Sears Tower plot ringleader sentenced Nov 21, 2009
One key piece of evidence was a ceremony in which Batiste and his followers each pledged loyalty to Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Is There a Palin Doctrine? Nov 21, 2009
Or possibly, that's just republicans, he doesn't make his point all that clearly bin Laden never sounded weirder. In the present season, the leadership of Barack Obama is much under public challenge. (Slate)
Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen Nov 21, 2009
Yemen is the ancestral land of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and has witnessed several attacks claimed by the group on foreign missions, tourist sites and oil installations. Al-Qaeda has suffered setbacks due to US pressure, but its presence in Yemen threatens to turn the country into a dangerous base for training and plotting attacks, a top US counterterrorism official said in September. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
A secular God for all, apply when needed! Nov 20, 2009
Sitting now on the other side I look back at Kevin Rudd, George Bush, Philip Jensen, Tony Blair, Joe Hockey and Osama bin Laden and realise that, compared to my non-belief, their differing views are merely doctrinal quibbles. Steve - November 20, 2009, 6:49AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Why are Terrorist to Be Tried in N Y C? Nov 20, 2009
Outraged wrote on Nov 18, 2009 5:41 PM:" Erick Holder was before a senate panel and was asked by senator Lindsay Graham if Bin Laden were captured today if he would be entitled to be given "Miranda Rights"? Holder replied "It all depends"! He later said this issue was a red herring! If Bin Laden were captured and not given his Miranda Rights and later tried in a U S court the evidence against him could be thrown out!!! This P C BUSINESS is killing us!!!! ". D. Hertz wrote on Nov 18, 2009 3:34... (New Iberia, LA)
My kind of president Nov 20, 2009
By Sept. 20, 2001, American and foreign intelligence services had identified Osama bin Laden, exiled in Afghanistan, as the mastermind behind the attacks. In 1993, President Bill Clinton, under similar circumstances, invoked criminal law to bring those who bombed the World Trade Center to justice in our courts of law. (NJ.com -- Times)
4 men in Fla. terror plot sent to prison Nov 20, 2009
A key piece of evidence was a ceremony led by the informant, and taped by the FBI, in which each man pledged loyalty to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. "They proceeded full steam ahead," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Arango. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Interrogator Says Bin Laden Driver Heard Sept. 11 Briefing Nov 20, 2009
Interrogator Testifies About Hamdan's Work With Bin Laden - washingtonpost ... Interrogator Testifies About Hamdan's Work With Bin Laden ... GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, July 23 -- Osama bin Laden's driver witnessed the al-Qaeda leader being briefed on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and overheard him express satisfaction that the death toll had exceeded expectations, an FBI interrogator testified Wednesday. (Yahoo News -- Terrorism & 9/11)
Barack's Inability To Make Decisions! Nov 20, 2009
Decorum Please wrote on Nov 16, 2009 12:26 PM:" To cypressbayou girl, I'm not sure from where you're getting your information. There were plenty of people who criticized Bush's going to war. I've never heard or read anything about Bush stopping an assassination attempt on Bin Laden. (Kathleen Blanco deserves some blame: she did wait too long to declare a state of emergency, but once the hurricane passed, Bush and FEMA did a wretched job of helping the city of New Orleans recover.) I'd like to... (New Iberia, LA)
Top Islamist militants killed in Philippines Nov 20, 2009
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Viewpoints: New York trial will provide a stage for terrorist to strut Nov 20, 2009
The prosecution was forced to turn over to the defense a list of 200 unindicted co-conspirators, including the name Osama bin Laden. "Within 10 days, a copy of that list reached bin Laden in Khartoum," wrote former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the presiding judge at that trial, "letting him know that his connection to that case had been discovered.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Viewpoints: 9/11 trial will show the world that we're not afraid of jihadists Nov 20, 2009
We can and should go after Osama bin Laden and his collaborators with relentless determination and, yes, that fight should be led by our armed forces. But to achieve a meaningful victory, we also have to win the war of ideas and in that philosophical and theological struggle, the concept of justice is a key battlefield. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Al Qaeda's Message Spreading on English Web Sites Nov 20, 2009
