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A smiling Patek, dressed in a white robe and a gold-white striped skull cap, says in the video: "This was a personal mission of mine to journey to Afghanistan. No one ordered me to, and I wasn't out to build a new network." "It was pure coincidence...
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Indonesia (AP) — A top Indonesian terrorist suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed insists he was unaware of the al-Qaida leader's presence there, according to the video of his interrogation obtained by The...
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An Osama Bin Laden carnival mask is displayed for sale at a popular market in Rio de Janeiro February 15, 2012. The Rio de Janeiro Carnival will be held from February 18 to 21. View Photo »
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Pakistan's civilian government and judiciary showing renewed signs of life, it's time for them to ask the question the country has been avoiding for nine months: How did Osama bin Laden, the world's leading terrorist, hide out in a military garrison...
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Violence All Around, forthcoming from Harvard University Press. It was ten years ago this month, on February 4, 2002, that the CIA first used an unmanned Predator drone in a targeted killing. The strike was in Paktia province in Afghanistan, near the...
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Billy Sammeth, Fired Manager Of Cher And Joan Rivers, Talks | Kevin Sessums | Daily Beast | 12 February 2012
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Sixty-year-old talent-maven Billy Sammeth managed both Joan Rivers and Cher for more than 20 years. He also has managed Olivia Newton-John and, during the early part of his career was the PR guy for the Osmonds. He still manages K.C. and the Sunshine Band.
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Somali Al-Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage speaks on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, during a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia... View Photo »
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Obama reversed Bush’s policy of ignoring Osama bin Laden, immediately setting a course that eventually led to his capture and death.
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Indonesia (AP) -- A top Indonesian terrorist suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed insists he was unaware of the al-Qaida leader's presence there, according to the video of his interrogation obtained by The...
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2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia A top Indonesian terrorist suspect captured in the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was later killed...
About Osama bin Laden
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Osama bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن transliteration: Usāmah bin Muḥammad bin `Awaḍ bin Lādin; with numerous variations) (born March 10, 1957) is a member of the prominent Saudi bin Laden family and the founder of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, best known for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Al-Qaeda... Full Article
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Somali Al-Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage speaks on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, during a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia on February 13 to celebrate their...
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Somali Al-Shebab fighters gather on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, after a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia on February 13 to celebrate their group's recognition by...
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A file picture shows Pakistani military and police officials standing guard in a street beside Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's final hideout in Abboattabad's Bilal Town vicinity on May 8, 2011 where bin Laden was killed in a US Naval Commandos special operation. Assailants fired nine...
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Top Muslim militant Umar Patek shake hands with government prosecutors after the adjournment of his trial at Jakarta court on February 13, 2012. Patek, 45, alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, was arrested in Abbottabad in Pakistan in January...
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Indonesian terror suspect Umar Patek gestures after his trial in West Jakarta court in Jakarta on February 13, 2012. Patek, 45, alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, was arrested in Abbottabad in Pakistan in January 2011, the same town where US...
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Top Muslim militant Umar Patek arrives at Jakarta court to face trial on February 13, 2012. Patek, 45, alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, was arrested in Abbottabad in Pakistan in January 2011, the same town where US commandos later killed...
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Indonesian terror suspect Umar Patek (L-orange) arrives at the West Jakarta court prior to his trial in Jakarta on February 13, 2012. Patek, 45, alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people, was arrested in Abbottabad in Pakistan in January 2011, the...
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A fighter is seen standing in front of an image of Osama bin Laden, the late head of al-Qaeda, in the town of Rada, 130 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of the capital Sanaa, on January 21, 2012. Al-Qaeda militants who seized Rada last week are making 'prohibitive' demands for pulling...
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Pakistan's former ambassador to United States Husain Haqqani (C) gestures as he leaves The High Court Building in Islamabad on January 9, 2012, after recording his statement before the judicial commission probing a secret memo scandal in which Haqqani allegedly approached the US...
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Former Pakistani premier and head of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif (C) leaves the Supreme Court in Islamabad on December 1, 2011, after attending the hearing on his petition filed against the memo scandal, seeking US help against the country's powerful military...
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Portrait of Osama bin Laden is painted on a taxi waiting for passengers near a flooded street on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 21: A police car sits in front of the Manhattan apartment building where the would-be terrorist Jose Pimentel, 27, lived with his mother on November 21, 2011 in New York City. Pimentel, a convert to Islam who was also known as Muhammad Yusuf, stands accused of...
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 21: The Manhattan apartment building where the would-be terrorist Jose Pimentel, 27, lived with his mother is seen on November 21, 2011 in New York City. Pimentel, a convert to Islam who was also known as Muhammad Yusuf, stands accused of plotting to build and...
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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 21: A man looks out from a window of the Manhattan apartment building where the would-be terrorist Jose Pimentel, 27, lived with his mother on November 21, 2011 in New York City. Pimentel, a convert to Islam who was also known as Muhammad Yusuf, stands accused...
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Pictures of international political and religious figures, including former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, are displayed for sale in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters converged on Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square to mark the first...
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CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 28: Halloween masks of Muammar Gaddafi, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein are offered for sale at Fantasy Costumes on October 28, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The store, which had long lines at the registers at 4 AM this morning, is open around the clock through...
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An Egyptian protester holds up portraits of Osama bin Laden during a mass rally in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2012, marking the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak as a debate raged over whether the rally was a celebration or a second push for change.
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Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper, in this November 10, 2001 file photo. Ten years ago, U.S....
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A picture of Osama bin Laden is seen on a guitar belonging to an Afghan rock musician during a workshop as part of preparations for Sound Central, a one-day "stealth festival", in Kabul September 20, 2011. Afghans are used to having their days broken by a burst of gunfire or the boom of...
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Egyptian Islamists, carrying a picture of late Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, march to the US embassy after the weekly Friday prayer in Cairo on May 6, 2011, during a demonstration to denounce the killing of bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan.
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A man selling newspapers in Dakar displays the front page of a paper on his lap which features a fake photo of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's bloodied face on May 3, 2011. Pakistani television stations on May 2 withdrew an image broadcast of the purported body of Osama bin Laden...
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RAFAH, GAZA - AUGUST 21: A recently erected martyrdom poster honouring Osama Bin Laden and Hamas co-founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin adorns a main street in Rafah near to the Egyptian border on August 21, 2011 in Rafah, Gaza. Middle East peace negotiators have convened in Cairo and called...
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A Pakistani policeman uses a sniffer dog to search a vehicle at a check point outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on February 1, 2012. Pakistan, whose relationship with the United States deteriorated in 2011 over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and air strikes that...
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Pakistani security personnel stand guard outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on February 1, 2012. Pakistan, whose relationship with the United States deteriorated in 2011 over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, says more...
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Pakistani police women and a paramilitary soldier stand outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on February 1, 2012. Pakistan, whose relationship with the United States deteriorated in 2011 over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani...
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Somali Al-Shebab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage speaks on February 13, 2012 in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, during a demonstration to support the merger of Al-shebab and the Al-Qaeda network. Shebab insurgents staged rallies across Somalia on February 13 to celebrate their...
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