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

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.

CIA spied on Bin Laden from a nearby safe house for months

The CIA maintained a safe house in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad for a small team of spies who conducted extensive surveillance over a period of months on the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Operations forces this week, according to a report in the Washington Post.

White powder letters spook Washington as anthrax attack recalled

Nearly 30 schools in Washington DC have received envelopes containing a mysterious white powder and with ‘AL AQEDA-FBI’ written on them, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday. Preliminary testing has proved that the powder was not harmful, the FBI has said.
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Obama to world: 'we mean what we say'

President Barack Obama aimed to strengthen the resolve of the nation on Thursday during the visit to the World Trade Center on Thursday as he spoke firefighters and victims' families of the Sept 11, 2011 attacks.

Obama visits firefighters and police in New York

US President Barack Obama arrived in New York City for an emotional visit to families and survivors of the September 11 terror attacks, hoping to mark an end to the decade long mourning and riding the waves of the death of Osama bin Laden just four days prior.

Obama Ground Zero Visit: What will He do?

President Barack Obama is not expected to make any public statements when he visits Ground Zero in New York on Thursday, just days after the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden after U.S. forces killed him in Pakistan.

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.

Osama photo decision fuels conspiracy theories

Almost immediately after the United States said it had killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the conspiracy theories started. But these conspiracy theories are being further fueled by today's decision from the Obama administration not to release pictures of his corpse.

No Osama Photo, Obama Claims 'Risk'

President Barack Obama on Thursday announced that the White House will not release photos the deceased Osama bin Laden, saying we don't trot out this stuff as trophies, saying that doing so would create a national security risk.

Osama Bin Laden Dead (or Alive?) : Conspiracy Theories Abound

Osama bin Laden was declared dead by the US government on May 1st. A team of elite US soldiers flew to a city 30 miles outside the Pakistani capital, landed in a walled compound that harbored bin Laden, got off the helicopters, found Bin Laden, and shot him in the head.

Osama killing a 'perversion' of justice

US special operations forces killed Osama Bin Laden this past Thursday but the slaying is raising major concerns that the United States has gone too far in judge, juror and executioner of the world's most wanted man. Further more, the killing could work against the US to stir up more anti-American sentiment among radical militants.

'Osama Bin Laden's Hideout Compound' Google Maps 'Reviews' Flood In

Less than 24 hours after President Obama’s announcement of the Al Qaeda leader’s death, Google had marked down his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on their maps and thousands have since written ‘reviews’ for what Google named “Osama Bin Laden’s Hideout Compound.”
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Steelers' Mendenhall criticized for Tweets about bin Laden

Pittsburgh Steelers halfback Rashard Mendenhall remained a target of sharp criticism by Twitter users on Tuesday after he posted a message questioning whether news that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed should be cheered.

Why is it called Abbottabad?

Abbottabad was named after a British army officer named Major James Abbott who founded the city (and the outlying district) in 1853 when British India annexed the vast Punjab region.

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