Tag: Osama
Indonesia clerics condemn bin Laden sea burial
Indonesia's top Islamic body on Tuesday condemned the sea burial of Osama bin Laden, as radicals promised a day of mass prayer to mourn...
Gold off record, silver slides on bin Laden
Gold prices slipped from record highs and silver posted its biggest one-day loss since December 2008 after news broke that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin...
No use fighting after Osama, Karzai tells Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban on Monday to cease fighting after the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, saying...
Hundreds join first rally to honour Osama
Hundreds took to the streets of Quetta on Monday to pay homage to Osama Bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to...
No use fighting after Osama, Karzai tells Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban on Monday to cease fighting after the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, saying...
US refuses to rule out official backing for Osama
US counter-terrorism chief John Brennan refused to rule out official Pakistani backing for Osama bin Laden on Monday and said Islamabad was only told...
Osama bin Laden is dead
United States President Barack Obama caught the Pakistani leaders off-guard on Monday when he announced the killing of the 9/11 terrorist attack mastermind, al...
Taliban threat US, Pakistan over bin Laden
Pakistan's main Taliban faction on Monday threatened to attack Pakistan and the United States after the US confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been...
Expect Europe attacks after bin Laden death: Islamist
The radical Islamist cleric Omar Bakri said on Monday that with the death of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the Arab world had "lost...
Pakistan leaders hold emergency talks: spokesman
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday convened emergency talks with his prime minister and security chiefs in Islamabad following US confirmation that Osama...
US did not notify Pakistan about bin Laden operation: US official
The United States did not notify Pakistani allies about its operation against Osama bin Laden, a senior US administration official said Monday.
"We shared this...
Al-Qaeda forum vows jihad will continue
An outlet for official messages from Al-Qaeda has been deleting posts of Osama bin Laden's death and pledged that the jihad, or holy war,...
Bin Laden’s death ‘victory for America’: George W. Bush
The death of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden marked "a victory for America," former president George W. Bush said Sunday.
Bush, who...
Pakistani security official says bin Laden killed
A Pakistani security official on Monday told AFP that he could confirm Osama bin Laden had been killed in a "highly sensitive intelligence operation",...
Bin Laden dead, Obama says justice is done
Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in a daring raid by US covert forces in Pakistan, and President Barack Obama declared "justice...
Malik told US Osama could be in Iran, Saudi Arabia or...
ISLAMABAD - Apart from telling them that Afghan police were fighting alongside terrorists in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik also told the Americans in September 2009 that Osama Bin Laden could be in Iran, Saudi Arabia or Yemen.
This was revealed by a WikiLeaks' released diplomatic cable sent by the then US ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson on September, 10, 2009 to Washington. Rehman Malik complained about the involvement of Afghanistan, India and Iran in
This was revealed by a WikiLeaks' released diplomatic cable sent by the then US ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson on September, 10, 2009 to Washington. Rehman Malik complained about the involvement of Afghanistan, India and Iran in
Gunbattles rage in Libya, Gaddafi blames US, Osama
BENGHAZI - Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a fierce counterattack on Thursday on rebels holding towns near the capital and the US did not rule out military action in response to the Libyan crackdown. The opposition were already in control of major centres in the east, including the regional capital Benghazi, and reports that the towns of Misrata and Zuara in the west had also fallen brought the tide of rebellion closer to Gaddafi's power base.
Gunbattles in Zawiyah, an
Gunbattles in Zawiyah, an