Videotaped messages from its leader, Usama bin Laden, and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri usually have English subtitles. But translations of writings and sermons that form the theological grounding for Al Qaeda's ideology, along with preachers like al-Awlaki, mostly eliminate the language barrier. (Fox News)
Would N.Y. jury impose death in 9/11 trial? Nov 20, 2009
In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering. Now comes a case unlike any other: the trial of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the nation's deadliest terrorist attack. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Third Sears Tower Plotter Gets 8 Years Nov 20, 2009
But the men were recorded by the FBI pledging allegiance to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. The 110-story Chicago skyscraper is now called the Willis Tower. (CBS News -- US)
Services Held For Another Soldier Killed At Fort Hood Nov 20, 2009
joined the Army after the 2001 terrorist attacks and had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden. Her mother, Jeri Krueger, says Amy Krueger had arrived at Fort Hood on Tuesday. (KWTX.com, TX)
Truth in politics? The day Kate Elllis took on the Incredible Hulk and won Nov 20, 2009
There were so many security staffers toting personal cameras that you'd imagine Osama bin Laden could have waltzed through the front doors and no-one would have been there to notice. Kevin Rudd, surely, was bunkered down in his office, steaming. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Controversial Kansas church brings protest to Jefferson City Nov 20, 2009
Hating Hitler or Stalin or Osama bin Laden is not a bad thing. " misshoneybee wrote on Nov 19, 2009 9:35 AM:" To heck with helping them pack, blueknight. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Blair On Iran: Change Is "Fundamental" Nov 20, 2009
The US foreign policy of "the enemy of my enemy must be my friend" has led to the rise of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban from the Mujihaddin. When America learns that they do not rule the world, the safer it will be. (CBS News -- Evening News)
My Father, The Terrorist Nov 20, 2009
An interview with Osama bin Laden's son ... I am proud to have the name of my grandfather, Mohammed Bin Laden ... People are surprised when they learn that I am the son of Osama Bin Laden. (The American Conservative)
Owens defeats Hoffman (again) in N.Y.-23 Nov 20, 2009
Like when between one trillion and possibly three trillion dollars are wasted on a war while ignoring (or worse) when they actually had bin Laden trapped. Wouldn't ask you to care about the thousands of soldiers, both ours and our allies, including Iraq, or the hundreds of thousands of civilians that war killed, won't even 'whine' about the millions left homeless as I realized long ago your smug self-assurance is just more lipstick. (TheHill.com)
Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden Nov 20, 2009
If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday ... the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were captured amount to a "red herring." ... "For one thing, capturing Osama bin Laden we've had enough on him, we don't need to interrogate him," Leahy added. (TheHill.com)
Al-Qaida Using English To Push Message Nov 20, 2009
"The most influential documents are the ones that are written by theological advisers, some of whom are not even official al-Qaida members.'' Most of the radical Islamic sites are not run or directed by al-Qaida, but they provide a powerful tool for recruiting sympathizers to its cause of jihad, or holy war, against the United States, experts who track the activity said. The number of English-language sites sympathetic to al-Qaida has risen from about 30 seven years ago to more than 200... (CBS News)
'Only a matter of time before terrorists use weapons of mass destruction' Nov 19, 2009
Referred to simply as "Henry" in the 9/11 Commission Report, Mr Crumpton tried to persuade the CIA to do more in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden before the attacks, but two key proposals to tackle al-Qa'eda were turned down. After the September 11 attacks, in which he lost many close friends, he was initially overwhelmed by sorrow. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Nov 19, 2009
Omar bin Laden has said he wants to be in a "position to promote peace" and that working for the United Nations would be "ideal". Bulbs get significantly dimmer during their lifetime, report discovers. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Get more: National/World Nov 19, 2009
Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember the soldier who once said she alone could take on Osama bin Laden. Tags. (WJRT, MI)
The end is near Nov 19, 2009
I can never forgive the executive branch of our government for invading Iraq when the 911 conspirators were surrounded and sitting ducks for our army in Afghanistan, but our executive branch wasn t concerned where Osama Bin Laden is ... The rest of us were content to invade an innocent country, who took the bullet for Osama Bin Laden, I guess, if you extrapolate Wooten s logic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Giuliani isnt hobbled by consistency on terrorists Nov 19, 2009
