Osama Bin Laden
In pictures: Osama Bin Laden's life http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana...
In pictures: Osama Bin Laden's life
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Al-Qaeda's remaining leaders ...
Al-Qaeda's remaining leaders
After 11 September 2001, the US issued a list of suspected al-Qaeda leaders. Many have now been captured or killed, including Osama Bin Laden, while some new names have emerged.
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Full text: Obama on Osama Bin Laden's death US President Barack Obama confir...
Full text: Obama on Osama Bin Laden's death
US President Barack Obama confirmed that al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden had been killed, in an address delivered in the East Room at 0435 GMT (2335 EDT). This is the text of his speech.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13257110
Osama Bin Laden Dead
Tonight, President Obama addressed the Nation to announce that the United States has killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda. Watch or read his full remarks below, and learn more from the transcript of the White House briefing call afterwards.
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With President Obama's announcement that terrorist leader and mastermind Osama bin Laden is dead, we can all feel a degree of relief and take pride in this victory in the pursuit of justice. Please join us in signing the following letter thanking all of those involved. With your help, we can continue to ensure that hatred and violence find no home in our world.
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) has released the following petition urging Jews in the United States and around the world to express our deep understanding that the death of Osama Bin Laden serves as a call to a more secure and just world.
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Osama bin Laden's burial at sea: critics range from 9/11 families to militan...
Osama bin Laden's burial at sea: critics range from 9/11 families to militants.
Criticism about bin Laden's sea burial comes for various reasons: failure to comply with Islamic law, a lack of closure, and the proliferation of conspiracy theories.
A growing number of disparate parties, from Islamic clerics to the families of 9/11 victims, are criticizing the US decision to bury Osama bin Laden at sea.
The Obama administration said that the US chose to bury bin Laden at sea to prevent his burial site from becoming a shrine and because an unnamed country that the US asked to take his body refused. Because Islamic law mandates burial within 24 hours of death, there was no time for the US to ask other countries, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said, according to the New York Times.
At a press conference Monday, Mr. Brennan assured reporters that his burial had been conducted "in accordance with the Islamic requirements."
But in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, the country's highest Islamic body condemned the burial at sea, Agence France-Presse reports.
"A Muslim, whatever his profession, even a criminal, their rites must be respected. There must be a prayer and the body should be wrapped in white cloth before being buried in the earth, not at sea," [Indonesia Ulema Council] chief Amidhan said. "Many others have condemned it, especially as it was done with extreme hatred against him."
Ahmad al-Tayeb, the top cleric of Egypt's prominent Al Azhar University, also slammed the decision, saying in a statement that it "runs contrary to the principles of Islamic laws, religious values, and humanitarian customs," according to Iran's PressTV. Any of the dead deserve full respect, he said, and a corpse will only be respected if it is buried in the ground.
The US defended its procedures, saying that bin Laden's body was washed and wrapped in a white cloth and "eased" it into the sea.
Osama Bin Laden's killing in Pakistan lawful, says US The US attorney gener...
Osama Bin Laden's killing in Pakistan lawful, says US
The US attorney general has said al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was a lawful military target whose killing was "an act of national self-defence".
Eric Holder told a Senate committee that Bin Laden had made no attempt to surrender.
The US has acknowledged that Bin Laden was unarmed when shot dead in Monday's raid by US special forces in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the White House has decided not to release photos of the dead Bin Laden.
Two couriers and one woman also died in Monday's assault, while one of Bin Laden's wives was injured.
"If he had surrendered, attempted to surrender, I think we should obviously have accepted that, but there was no indication that he wanted to do that and therefore his killing was appropriate," Mr Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Critics have raised concerns about the legality of the operation.
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Obama says bin Laden had 'support network' in Pakistan President Barack Obam...
Obama says bin Laden had 'support network' in Pakistan
President Barack Obama says Osama bin Laden had a group of supporters within Pakistan helping to keep the al Qaeda leader secure for years, despite an American-led international manhunt that extended for nearly a decade with Islamabad's ostensible support.
Top U.S. officials insist Pakistan remains a critical U.S. ally in the fight against terrorism, but are demanding answers to troubling about questions bin Laden's presence in that country over the course of the last six years.
The president said U.S. officials "don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government (or) people outside of government, and that's something that we have to investigate."
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