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Where Were Pak Leaders When US Struck Inside Pakistan? Off The Record 2 May 2011
May 3rd
Where Were Pakistani Leaders and Politicians When US Strike Forces Struck Inside Pakistan? How come President Zardari was informed by President Obama instead of Pakistani security establishment? Is it a question of sovereignty or more than that? Guests…
Post-OBL Musings
May 3rd
By now, we have all heard the news. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and the head of Al Qaeda, was killed in a U.S. operation on Sunday night in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He was buried at sea today. Twitter streams were inundated with updates. The 24/7 news cycle has released a series [...]
Clinton warns Taliban you cannot wait us out
May 2nd
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned the Taliban Monday “you cannot wait us out” in Afghanistan, urging the insurgents to break with Al-Qaeda after US forces killed Osama bin Laden. “Our message to the Taliban remains the same, but …
Zawahiri most-wanted man after Laden
May 2nd
ISLAMABAD: Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon considered the real mastermind of the global terror franchise, is now set to succeed Osama bin Laden as the world”s most wanted man. Like his Saudi-born co-conspirator, Zawahiri ha…
Captured on Twitter: U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden
May 2nd
Sohaib Athar from Abbottabad tweeted early Monday about a loud band that rattled his windows.
Osama’s death prompts India’s call for Mumbai attack perpetrators
May 2nd
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram reacts to bin Laden’s killing, says terrorists taking sanctuary in Pakistan.
Compound where Osama was found
May 2nd
WASHINGTON: US forces finally found al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan”s border, but in a million-dollar compound, with his youngest wife, U.S. officials said early on Monday. They were led to the fortress-like …
Taliban threaten US, Pakistan over Osama
May 2nd
PESHAWAR: 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 killed near the Pakistani capital. “If he has been martyred, we will avenge his death and laun…
World praise after Osama killing
May 2nd
HONG KONG: Global acclamation Monday over the death of Osama bin Laden was tempered by leaders” acknowledgement that the long war against terrorism is far from over and that Al-Qaeda could yet strike back. Announcing the killing by US special forces o…
Trailing Osama bin Laden
May 2nd
Bin Laden was believed to be largely bereft of operational control and under threat from US drone strikes.
