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U.S. releases videos seized from bin Laden compound

U.S. releases videos seized from bin Laden compound

Intelligence officials today unveiled five different videos of Osama bin Laden confiscated during the raid at his Pakistan compound. One of the videos shows the al Qaeda leader watching footage of himself.

 

Sources: Bin Laden Directed Al-Qaeda Figures

Sources: Bin Laden Directed Al-Qaeda Figures

The wealth of information pulled from Osama bin Laden's compound has reinforced the belief that he played a strong role in planning and directing attacks by Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Yemen and Somalia, senior U.S. officials said Friday.

 

Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden is dead, vows revenge

Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden is dead, vows revenge

Al Qaeda has acknowledged that Osama bin Laden is dead, dispelling the doubts of some Muslims over whether the militant group's leader had really been killed by U.S. forces, and vowed to mount more attacks on the West.

 

Al Qaeda had U.S. trains in its sights, U.S. officials say

Evidence collected in the Osama bin Laden killing in Pakistan indicates that the terrorist network considered attacking America's rail system.Evidence collected from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan indicates that Al Qaeda considered launching a terrorist strike against America's rail system, U.S.

 

Obama: "This is a good day for America"

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President Obama said Monday that the world is "a better place" because of death of Osama bin Laden, calling it "a good day for America."

 

Osama bin Laden is dead

Osama bin Laden is dead

The founder and spiritual figurehead for al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, is dead. President Barack Obama said in an address from the White House that a small team of Americans carried out the operation to kill bin Laden in Pakistan, and that cooperation from Pakistani authorities was crucial.

 

UK warns aviation of possible al Qaeda attack

UK warns aviation of possible al Qaeda attack

The British government has warned the aviation industry of a possible al Qaeda attack, security sources and the BBC said on Friday.

 

War review finds diminished Taliban and al-Qaeda

President Obama's expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the resurgent ...

 

U.S. eyeing Saudi-born bombmaker in parcel bomb plot

U.S. eyeing Saudi-born bombmaker in parcel bomb plot

A Saudi bombmaker believed to be working with al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing is a key suspect in the parcel bomb plot against the United States, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

 

Plan to send explosives to U.S. linked to al Qaeda

Plan to send explosives to U.S. linked to al Qaeda

A suspicious package discovered at the United Kingdom's East Midlands airport contained "viable explosives," and could have brought down an aircraft upon detonation, British Home Secretary Theresa May said Saturday.

 

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