I wonder how comforting it is to the families of 911 victims that commenters on this blog are more concerned with the symantical texture of a label (terrorism vs criminality) than in destroying Al Queda and killing Osama Bin Laden ... Bush isn t concerned where Osama Bin Laden hides ... Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac need $30 BILLION more taxpayer dollars Health Care reform by Labor Day, Oct, Christmas, end of the year, NOT the White House is NOT for sale Transparency bipartisan... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Holder: Court Will Convict KSM Nov 19, 2009
If Bin Laden were caught tomorrow would it be the position of this administration that he would be brought to justice ... If we capture Bin Laden tomorrow would he be entitled to Miranda warnings at the moment of capture ... That if we caught Bin Laden tomorrow, there are mixed theories and we couldn t turn him over to the CIA, the FBI, or military intelligence for an interrogation on the battlefield because now we re saying that he is subject to criminal court in the United States and you re... (Human Events Online)
Nidal Hasan’s Ominous Islam Nov 19, 2009
In arguing that the Koran mandates defensive jihad against unbelievers, Hasan invokes the same Koranic verse that Osama bin Laden used as an epigraph on his Letter to the American People of October 2002: Permission to fight (against disbelievers) is given to those (believers) who are fought against, because they have been wronged; and surely, Allah is able to give them victory. Hasan also explains that Muslims are obligated to wage offensive jihad against unbelievers, with ominous taglines in... (Human Events Online)
Accused Terrorist's Rights Not Violated by Military Counsel's Removal, Judge Finds Nov 19, 2009
Ghailani, a Tanzanian national, is charged with 286 counts that include a broad conspiracy with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida to kill Americans anywhere in the world and the murder of 224 people on Aug. 7, 1998, in the U.S. embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. He was taken into custody in Pakistan in 2004 and then held and interrogated by the CIA in a location outside the United States until his transfer to Guantanamo in 2006, where he was assigned Colwell and Reiter as... (Law.com)
Major Hasan Dined with 'Jihad Hobbyist' Nov 19, 2009
A photo uploaded to Duane Reasoner's online "photobucket" account is a violent image of Osama bin Laden presiding over the White House on fire ... During the past two years, Reasoner has shown a marked interest in jihadi Web content and videos of figures associated with , including Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and , the radical Yemeni-American cleric and al-Qaeda recruiter who exchanged e-mails with Major Hasan and told the Washington Post he considered himself Hasan's confidant. (ABC News)
Obama 'furious' about Afghanistan leaks... Nov 19, 2009
As long as Osama Bin Laden gets his Miranda rights, I'm happy. Posted By: Nidal Malik Obama | November 18, 2009 at 05:38 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Blinded Prison Guard: Don't House Terror Suspects in NYC Nov 19, 2009
On Nov. 1, 2000, Pepe was ambushed in the cell of Mamdouh Mahmud Salim an alleged top aide to Usama bin Laden. Salim's cellmate, another Al Qaeda suspect, joined in the attack, which prosecutors say was an attempt to steal Pepe's keys to the cell block to free other prisoners and take hostages. (Fox News)
Holder Laughed Nov 19, 2009
Holder debunked claims that the earlier civilian terror trials resulted in a wealth of secret intelligence, notably a and information about Osama Bin Laden's use of cell phones, which are alleged to have ... Bin Laden had stopped using his cell phones in October of 1998, before they came out at trial. (Slate)
Obama, PM with Osama, Dawood in Forbes list Nov 19, 2009
NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh find themselves in the unusual company of the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden and fugitive Dawood Ibrahim in a list of the World's Most Powerful people compiled by Forbes ... Ranked very next to Singh is al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden at 37th place, while Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is at 50th position ... Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror strike on US, too has been eluding US-led... (India Times, India)
Sept. 11 an act of war, not a criminal case Nov 18, 2009
Perhaps we should instruct our special services soldiers to simply arrest Osama bin Laden should they encounter him in the mountains of Afghanistan. Or better yet, maybe they should just serve him with a summons to appear in federal court. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
What, No Ticker-Tape Parade? Nov 18, 2009
