Among 'Greatest Military Blunders'

US had him pinned but held back on troops

(Newser) - Peter Berg has assembled what he calls the “definitive account” of "one of the greatest military blunders in recent US history"—the failure to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 2001 at Tora Bora in Afghanistan. The operation started out well enough, he writes in the...

Bush Team
Blew Chance
to Nab Osama

John Kerry

Dec 8, 2009 1:30 PM CST

Bush Team Blew Chance to Nab Osama

Al-Qaeda leader was at Tora Bora, but Rumsfeld let him get away

(Newser) - The Bush administration had a golden opportunity to capture Osama bin Laden in December of 2001, and it didn’t even try, writes John Kerry. The historical record is by now crystal clear: bin Laden and his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were trapped at Tora Bora—bin Laden even wrote...

Gates: 'Years'
Since Last
bin Laden Intel

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Dec 6, 2009 1:10 PM CST

Gates: 'Years' Since Last bin Laden Intel

White House pushes Afghan policy on Sunday circuit

(Newser) - The US hasn't had credible intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts in "years," Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted to ABC's George Stephanopoulos today. "We don’t know for a fact where Osama bin Laden is," the defense secretary said. "If we did, we’d go...

Taliban:
Bin Laden's
Hiding in
Afghanistan

Dec 4, 2009 3:08 AM CST

Taliban: Bin Laden's Hiding in Afghanistan

Cohort offered to arrange meeting, says Pakistan inmate

(Newser) - A high-ranking Taliban member in Pakistani custody claims a cohort offered to arrange a meeting with Osama bin Laden earlier this year, and that the al-Qaeda leader is in eastern Afghanistan, not northern Pakistan as widely believed, the detainee told a BBC reporter. The inmate, who met with bin Laden...

Bin Laden's Not
Here: Pakistan PM

take that, gordon brown

Dec 3, 2009 1:27 PM CST

Bin Laden's Not Here: Pakistan PM

Gilani contradicts Brown, says there's no 'credible' intelligence

(Newser) - Gordon Brown can talk all he wants about Pakistan not doing enough to capture Osama bin Laden—the Al-Qaeda leader isn’t in the country, its prime minister says. Yousaf Raza Gilani says he has not been provided with any “credible or actionable intelligence” to suggest otherwise, and he...

Dem: Bush
Let Bin Laden Escape ...
on Purpose

Nov 30, 2009 9:32 PM CST

Dem: Bush Let Bin Laden Escape ... on Purpose

Needed to justify Iraq war, Hinchey says

(Newser) - A Democratic congressman today accused President Bush of purposely letting Osama bin Laden escape capture in order to justify the Iraq war—and, when given an out by MSNBC’s David Shuster, Rep. Maurice Hinchey reiterated, “I don’t think it’ll will strike a lot of people as...

Levin: No
Afghan War if
We'd Caught
bin Laden

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Nov 29, 2009 1:11 PM CST

Levin: No Afghan War if We'd Caught bin Laden

Senators hit talk shows to talk Afghanistan

(Newser) - Had the US not missed its chance to nab Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001, there's a “good chance we would not have forces or need to have forces there," Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin told Face the Nation. Given the current situation, however, Politico...

US Missed
Chance to
Capture
bin Laden

back in dec. 2001

Nov 29, 2009 6:42 AM CST

US Missed Chance to Capture bin Laden

If only we had sent a robust force to Afghanistan in Dec. 2001...

(Newser) - Though a new report concludes that doing away with Osama bin Laden eight years ago "would not have eliminated the worldwide extremist threat,” that hardly downplays its finding that the terror leader could have been captured by US forces in December 2001. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report...

The Decade's Best Quotes

Nov 21, 2009 5:48 AM CST

The Decade's Best Quotes

(Newser) - With the end of the decade near, Newsweek has rounded up the top 10 most important quotes from 2000 to 2009. A selection:

"Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job": President George W. Bush, Sept. 2, 2005. In one line to then-FEMA director Michael Brown, Bush summed

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Omar bin Laden: Dad Beat Me

Book Excerpt

Oct 28, 2009 11:26 AM CDT

Omar bin Laden: Dad Beat Me

Terrorist's fourth son describes his childhood in Growing Up bin Laden

(Newser) - When Omar bin Laden was about to be born, his father got so excited that he lost his keys. When he finally found them after a frantic search, he tore to the hospital at reckless speed in his brand new golden Mercedes. It’s hard for Omar to imagine the...

Wife: Bin Laden Loves Gardening, Cars, Jihad

Oct 17, 2009 6:30 AM CDT

Wife: Bin Laden Loves Gardening, Cars, Jihad

New memoir describes family life in the bin Laden household

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden was a tough dad who liked growing corn and sunflowers when he wasn't busy preparing for jihad, his first wife and his fourth son reveal in a memoir to be published this month. Bin Laden loves fast cars and owned a gold Mercedes and a speed boat,...

Musharraf: We Zeroed In
on Osama, Then 'Lost Track'

Oct 3, 2009 3:21 PM CDT

Musharraf: We Zeroed In on Osama, Then 'Lost Track'

(Newser) - The US and Pakistan were this close to catching Osama bin Laden about 5 years ago, says former President Pervez Musharraf. "Then, suddenly, we lost track." In a question-and-answer forum following a speech in South Dakota, Musharraf said intelligence closed in on the al-Qaeda leader in a "...