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Amal al-Sadah, Bin Laden's 5th wife: The full story

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Osama bin Laden chose his fifth wife Amal al-Sadah from Yemen, the land of his ancestors. She married the terror leader at the age of 17 and lived with him till his last day. She was with him in his final moments, either willingly trying to act as a human shield or pushed in front by her cowering husband.
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Will Pakistan become new terror war theater?

As the impact of the death of feared terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden is slowly sinking in across the world, Pakistan is bracing for unwelcome repercussions. On the one hand, the country could lose allies now that there is near-certain evidence that Islamabad was making a mockery of the hunt for Bin Laden. On the other, there would certainly be massive, violent revenge attacks from various terror outfits active in the country.
Fan Gang, director of China`s National Institute of Economic Research, listens during an interview in Hong Kong

Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Notorious History of Death [PHOTOS]

Al-Qaeda, which means the Base in arabic is an international terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It's biggest and most well known attack are the September 11, 2011 attacks in the United States which launched a warn in Afghanistan to destroy its bases and overthrow the Taliban, the ruling government which harbored Bin Laden.
Fan Gang, director of China`s National Institute of Economic Research, listens during an interview in Hong Kong

Photos of the Compound After Osama bin Laden's Death

Osama bin Laden’s hideout for the past five to six years has turned out to be a million-dollar compound inside Pakistan, in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, where the death of the al Quaeda leader took place in the early hours of Monday morning local time.

We must stand with Pakistan: McCain

Senator John McCain declared that the United States must stand with Pakistan, despite the proliferation of suspicions about how that country’s military and intelligence apparatus may have helped and supported terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

Who killled Osama Bin Laden?

The Navy SEALs has killed Osama bin Laden in the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden, was tracked down and shot to death at the compound by a team of US forces.

Pakistan braces for backlash from Osama killing as rumors swirl

Following the spectacular killing of Osama Bin Laden in a hideaway near the capital city of Islamabad, senior figures of Pakistan’s government reportedly convened a high-level meeting to discuss the ramifications of his death, according to a report in The Nation, an English language Pakistani daily.

Pakistan has much to explain: Sen. Levin

The fact that Osama Bin Laden was found living in Pakistan after all these years of denials by Islamabad officials has many prominent people in the U.S. angry and concerned, including Senator Carl Levin, who also happens to the chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee

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