For example, in the course of the trial of those who first bombed the World Trade Center, Osama bin Laden learned that he was considered a co-conspirator, and promptly moved his base of operations from Sudan to the remote mountain fastnesses of Afghanistan. What valuable intelligence will our enemies glean from the open proceedings now scheduled for New York. (Townhall.com)
Counting the Costs of Afghanistan's Wars Nov 18, 2009
After conducting more than 700 interviews with randomly selected Afghans across 14 provinces, Oxfam International, in collaboration with seven other non-governmental organizations, has published a report explaining the consequences of Afghanistan's many conflicts, from the Soviet Invasion to the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, through the testimony of civilians who have borne the brunt of the struggle. Highlight reel. (Time.com)
Security Threats Inside and Out for 9/11 Trial Nov 18, 2009
At the same federal lock-up where Mohammed and the others are to be held, federal prison guard Louis Pepe was attacked in late 2000 by Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a former top aide to bin Laden who was awaiting trial in the embassies case. Salim surprised Pepe by using a squeezable plastic honey bear container filled with hot sauce as a kind of homemade pepper spray that temporarily blinded the guard. (Newsmax)
COLUMN: When the refrigerator keeps you awake, you just need a new attitude Nov 18, 2009
In the same breath, he added, and now we have mr. nobama bin laden that has already spent us into oblivian(sic), with no chance of ever seeing daylight again. That gets an LOL from me. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Hasan Probe Will Include Pentagon Nov 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009. Fort Hood Shooting Raise Concerns That Span Entire Military, Spokesman Says. (CBS News)
Pakistan army claims gains near Afghan border Nov 18, 2009
It's considered a possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden. The army has tried three times since 2004 to defeat the Taliban here, but each attempt ended in negotiated truces after the military suffered heavy casualties. (MSNBC -- International)
Why tolerate a terrorist religion? Nov 18, 2009
Some have surmised that Osama bin Laden s choice of that particular date was the Muslim s way of saying, We re baaaack. Wm A. Tomlinson. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
The Fifty-Year War Nov 18, 2009
Find Bin Laden, shoot the mother, declare victory and get out. by noloyalisti November 17, 2009 2:37 PM EST. (CBS News -- Opinion)
In N.Y. trial, a treasure trove for terror Nov 18, 2009
And come what may, the president vowed, he would not release the most dangerous detainees of all - those who expressed their allegiance to Osama bin Laden or otherwise made it clear that they want to kill Americans. people who, in effect, remain at war with the United States. (Boston Globe)
Accused Fort Hood Shooter Was a Regular at Shooting Range, Strip Club Nov 17, 2009
There are videos of , the same radical Yemen-based cleric with whom Major Hasan was in contact, and a drawing of Osama bin Laden presiding over a White House in flames. A close friend of Reasoner's says he was very close to Hasan. (ABC News)
Obama Is Leaving America Unprotected Nov 17, 2009
During the campaign, Obama made much of the fact that the Bush administration had failed to capture Osama bin Laden. By taking a chance that Mohammed will be acquitted because civilian courts offer more protections to defendants than a military tribunal would, the administration is recklessly risking the possibility that a man just as dangerous as bin Laden will go free and continue to plot to kill innocent Americans. (Newsmax)
The Religious War Our Secular President Ignores Nov 17, 2009
And just one month after the attacks on September 11, Osama Bin Laden made sure the world understood that the United States was not simply up against a determined enemy, but an enemy whose determination was rooted in their religious convictions. It was November 2001 when he praised the 9/11 hijackers then said: The nature of;this war is fundamentally religious. (Human Events Online)
Coming Soon to British TV: Survivor, the Disabled Version Nov 17, 2009
" Related Stories As the scale of that unique challenge dawns on the contestants in the hours after they are deposited on a lonely island, one of the castoffs coins a more succinct description of the show. "This is going to be Lord of the Flies on crack," says Tom. The blind, pathologically lazy 38-year-old is half right. Unlike the schoolboy protagonists of William Golding's dystopian novel, Tom and the rest of the castoffs won't actually end up committing murder, but few other taboos will be... (Time.com)
Letters portray terrorist suspect as a role model Nov 17, 2009
Assistant US Attorney Aloke S. Chakravarty argued in court last week that Mehanna is a person of two faces, the son of a well-respected family that he portrays to the public and the Internet blogger who idolized Osama bin Laden as my real father and relished and incited violence against Americans. Friends who wrote on Mehanna s behalf knew him as a positive role model whonever promoted violence. (Boston Globe)
NYC terror trial: What are we afraid of? Nov 17, 2009
While it is true that Osama bin Laden inspired the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., it was Khalid Sheik Mohammed who planned and executed the murder of more than 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001 ... None of those grousing about the dangers of terror trials in Manhattan would be intellectually honest enough to oppose Osama bin Laden being dragged to the United States to answer for his crimes. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Best from Sunday Nov 16, 2009
Mourners streamed into a Wisconsin gymnasium to remember a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden. SINGAPORE - President Obama and nearly two dozen fellow leaders from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region agreed today that next month's much-anticipated international climate change meetings will be merely a way station - not the once hoped-for end point - in the difficult search for a worldwide global warming treaty. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Opinion: Put bin Laden on trial Nov 16, 2009
Put Osama bin Laden on trial - CNN.com ... Put Osama bin Laden on trial ... A trial for Osama bin Laden would be a media circus, says Paul Cruickshank, but would be good for the United States. (CNN)
Chinese online users bombard Obama with questions Nov 16, 2009
AFP - Monday, November 16. US President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Grabbers - first sentences from new books Nov 16, 2009
I was not always the wife of Osama bin Laden ... "The Scoundrel and the Optimist," a novel by Maceo Montoya I was not always the wife of Osama bin Laden. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read the story Nov 16, 2009
17, Judge Kessler, in the case of Mohammed Al-Adahi, who said he attended al-Qaida's Al Farouq training camp for seven to 10 days out of curiosity and was expelled for disobeying rules: "While it is tempting to be swayed by the fact that petitioner readily acknowledged having met" Osama bin Laden "on two occasions and admitted that perhaps his relatives were bodyguards and enthusiastic followers of bin Laden, such evidence - sensational and compelling as it may appear - does not constitute... (CBS News -- Evening News)
* Chinese netizens quiz US president Nov 16, 2009
Taipei Times - archives. Enter your search terms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Read Chris Wallace's interview Nov 16, 2009
In fact, in the 1995 prosecution of the so-called blind sheik, apparently information came out that Osama bin Laden was a co-conspirator and he then left Sudan for Afghanistan. There's obviously the danger of a terrorist attack. (Fox News)
Recruiting From Prison? Nov 16, 2009
Abu Qatada, described by MI5 as Osama Bin Laden s right-hand man in Europe, has published fatwas religious rulings on the internet from Long Lartin prison, in Worcestershire, England, calling for holy war and the murder of moderate Muslims, it reveals, the paper reported. Abu Doha said to be Al Qaeda s main recruiter in Europe has taken courses in Belmarsh prison, south London, enabling him to mentor other inmates. (Fox News)
Terrorists on Trial in NYC Is an Unacceptable Risk Nov 16, 2009
Prominent among that list was Osama bin Laden, who was then alerted that he was on the target list and immediately disappeared into Afghanistan to resume plotting. We know all too well the results of that civilian court -- induced security leak. (Human Events Online)
Same old thing at Fort Hood Nov 15, 2009
The just-executed sniper John Allan Muhammad, who, along with an accomplice, killed 10, voiced approval of Osama bin Laden and radical Islamic violence. Naveed Afzal Haq is currently on trial for going on a murderous rampage at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Justice Denied Nov 15, 2009
Which they will, sure as Osama bin Laden is smiling right now. This will only serve to inspire more homegrown terrorists and stab at the hearts of the relatives of 9/11 victims. (Investors Business Daily)
Central Texas Town Bids Farewell To Resident Slain In Fort Hood Rampage Nov 15, 2009
joined the Army after the 2001 terrorist attacks and had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden. Her mother, Jeri Krueger, says Amy Krueger had arrived at Fort Hood on Tuesday. (KWTX.com, TX)
For massive ego, a perfect arena Nov 15, 2009
But his trial will probably chart the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath, from the conspiracy's beginnings in the mountains of Afghanistan, where Mohammed proposed the plot in a meeting with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to the dark recesses of the CIA's secret prisons, where he spent more than three years ... "I am the mastermind of 9/11, not Osama bin Laden," he said in one court hearing. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
